Hey! Hey! Hey!

Recently while visiting our dear friends, Auntie Shel, Grace and Emma, Mad Molly and Gleeful Grace were bouncing happily on a trampoline while the mommies caught up on small talk. All of a sudden I hear in the background a very enthusastic Mad Molly call of "Hey!" and the converstation went like this
Mad Molly: "Hey! .....Hey, Mommy!....Hey! Hey, Mommy!"
Mad Mommy: "yes, Molly"
Mad Molly: "I did a good job, I said excuse me Grace and I didn't even say Hey!"

the irony of it all was just too much not to laugh and say  "yes Molly, you did a great job not saying HEY!"

Father Al would be so proud!

As we all know, Mad Molly is a big fan of going to church but clearly she thinks more about it then I ever imagined.  This afternoon while playing she pipes up with an exuberant shout "I've got a good idea", jumps to her feet grabs a handful of memory cards from the memory game that was played earlier and quickly leaves the room. I hear a kitchen cabinet open, the rustling of pots and other random kitchen gadgets and a resounding "I've got it" a few minutes later Mad Molly comes back in the living room and hands out memory cards to each of us and says,  "Here's your money, don't lose it OK!. When the man comes give it to the basket." Now, knowing my child's fascination with mass and all things related to church,  I don't really know why I was confused as to where she was going with this but it all quickly became clear when she once again left the living room only to return with my small handled strainer filled with other "money pieces" asking for us to put our money in the basket. It gave me a good chuckle which turned into a side splitting laugh when after depositing my "money" in the basket she says "Thanks for Jesus, God would be proud!"

Clearly she wants to devote her life to service for the Lord!

Back to St. Joe's we go!

So as many of you know, St. Joseph's Parish is the source of many a blog entry from Mad Molly and this week is of no exception! At our church on Sunday they were doing a special mass to bless all the children who had been baptized in the parish during the past year, and our very own Roaming Gnome would be one of those special children! Now due to his napping schedule wild man Will (a.ka. Roaming Gnome) usually does not attend service on Sundays so we thought this was as good a time as any for him to make his debute for the first time in many moons. Sunday rolls around and off the we go to good old St. Joe's. Mad Molly was super excited that the entire family was in church and that it was filled with many other children, so needless to say she was indeed very fidgety! Her view of the alter, which usually keeps her pretty entertained and mildly interested was obstructed which left her to entertain herself.  During the sermon, she kept climbing on my lap asking me all sorts of questions...the conversation went like this:
Mad Molly: "Momma, what are you doing?"
Mad Mommy: "Listening to Father Al" (calmly)
Mad Molly: "oh"..."Momma, what are you doing?"
Mad Mommy: "LIstening to Father Al!" (in a firm whisper I could muster)
Mad Molly: "oh"..pause, pause...."Momma, what are you doing?"
Mad Mommy: "LISTENing to Father Al!!!" (in the strongest whisper I could muster)
Mad Molly: "oh"....pause, pause, pause, fidget, fidget..."Momma, what are you doing?"
Mad Mommy: "LISTENING to Father AL!!!!!!, now sit still" (threw gritted teeth in a strong whisper)
Mad Molly: "Oh" looking around the pew, poking the roaming gnome, starting to reach over the pew behind her
Mad Mommy: "MOLLY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" (in the firm, yet quiet strong mom voice)
Mad Molly: "listening to GOD!" (calm as can be)

God help me now!

Happy New Year!

As you may know, it's been a while since I've had a chance to post, not for lack of blog worthy content I assure you but for sheer lack of a free moment. The past few months have been a blur of bizarre sicknesses, birthdays, holidays, anniversary and of course the joyful mayhem that was Christmas! Now that the new year has begun I am recommitting myself to keeping you all informed of our latest antics of Mad Molly and her trusty sidekick! And now that Wild Man Will has joined the ranks of those of us that walk he has come to be known as the Roaming Gnome...see picture below for pictorial explanation! He's still as wild as ever but he has taken to Roaming around the house in circles, going no where in particular, just roaming because, well because he just plain can! Over the next few days I will search back through the past few months and catch you up. I hope you all have a Happy and Entertaining New Year!