Once For All

Funny story.  Orry and Isaac were sitting next to each other in the back of the van.  Orry turns to Isaac and says, "Put your arms out like you're on the cross.  I'm going to hammer you to the cross."  I turn to look and sure enough, Isaac is sitting there with arms wide open and his head hanging down.  Crucified.  Orry had his turn at it.  I'm sure that he could give Jim Caviezel a run for his money.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend.  Here's a bit of what ours looked like:

Sandcastle #2

About to sing in the Easter Eve service

Way too early to dig into baskets in their underwear...

Hunting eggs in rain boots

2 out of 3 ain't bad

"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.  He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit."

Nursery Rhymes

We have really been impressed with Isaac lately.  His speech is getting clearer and his sentences are making so much sense.  We credit a lot of this to the little day school that he attends 3 time a week.  They have been working on recognizing letters and writing them.  They have recently started in on working with numbers.  Throughout the year they have been singing as well.  Turns out that Isaac really loves singing.  His choir teacher has noticed lately that he's "come out of his shell" and really started to belt out the notes.    To say the least, we're proud parents.

This past week Isaac's class has been working on the letter N and nursery rhymes.  I don't know about you, but I like nursery rhymes.  My favorite has to be "There was a little girl who had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead.  And when she was good, she was very, very good, but when she was bad, she was horrid."  I guess it reminds me of someone I know.  Yesterday Isaac's class worked on "Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon."  Well, I'll just show you what he learned.



He's something else, to say the least.  Thanks for watching and thanks for keeping up with us!  Feel free to tell us what your favorite nursery rhyme is!

My Little Funny Bones

I'm a complainer.  I'm not proud of it.  Do you remember how bad my days can sometimes tend to go?  I'm sure you remember me complaining about their bedtime.  Right?

Well, you can thank Brooke Shields for this post.  I've posted her recent interview with Hoda (yes, I love watching Kathy Lee and Hoda) so that you can see what she says.  The part I'm referring to starts at 2:30 in the clip.

I love that she mentions how funny her kids are.  This is something wonderful that is true of all kids.  Sometimes we are so wrapped up in other things that we forget to stop and appreciate it.  Sometimes it takes someone like Brooke to remind us of this simple truth.

Annie can't talk yet so her funniness comes by way of faces.  She's got her scrunch face.  I'm sure you've seen it.

She's also got a mean scowl that she won't hesitate to give to anyone that she's unfamiliar with.  Of course, as unfamiliar as she is with you, all you have to do is say goodbye and she'll smile and wave at you like you're family...  She's also got a funny shuffle that she likes to do when you're in a hurry.  Oh, she'll shuffle those feet 1/4 inch at a time.  Lastly, she's a mimic.  She'll follow behind one of the boys and if he bends down to fix his shoe, she'll bend down and fix hers.  If he turns a circle and jumps in the air, by golly, she will turn that same circle and do all in her power to get her feet off the floor.  She's funny.

Isaac is talking up a storm.  It still isn't 100% understandable, but he's made tremendous progress.  Some of his funniness comes from mixed up syllables.  Some of his funniness comes from words that aren't understood, but sure do sound like bad words.  Funnier than his speech is his personality.  Part of it is that he loves to have a good time.  He'll toot in your face and say, "That's us!".  He's just a funny kid.

Dinosaur mask and claws.  Rraahhh!

Orry is talking and I just have to use that cliché.  Kids say the darndest things.  Just the other day he dropped this gem on me: "Mommy, I think it would be better if it was just me."  And who can forget, "A bee ate my booger!"?  Not me.  And the other day, while having one of Troy's co-workers over for dinner, Orry decided to describe our guest's hair (or lack thereof).  He said, "You're blind."    

Posing with his black balloon sword and butterfly mask.  What a combo...

The other thing from the interview worth mentioning is how fast they grow up.  Too fast if you ask me.  I'd rather not dwell on it for too long.  The evidence is there, staring me in the face, day after day.  For now, I'll just put my feet up and laugh while I can because I'm pretty sure that next week they'll each want their own cellphone and smart car...