Isaac's fear

For those who know my son, most would attest that he is pretty fearless. But he is wary of a few things, like meeting a lot of new people and eating lasagna. He is truly afraid of only one thing that we have discovered so far and that is heights. Anything over about six feet off the ground and you can pretty much count him out. He wouldn't even climb our back deck stairs for a long time. Well the other night as Jake was putting him to bed Jake asked Isaac if he wanted to go to heaven, and was more than a little surprised when he said no. So upon further questioning, Isaac admitted that he didn't want to go to heaven because it was too high. Tonight as I put him to bed he asked me how high is heaven. I told him that heaven is where God is and we won't be scared if we're with God.
This got me in deep thought mode. Isn't is scary to think about being apart from God? I pray that my family will all be faithful and we can be in heaven together, no matter how high, or far, or how difficult it may be to get there because where God is is where I want to be and where I want them to be.

When I grow up

While reading the girls their Bible lesson the other night we were reading Prov. chapter 31 and Abigail looked at me and said, "I'm going to be a doctor." I said, "Oh, what kind?" and she replied, "The kind you go to, to have babies. I want to born the babies. I want to born the mommies and daddies and brothers and sisters."

Last night we asked Isaac what he wanted to be when he grew up and he said, "I think I'll be a firefighter." And Abigail said, "Oh, you're going to put out fires and fight? So you aren't going to be a doctor like me."

This morning though Isaac decided to play parent I guess. I cooked a pan of rolls for breakfast and put them out on the table for the kids. As I was getting my computer set up for work, I overheard Isaac tell Indiana, "Now Indiana, that thing you were just doing to us was teasing. Don't tease."

Time to Potty Train?

So when your 18 month old follows her siblings into the bathroom and says, "pee-pee" every time she sees a potty, it's probably time to think about potty training. But when she learns to pull her diaper down and waddle to the potty she's leaving me no choice. This girly is definitely interested in going on the potty. Now, to just get her to figure out how to do it...A few more trips to the bathroom after two cups of milk and perhaps we'll have success. Yay for my girly growing up.

Birthday Advent Calendar

Isaac is very excited about his birthday this year. This morning he told me he wanted to put the things in the thing to count the days until his birthday. I was a little confused until he said, "Like we do to count the days until christmas." Guess I need to make him one or at least get him a calendar.

Abigail and Isaac have also been having fun with their imaginations lately. This morning Abigail was playing Scar from Lion king. Isaac then said, "You can't be Scar, Scar is a boy lion." Then Abigail said, "I am pretending I'm a boy and that I'm a lion." Isaac just couldn't accept that she can pretend to be a boy. Pretending she's a lion, or a bird, or any of the other things she pretends to be, is fine with Isaac as long as she doesn't pretend to be a boy any of those things.

Binoculars

Yesterday I thought I saw a cat on the roof of a neighbors house about six houses down. I wasn't sure so I got out my binoculars to check it out. And it was a cat on the roof, just warm shingles not hot or tin. But Isaac spotted me and now he is obsessed with binoculars. He has been using them to look out the window, and around the house. This afternoon he came up behind me and said, "Wow! Mommy, your bottom is really really big." At least he was using the binoculars when he said it.

Singing Practice

Jake is a member of the Big Chicken Chorus in Marietta, GA. Isaac sometimes goes to practice with him. Last night was Isaac's first big practice. So this morning I asked him what he did last night and he said, "Well, I built a big tower out of blocks, then I snuck into the snack room and got a big, big, big plate of peanuts and fruit. And Mommy you were right there were a bunch of guys there." Never once did he mention singing.

There is also a smaller group that practices in Cartersville at "Mr. Bill's house." Isaac and Abigail went to one of these practices with Jake. During the day I told the kids that if they were good they could go to the practice, and Isaac, having been there before told Abigail, "We play up in their playroom. You go up the stairs, past the singing room, and turn left out of the exercise room and into the playroom!" Again, never a mention of singing.

At least they have a fun time singing in the car on the way to practice with their Daddy. And they do enjoy singing:

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Super isaac

Isaac got a Cape for Christmas and today he was...a Hero! Abigail said, "Isaac you look just like super Grover!" then she told him that when he went outside the wind would blow him and make him fly. And he looked at her and rolling his eyes said,"no, abigail the wind doesn't blow people and make them fly because our bones and the food we eat just make us big so the wind won't blow us away." then he said that since he is a hero he will always listen to his mommy because "that's what heroes do."

Now they are playing mr. Lee and mrs. Sarah and Indiana is either baby jack or Reese. They can't decide. Oh and what are "mr. Lee and mrs. Sarah" doing? they are chasing each other around the house. and mr. Lee has a sword to kill snakes. Hmmmm, we sure have interesting neighbors:-)