A's Singing Skills

"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

Finkle finkle little star

Up aba ba ba so high

Like a dinosaur in the sky

"Jesus loves me"

She-lu fila

Je su luv fila too

Je su luv mommy

Je su luv mommy too

Je su daddy

Je su daddy too

A's Medley ( Jesus Loves Me & Old McDonald, Alphabet Song)

Je su luv mommy

E-I-E-I O oink oink

ABBBBDAHIEBCDBCDAP

"A" will start one song and then go completely into another one. I love to hear him sing. It's such a sweet blessing. 

He tries to give the different words different notes and the melody comes out to be very unique. I LOVE IT! :-)

October 7, 2014

So here's another cute "A" story. 

We were in the car on the way home from the doctors, when Avery said, "Daddy come home in a little bit?"

See, whenever we get home at night and daddy's not home, I always say that daddy will be home in a little bit. 

So then I started to explain to him that daddy was coming in Thursday. "Today is Tuesday and we have to go sleep-sleeps then when we wake up, we play all day and then go sleeps-sleeps again and then it will be Thursday. Daddy comes home. You could see the wheels turning and he looks at me says "Go sleep-sleeps now?"

This little guy who hates sleep time was willing to go to sleep just so he could see his daddy again soon.  

So hurry home Daddy. Little guy is waiting for you. :-)

Airplane NOW!

So the CUTEST thing happened. Daddy is on a short survey trip to the Bahamas and here is what happened...

I was giving a friend a violin lesson and "A" was playing with his toys downstairs. The next thing I know I heard him dragging something up the stairs. He pulls some luggage (that he found left out in the garage) all the way up to the main room.

I asked him. "Where are you going with that?" 

And he announces. "Go with daddy, airplane now." 

Avery figured that once he had a suitcase, I would take him to the airport so he could ride an airplane with daddy. 

He was pretty insistent until I told him I was in the middle of the lesson and couldn't drive him to the airport right then. He brought it up a couple times, but I was finally able to distract him and put the luggage away. He misses his daddy and was figuring a way to get to him. HOW SWEET!

Ank-oo for...

Big brother is super insistent about praying before eating, whether it be a a snack or a meal. "Pray first" he insists. It's super cute and I never want to damper his spirit of prayer. I also allow him to say what he is thankful for. It usually starts with him saying "Fad-der" (Father) then I remind him to say "Thank you" and he goes on to say what he is thankful for. It always includes food but usually includes daddy, baby, mommy, and so on. He adds random things like "the light" or "dodo." I let him thank away and then he closes with "Amen."

So I never know what to expect. We were in the car eating bite while daddy was in a store buying something for our teen room. Avery insisted we pray (even though it was a small snack).

Here is how it went...

"Fadder, ank-oo food, ...daddy (pointing to store) ...fart (pointing to his bottom)
"Avery, fart?"
"Yeah, fart, fart momma, fart."

Well, at least he has a grateful spirit. Definitely saving this story. :-)

August 17, 2014 - Sweet Boy

My sweet sweet boy. I just love this kid! So we are learning baby sign language and we were practicing different signs like play, daddy, mommy, ball and so on. When I got to hug, I said "can you sign hug" and instead he tackled me with a big hug and said "Hug mommy" Then he wanted to hug Baby T as well. He is just precious. 

Last Sunday we were walking through church and ran up to me and said "hold me" and slipped his hand through mine. Then at nap time, he wanted me to lay next to him and he took both hands and framed my face and planted a kiss on my lips. 

He is pure sugar, ALOT of spice (the crazy 2 yr old tantrum kind) and alot of love. I'm so grateful for my little gift named A.

July 27, 2014 Growing Pains :-)

"A" is SUCH a good big brother. He is sweet to his baby sister. Oh my word, I am so blessed! I love to hear his voice change when he talks to her. He's super-protective. When I'm walking out the door, I will put her carseat down on the couch and go pick up my purse and bags and open the door. He will immediately start in about "baby, babee babee"; I think he thinks I am leaving her. When have I ever? Anyway it's SUPER cute but a bit bossy. :-) We have named him the family manager, since He likes to boss and manage the family. "Sit there." "Food." "Play." He likes to tell us what to do, where to do it and how to do it, but because he is so chatty, his verbal skills are developing quite nicely. 

He has been learning how to play peek-a-boo with sister and he even tries to cover her eyes with his hand. Unfortunately, it ends up being a slap to her eyes but he is learning to be gentle and she doesn't seem to mind. She loves her big brother. She smiles at him and loves him. 

The other day, daddy was tickling and playing with him and so when daddy came after him to tickle him, he immediately covered up his eyes, so "daddy couldn't see him". :-) It doesn't work that way of course but it was soooooo cute! I love to see my big boy grow up. Love being a mom. :-)

July 24, 2014 - Hide and Se-Scary Mommy

This story is actually about my husband, though "A" had a huge part to play in it. :-) Jer loves to play Hide and Seek with "A". He will yell "A's" name and then go hide. Well, I had heard him calling "A's" name but didn't think much about it. I went into my room and saw that I had not put my shirt away. So I picked it up, walked over to the closet to hang it up and opened the door. There in my closet was my husband crouching down ready to surprise my son. 

My first thought was, "There is a man in my closet." My second thought was "THERE IS A MAN IN MY CLOSET. My heart dropped like a sink hole. Thus, I had a late reaction scream. AHHHHHHHH! When I realized it was husband a few seconds after my first thought, I started beating him with my shirt. :-)

He just laughed. "I didn't mean to scare you, honey." Well you did! Looking back, it was pretty funny, but don't tell him I said that :-) Those boys are going to give me a heart attack. :-)