Gotta love it!

The boys go to "Kids Stuff" at the ymca 3-4 times a week while I work out. I love to look in the window and watch them when they don't know I am there. Last week they had an older lady reading a story and Deacon was doing hand motions for a little rhyme with the other kids. Today when i peeked in Lincoln was being held by one of the teachers and weas almost asleep and Deacon and Roman were sitting with another teacher and some other kids at a table having a "dinner party". They had cups and spoons and fake food out and the boys were having a grand old time! I love that they love going there!

I thought I would include a picture to remind us of what is coming!

and time keeps marching on...

It is amazing how fast the last 4 1/2 months have gone since Lincoln was born. Some days seem endless...but the weeks and months are going fast!

We have been contemplating moving into a bigger place, possibly building. Those thoughts, along with getting a new exterior from hail damage and the continual dejunking of our house and the constant clothing rotation is keeping us busy! It seems like every few weeks I am going through the boys closet and removing items that don't fit or changing the seasons. Why do I bother? deacon has favorites and nothing else gets worn. he doesn't care about seasons either.

Roman is started to vocalize his preferences for clothing too. And other things. We were at Target this week and deacon asked me very politely if we could go in the blue doors- (we usually go in the green doors). I agreed and started driving to the other end of the parking lot. From the backseat I hear "green do, green do' Roman threw an absolute fit because he wanted to go in the green door like we usually do! it was sort of cute though because he is just starting to put 2 words together. We have definately been discovering that while Deacon likes his "same old" clothes and food- he is more up for changing other things, like parking by new doors etc. Roman likes his routine and he does not like change. I have a feeling that we are going to see that character trait all the more strongly as time goes on.

Lincoln rolled over this week! He is so proud of himself!

pictures by Karla

ups and downs of life in our household

We have had a hard few days. The 2 little ones had MD appointments and got vaccinations and Roman got blood drawn. Roman is also getting his 2 year old molars. Needless to say, there has been a lot of crying going on around here! (and it hasn't all been the children...)

Roman did refer to himself as "Ro" for the first time though, so that is exciting. In between screaming, Lincoln has moments of happiness, true laughter and smiles. Maybe I should say that inbetween his happiness there are moments of screaming...it depends on the day I guess. Deacon is very happy with this Awana program, his swimming lessons and his friends. Next things to get him to love are vegetables and getting his pajamas on. (he says he is tired of putting his pajamas on everyday...he has a life of boredom ahead of him unless he can adjust his attitude...)

Thank goodness there are 2 of us- Noah is putting them to bed right now. We are so thankful for our friends and family too! Thanks mom for coming over and helping out today! We will show you the picture of the duck using the 'puter tomorrow! (Deacon saw a picture of a duck using a computer and he started laughing and laughing and said, "we've got to show this to grandma".)

sad and glad

Roman's 2nd birthday was yesterday. His party had a Bob/Elmo/Cars/Thomas theme! We had all of his favorite snacks and he was overwelmed with presents! It was a good time. Noah and I took the boys to McDonalds for lunch for a birthday treat. Deacon was quite upset over it because it was just us..."why aren't we bringing our people?" he asked. He often refers to friends and family as "our people" i think it is cute. It reminds me of the passage Noah and I had on our wedding invitations, "where you go, I will go and where you stay I will stay. your people will be my people and your God, my God." (Ruth something).

The sad part is that we said goodbye to Karla. She left this morning for Brazil. We are going to miss her SO much! the boys know she is going to Brazil, but they don't really understand. This morning Deacon asked about her and thought she would be at church. No concept of how far away Brazil actually is.

We share everything...

This is what brothers do, right?

odds and ends

Thanks for this picture of our family, Sally!

Wow! Time flies by...I can't believe it has been almost a week since I last posted! What has gone on...well, we are in the process of demolishing our deck in preparation of putting on a new one in the spring and we all started swimming lessons!

Deacon had his first swim lesson on Saturday with no parent in the water. I was afraid that he would cry, but he didn't and he particpated wholeheartedly in the lesson. Roman had his parent/child class and he followed along with the class without too many maverick antics.

Noah and I started lessons too- trying to improve our strokes in anticipation of our triathlon next summer. Deacon talks about triathlons a lot. He wants his own. He draws pictures of triathlons. I don't think he really gets it.

The boys went to the arboratum with my mom and sister on Monday. they had a great time. there was a maze for kids to go through. i will post pictures when I get them from my sister.