Big daddy…

ok…have you ever seen the movie “big daddy”?  it stars Adam Sandler (ugh…i really don’t like him…but he does have some funny stuff – and by some, i mean…a little).  Well, he kind of fosters this little boy and teaches him all kinds of inappropriate stuff.  But the one thing that this little boy had in common with my little one, is when the little boy was nervous, AS would have him put the sunglasses on, and he would be “invisible”.  Well, Lex does it a bit differently.  When she’s doing something she’s not supposed to, or she’s where she shouldn’t be – you can walk into that room where she’s at, and she closes her eyes.  most of the time she doesn’t cover them as she’s doing in the picture above, but she’ll just sit/stand there – eyes closed tight with an “ i should be in trouble, but you can’t see me to get me in trouble” type smile that stretches the entire width of her face.  she’ll eventually peek to see if you’re gone, but goes right back to eyes closed when she still sees you.  I kind of pains me to see that she’s already growing out of this behavior (not because she’s no longer being naughty…but she’s figuring out that she still gets in trouble for wrong doing, whether her eyes are closed or not), but because that this cute innocent stuff can only be cute for so long…then they learn consequences for their actions, and some of the cute stuff disappears.  oh, to let them get away with everything and be cute for the rest of their lives…can we keep her this small?  oh, nope…that’s right…we have to raise her to the best of our ability to be an honest and contributing member to society, and while doing that, our main focus is to teach her to love God and love her family and friends and all those around her.  wow.  never knew this parenting stuff would be so hard.  every day i see how i fail…but knowing me, i try and look at the positive, and i also look at how i succeed.  i don’t know how my children will grow up, and what they will contribute to life here…but i will love them as much as i can and teach them to trust, not in themselves, but in their creator, and trust where He leads them.