More deep thoughts from isaac

Tonight we were talking and I asked Isaac what his goal was. We've been working on knowing that our goal is to get to heaven. Well he looked at me and said, "mommy I don't want to go to heaven yet because to get to heaven you have to die. How old do you get to be before you die?" so then I tried to explain that we don't know how long we have but that he didn't need to worry about it right now. That got him thinking and I am not sure what conclusions he'll come to, but I'm sure it'll be interesting. I pray that he has a long full life and gets to heaven when it is over.

Making Friends

It was a hectic day yesterday. The whole time I was working the kids were loud. Some days it just gets to me more than others and yesterday was one of those days. I was very excited that temperatures outside were in the high 60s and we could go outside to play. Unfortunately Isaac wanted to go play with our neighbor Reese, but she wasn't home. I suggested we could walk around the neighborhood and maybe Isaac could find a new friend. It was very fun as I pulled Abigail and Indiana in the wagon we walked around and Isaac kept his eyes peeled. We spotted a little girl and her mom going into their house and he ran right up to the door to ask if she wanted to play. Unfortunately they had to leave and couldn't play. As we were turning around to walk the back to our house we spotted a boy coming from the bus stop. Turns out Will was coming home from kindergarten and he wanted to play. So we spent an hour or so playing at Will's house. By the time we had to leave Will had decided he was coming home with us. It was a good afternoon and reminded me how easily children make friends.

Abigail Turns 3

Yesterday was Abigail's birthday. She woke up excited to open her present. We got her a cake ball maker and we spent part of the morning making cake balls. Then in the afternoon her friends came over for a little play date and to eat the cake balls from the morning. She got a play set with a hair dryer, curling iron, straightener thing, brush, etc. from her friend Anna. And she got a penguin with a blanket from her friends the Chatmans. She has really been enjoying her presents, but you can tell we don't really do hair styling in our household. She has been using the hair dryer as her gun to shoot things, the straightener is a stapler, and I think she's asked me half a dozen times what the curling iron is. Oh, and the red blanket from the penguin makes a great cape.

Overall I'd call this birthday a success.

When I'm Big

Abigail came up to me this afternoon and told me, "When I get big like you, my little teeth will fall out and I'll get big teeth like you. See this tummy, it will help me grow big like you. And I'll use my big teeth for crunching."

Reading Boy

Isaac read a Curious George book almost entirely by himself. When he wants to, he can read very well.

Indiana has almost four teeth.

And Abigail, when asked about her upcoming birthday, she'll tell you her birthday is March 10, and Becember 7. We're working on it.

I'm terrible at baby books and remembering milestones, so this will have to serve as the official record.

Reading and Sentences

Indiana has several words she uses often. Her favorite is of course "no" but she also says "peekaboo," "mama," "dada" and I'm sure there are others. But her new phrase is, "I did it." It is so funny to ask her to do something and when she does it she puts her hands in the air and says, "I did it" usually followed by "yay" and clapping.

Isaac has been working on reading lately and he's getting very good. Today he was reading a magazine and came across the word "hooky" and he knows that two "oo" make an "oo" sound like in "kangaroo." So he said to me mommy what is "hooky." Go ahead, say it out loud it is so funny. And then I tried to explain what "playing hooky" means and he is itching to try it.

He also tries to spell words out. At my parent's house last week he was watching the movie Rio and wanted to spell "Blue." So he sounds it out and comes up with "bloo." In the car he likes us to spell a word for him too. Yesterday after he had donea few words he said,"Okay Daddy, what does 'bukl' spell." Can you figure it out? Yep, buckle, is a tricky word.

Halloween 2011

Isaac the Pirate

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Abigail's Mean Spider look

Mommy the Queen and the Baby Pumpkin

The two Pirates

Pirate and Mean Spider

The Simpson's 2011