Tiny Talk Tuesday

Tiny Talk Tuesday helps parents focus on one of the many joys of parenting - the funny things that our little ones (and sometimes big ones) have to say.

Join in the fun and record the Tiny Talk overheard in your house! Publish a post on your blog and link us to the laughs. Then be sure to link to the blog carnival on this post so more bloggers can join in the fun.

The guidelines can be found here if you need them.
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Occasionally, D gets in a "three year old mood". This means that he is whining, can't be reasoned with, and has no real point to his complaints.

D (age 3): I need help.
Daddy: What do you need help with?
D: I need help with my hot dog.
Daddy: What do you need help doing? Getting it into your mouth?
D: No.
Daddy: Well if you don't eat your hot dog, you aren't going to get a snack.
D: I can't do it. I need help.
Daddy: Do you need help getting it into your mouth?
D: I need help chewing.

At which point all of the kids and Daddy cracked up.
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K had her friend J (age 7) over to play the other day. J's daddy is a BIG TIME Redskins fan. BIG. TIME.

Me: Do you like your teacher this year, J?
J: Yes. Except that she likes the cowboys.
Me: Oh, and you like the Redskins, right?
J: Yea. I like the Redskins and the Ravens secretly. But don't tell Daddy or he'll throw me out of the house.
Me: (laughing) Did you say he'll throw you out of the house?
J: Yea. One time I told him I liked the Cowboys and he told me to go pack my bags.

*The funniest part of this is that she was so serious. I think she believes him.
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D spent a good amount of time just screaming for fun tonight. Then he told me, "I am LOUD!"

*Yep. That you are.
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And now...time for a Tiny Talk Feature Family.


I'd like to introduce you to Anna and her family. I met Anna through blogging about two years ago. We were excited to learn that we live in the same state, but we have yet to meet.

Her oldest child, Max, is in second grade and her daughter, Mini, is two years old. Those aren't their real names, but I am going to have a hard time using their real names if I ever get to meet her precious children in real life!

I began reading Anna's blog because of her open and beautiful writing about her children and the process of adopting them. Open adoption is a topic near and dear to my heart. I absolutely love reading the perspective of the adoptive mom on her journey to adopt.

Anna has a beautiful and loving heart. I cry tears of joy every time I read the posts that talk about her children's birth moms. Anna has always kept such a special place in her heart for the birth moms of her children. This post, a letter to Mini's mom, is an example of such writing.

Of course, some of her posts are a bit more random. And others are motivating, like this one, which happens to be the reason I got back into doing The Shred. (Thanks Anna!) And of course, her kids are just darn cute!

Now, here's a little bit about Anna from Anna...

Hi, my name is Anna, and I live in a suburb of Washington DC, where I grew up being dragged downtown in our wood paneled station wagon to the Smithsonian every time we had company. Little did I know back then how much I’d appreciate living here now! As a homeschool mom, who may or may not have been doodling in her notebooks too much when she was in school, I couldn’t ask for a better place to learn history with my kids.

My husband, Mike, and I have been married for nearly 14 years. God has built our family through open adoption (meaning their birth parents chose us to be their forever family) and we are blessed with two outgoing, energetic, fun-loving kids. Max is 8 years old and Mini is 2, going on 13. We are busy with lots of fun things like church (Mike is a youth pastor), martial arts, fitness, MOPS, homeschool co-op, and beach trips in the summer.

I started my blog, Sincerely Anna, a few years ago while we were in the adoption process. The long part of the process called WAITING. Blogging became a lifeline for me as I found a perfect venue for writing out my thoughts and feelings and documenting Max’s preschool days. After Mini’s birth and adoption, it also become a great way to stay connected to the birth families of our children.
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So, take a moment to go swing by Anna's today! Introduce yourself and "meet" her cute kiddos.

But for now...it's Your Turn: