Boys..what else can I say?

Today we ran some errands as a family. I did some practice reading with Jonah in the car as Lesh drove. As he read the words, he used them in a sentence. (His idea.) One of the words he read was "gas". Jonah said, "g -a -s, gas! Like gas in a car! Or like gas in your body!" He then starts laughing hysterically. Jude joined in. This evening, they were throwing a beachball up and down the stairs and this is what I listened to for about five minutes.

Jonah loves to dance..he's going to kill me for this video when he's older. I'm thinking "great blackmail material!" hehe...

Yep

"I had a hard day"

The weather is so warm and Jude keeps asking to go swimming. (It's not warm enough to swim yet.) Yesterday, he was bugging me to death about it, so I finally tried to distract him with the promise of a popsicle to cheer him up. That is the other thing he begs for (in addition to more candy). He brightened his expression and then started frowning again and said "Yeah, a popsicle would be good. I've had a hard day." Then he made that "harump" noise with his mouth as if to shake his head. I thought of his day and started laughing. He ate breakfast, watched a movie, played with his toys, ate lunch, went outside to play in the yard, ran through my hose, rode his "bike", wrestled with his brother, and wrote on our driveway with sidewalk chalk. Wish I had a hard day every day! :)

My Growing Boys

So Jonah learned how to whistle on Sunday. My father said he whistled throughout our church service. :) He's growing so fast it's sad and wonderful all at the same time. I couldn't be more proud of him.

And Jude.:) Yesterday, he wanted to wear his cowboy boots. With his shorts. I let him. We went to quite a few stores and he just strutted around like he was big stuff in those boots. He is a Kling-on lately..meaning he sticks to me like velcro. He always wants to know if I am sitting on his side of the car if we are going somewhere. And if I sit down on the sofa, he's there in a flash, touching my hair and sucking his fingers.

These days won't last forever..I'm soaking them up.

Easter boys

Here are my sweeties on Easter Sunday. Their outfits made me crave those creamsicles from the Schwann's trucks that used to come around our neighborhood.

My favorite hikers

Our family took a few days to explore our home state this week and had fun visiting Branson, Johnson's Shut Ins, Big Springs, and climbing to the top of Elephant Rocks. Just nine months ago, Lesh was in a wheelchair. Now he's hiking up huge boulders. Thank you God!

Here's a photo of my favorite hikers.

Cartoon Family

Photoshop fun.. :)