Failure and Emmaisms

I admit it…I’m a failure.  At least I come by it honestly, right?  So I’m supposed to be blogging about this book daily. If you are a follower of my blog, it is apparent that I am woefully lacking in follow-through.  I suppose in this season of our lives it just isn’t going to work out.  My husband and I both work from home for a wonderful company, but we try to insure we work perfectly opposite shifts so that we can avoid daycare for our three littles.  To that end, it has become abundantly clear that I’m not going to get 5 minutes of uninterrupted quiet to read even a portion of a chapter.  Alas, my book blogging adventure must be shelved for now (pun intended).

Having said that, I’d instead like to introduce you, today, to my precocious little 4 year old, Emma Faith.  This little blonde spit-fire has her daddy and me wrapped around her little finger.  She’s our middle child, you see.

Each day with Emma is filled with what I call Emmaisms.   I’ll share a few today…

Mommy,  when  me  and  Jack  and  Maggie  and  me  are  teenagers,  we’re  gonna get  to  live  here  still (I guess she’s planning ahead!)

Mom,  the  clouds  are  a  girl  color!

Mama,  my  pant  SLEEVES  are  too  long!

Mama, how do chameleons itch their skin?

and my favorite from the past week….

Mama,  sometimes  when  me  and   Maggie  have  a  deal,  we  do  Pinky  Sweater! (ie. pinky swear)

As I’m writing this, she’s  standing behind me singing Pizza Angel.  Such a funny girl, my Emma Faith.  I don’t know what I would do without her…

The 5 Love Languages…Intro

To say I’ve been blessed lately is a bit of an understatement.  After hearing from a friend that Dr. Gary Chapman was hosting a book giveaway on Twitter, I jumped at the chance to win a free book.   Within a few hours, I got a message that I and my friend had both won the contest! We  would both be receiving the book of our choice from Dr. Chapman’s repertoire.  I must admit that I’ve never been much for “self help” type books, but I took this as a challenge to choose something that would benefit my little family.

As you can see, I chose the book The Five Love Languages of Children .  I dearly hope that I’m not the only mama out there who feels as if she and her children speak totally different languages!  I’m excited to see what nuggets of truth I will learn from this book, and I want to extend a formal invitation for you, yes YOU, to join with me.  Pick up the book from your local library, or pull your own copy off of the bookshelf and follow along with me.  For my own benefit,in other words-so I won’t quit reading half way through, I’ll be posting my thoughts on each chapter, daily.  I would love to hear your comments as well! I’ll be including a short poll at the end of every post so that you can participate. I’d love to hear others chime in with your comments whether you’re able to read along  or not.  I’ll check back with you tomorrow, but until then…Happy reading, friends!