Dragonflies

My poor little Pedro. Until recently he was not afraid of bugs, he didnt realy care if they were around or not. That was until Monday evening when a big flying beetle got in the house and decided to land on his shoulder. Now to even play in the pool has turned into a fearful experience. The sight of a dragonfly senda him into hysterics. My suburban has no air conditioning an he is in the back seat screaming put the windows up every time he sees a flying bug. Kids and their crazy new found phobias.

Who would of thought that this:

Would lead to this:

Big brother alejandro tried to run the dragonflies off with a stick:

That didnt work and Poor little Pedro flew right back into the pool:

 So big brother Marco decided he would scare the dragonflies off with his crazy goofy face:

We did finally get Pedro out of the pool and the whole time all he could do is scream the dragonfly get it away it's gonna get on me.

He did finally calm down once we got in the house. I am hoping that this is a phase that passes really quickly, I dont know how long I will be able to stand the screaming because there is a flying bug somewhere. He starts and all I can think is man we live in Fl and there are all kids of bugs everywhere in the summer. This is going to be a loooooooooong summer!

Critisism

We are so fast as people to criticize some of the things that others do. Who knew that it could be so hurtful? Well I didn't, not until Bro. Bobby's sermon this morning where he pointed out just how painful criticism can be. So much so that the Holy Spirit is the only one that is suppose to criticize.He pointed out how God gave us people the ability to communicate with language. It is so powerful that it can help build us up or even break us down. As Christians we are suppose to help each other, you know help each other to improve. You know I never thought about it that way. How many times a day do we as parents use our words to criticize and bring our children down under the guise of constructive criticism? I know that I am guilty of this and that it is one thing that I really need to work on, not only as a mom but as a christian. I do believe that Beth Moore would call it one of my strongholds. It is just one thing that holds me captive and keeps me from being the person that God wants me to be. I was not aware of this until today. All I can say is Thank you Jesus for giving Bro. Bobby this message this morning. I know that I needed it and by being shown by God where my strong holds are I can now begin to work on breaking free from them.

During this sermon I felt as though it was meant for me and that God was looking at me as he put the words into motion. It was like God was saying hey you, Amy listen to this and take it to heart. There have been many times that I could see the look of hurt on my children's faces after I got done correcting them. My most commonly used words when getting onto the kids when they have done something are, " What is wrong with you?". They do kinda sound like criticizing words when used in the wrong tone of voice. Think about it how many times a day do we criticize the ones we love most in this world and not even realize it? Personally, now that I have thought about it, I do it several times a day.

Pedro's birthday

Today ws the day that we finally celebrated Pedro's birthday. His birthday was actually last week the same day as his oldest sister,but due to his young age we decided to push it back a little bit. Poor boy has been hearing all his life that his birthday is the same as Issi's.Issi's day came and went and ever since the poor boy has been asking every day, "today is my birfday?". So yes today is his birthday, he is officially 3. He has picked his presents and his cake is happily playing with his Beyblades and Cars toys. We dont do the presents wrapped in paper here. On thie birthdays it is a trip to the store to pickout their presents with their designated amount of money in hand. I have found that my kids are way more excited about going to the store and picking out their own birthday presents than they are opening presents that I have picked. It is funny to watch them as they try to decide to pick what they want. Given the chance kids can be pretty good at comparison shopping with a little guidance that is.