While we were at my parents' house, we were all gathered around the dining room table for a meal. We had eaten the first few bites, when Carl instructed us all to "fold you hands." Then he wanted us to repeat after him.
Dear God,
Thank you for this day. Thank you for our penguin set. And thank you for the sand. And thank you for the water. Thank you for our 'Buela. And thank you for our Papa. And thank you for our brother. And thank you for our Auntie. And thank you for our Chris. And thank you for our Mama.
In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
Sweetheart!!
Monday, January 24, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Amazing Carl
One of Carl's favorite things to do right now is play "Toy Story" using the many different Lego, Duplo, and other Toy Story toys we have around the house. He picks up Woody, the cowboy, and says, "Helloooooo, Parn-ter" to Curtis or me.
Last night he was flying all the characters around on the rocket and said, "They're going to the donut shop!"
I rediscovered a Toy Story 2 book on Curtis' shelf and moved it into Carl's room. When Carl saw it, he got very excited, and said, "Mom! Look what I found! This is from the condo!" He was pretty amazed to see the book, but I was even more amazed that he remembered reading it 6 months ago on vacation.
Last night he was flying all the characters around on the rocket and said, "They're going to the donut shop!"
I rediscovered a Toy Story 2 book on Curtis' shelf and moved it into Carl's room. When Carl saw it, he got very excited, and said, "Mom! Look what I found! This is from the condo!" He was pretty amazed to see the book, but I was even more amazed that he remembered reading it 6 months ago on vacation.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Children's Discovery Museum
The boys and I took a road trip to Normal, IL today, to the Children's Discovery Museum. I thought it might not be crowded because most people were back in school . . . Wrong! Everyone else in central Illinois had the same idea. The kids still had a great time, though. Their two favorites seemed to be the water table and the train table. Last time we went, there was a Lego table, and Curtis was anxious to return to it, but when we finally got to the 3rd floor . . . the Legos were GONE!! It was a near-tragedy, but he did very well at controlling his disappointment. We had lunch at a pizza place next door, and Curtis used some of his Christmas money to purchase some shiny, colored rocks.
When we got home, someone from church brought us dinner. Great day!!
When we got home, someone from church brought us dinner. Great day!!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Christmas Stories
To start off the season, we got an artificial tree. Yuck to the artificial, but much better than no tree at all! Curtis was so excited to put up the tree that he actually got most of it out of the box and put it together. Then he made several ornaments out of pipe cleaners, feathers, cardboard, etc. and put them on the tree, since I wasn't ready to decorate yet. When I was finally ready to put the ornaments on, he helped me, grouping them all together on the lower branches. I couldn't get them unwrapped fast enough!
During the season, Curtis was also very into gingerbread men. They made a decoration at school, and he kept running around the house talking about "Gingy."
Both boys prepared for the Sunday School Christmas program, and Curtis also had a preschool program. They sang their songs repeatedly, and of course made up alternate words. "Mary Rode a Donkey" was the Sunday School song. It most often gets changed to "Mary Rode a Cow," but other words appear in there too. For the preschool program the song was "The Friendly Beasts," and Curtis likes to change the words to that song too.
Carl really enjoyed the songs and of course the videos of the season. Rudolph was his favorite, and he worked very hard to learn most of the words. He was a cute accomplice in the word-changing of the other songs.
Both boys, but Carl especially, liked looking at the Toys R Us ads that came in the mail. Carl would pore over it for extended periods of time, squealing each time he saw Lightning McQueen, Buzz, Woody, or any of his other favorite characters. He called it "Toys fo' us" and would fight with Curtis over it. As it got closer to Christmas, Carl started pointing at several items in a row, saying, "Santa Claus gonna bring me this, and this, and this, and this!" He also picked out gifts for everyone else. Santa was going to bring me a "movie Cars video."
On Christmas morning, Curtis tore through his pile of gifts quickly, and by the end of the morning, Carl had also figured out how to open one gift after another without stopping to play.
Curtis' favorite gift was his Lego castle from Aunt Lori, and Carl's was his Handy Manny play set from Mommy/Daddy/Santa.
During the season, Curtis was also very into gingerbread men. They made a decoration at school, and he kept running around the house talking about "Gingy."
Both boys prepared for the Sunday School Christmas program, and Curtis also had a preschool program. They sang their songs repeatedly, and of course made up alternate words. "Mary Rode a Donkey" was the Sunday School song. It most often gets changed to "Mary Rode a Cow," but other words appear in there too. For the preschool program the song was "The Friendly Beasts," and Curtis likes to change the words to that song too.
Carl really enjoyed the songs and of course the videos of the season. Rudolph was his favorite, and he worked very hard to learn most of the words. He was a cute accomplice in the word-changing of the other songs.
Both boys, but Carl especially, liked looking at the Toys R Us ads that came in the mail. Carl would pore over it for extended periods of time, squealing each time he saw Lightning McQueen, Buzz, Woody, or any of his other favorite characters. He called it "Toys fo' us" and would fight with Curtis over it. As it got closer to Christmas, Carl started pointing at several items in a row, saying, "Santa Claus gonna bring me this, and this, and this, and this!" He also picked out gifts for everyone else. Santa was going to bring me a "movie Cars video."
On Christmas morning, Curtis tore through his pile of gifts quickly, and by the end of the morning, Carl had also figured out how to open one gift after another without stopping to play.
Curtis' favorite gift was his Lego castle from Aunt Lori, and Carl's was his Handy Manny play set from Mommy/Daddy/Santa.
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