My Sanity

Sometimes I question the wisdom of some of my decisions. Enter: driving seven hours in the car, with both of my children, by myself. Add to that the fact that when I arrive in Iowa my parents will not be there so I will be unloading a week's worth of stuff into my parent's NOT childproofed house by myself. I'm praying that the massive load of rain we've been getting will be over by the time I make the trek home.

It's all for a good cause: in the name of friendship and family. My dear friend, Abby, will be in Iowa this coming week so I want to see her. Jamie doesn't have the vacation time to be up there for very long (and he's in meetings through Sunday that he can't miss) so I'm going by myself. I try to see several friends when I'm in that neck of the woods, we're seeing Jamie's family, and I want to relax with my family so it's worth the potentially unpleasant traveling situation. The next time I post: I'll be there, enjoying the small town life for a week.

Ninevah

A conversation overheard between Jonathan and Jamie over the weekend:

Jonathan: "Daddy, get the gold and put it in the back." of the little car he rides
Daddy: "OK, where are we going?"
Jonathan: "Ninevah."
Daddy (not hearing the first time):"Where did you say we were going?"
Jonathan: "To the city of Ninevah with Jonah."

Guess the kid listens when we read his little Bible.

Like Clockwork

Jonathan got his first tooth at six months and the doctor told me this was the perfectly average age for a first tooth. Caleb will be six months old next Monday and guess what I felt this morning? A tooth starting to poke through. He's been tempermental and irritable for the past several days, but this isn't abnormal (we have have lots of these "phases") so I thought nothing of it. Here's to the start of happy chewing ~

Off and Going

Aunt Amy bought this scooter for Jonathan at a garage sale. Some of the best $3 I've spent in a while. He loves this thing and is good at it already. He just strapped on his helmet and took off. It made him seem quite older than his two and a half years. Whenever things like this happen it makes me feel sentimental about the passing years. It also makes me so thankful that I have relished and enjoyed these past two years with him.

We have video of him on the scooter so I'll post that soon ~

Sarah

MOTORCYCLE!!!

Jamie's parents rode the nearly 400 miles to our house from their house on their Honda Goldwing motorcycle.  Jonathan was elated!  He got on and off and pushed buttons and had a wonderful time sitting on the front and back of the motorcycle.  

He played outside with Grandpa all morning.  What a wonderful change of pace for us!  Jonathan loved having the new playmate (and having him all to himself... no sharing with Caleb like he has grown accustomed to doing with Jamie and I).  He is exhausted and sleeping for his nap. 

Caleb is now rolling over.  Took this little one a while to accomplish that feat.  He doesn't do it all of the time, but it has been repeated several times so I'm certain it's not a fluke.

Here's to more nice weather and great playing!

Finger Painting

Jonathan and I finger painted this morning. We tested the washability of the paints. He had it in his hair, on his arms, legs, feet, hands, and his clothes were covered. The mess required a hose and lots of soap. It sure was fun - great to be a kid (or a mom of one)!

A delightful day

Yesterday was beautiful. Beautiful. We enjoyed an evening outside yesterday. Here are Jamie and Caleb, chilling on the deck.

I let Jonathan play in the sink full of water yesterday morning. He used tons of soap to "wash his hands" and then he put a lot of suds on his face. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "I'm shaving. Like Daddy." Here he is: sudsy face and all!