The Funny Things They Say and Do

Children are some of life's greatest blessings. There is constantly some new thing that they are doing to bring little bursts of joy into our life. We are greatly anticipating the arrival of our littlest one. It won't be too much longer now! I am secretly hoping for a really good baby so that I can do all of the things that I need to do over these next few months. I am too tired right now to even entertain the thought of caring for a rascally baby. I'm sure, though, that God knows just what kind of a baby our family needs, rascally, or not. Her days are already numbered by Him. He knows just what kind of a girl she will be. We are excited to find out about this sweet little one's personality.

I thought I would share a few of the funny things that Major has been saying this week, along with some of the things that both of the kids have been doing.

Both of the kids had a little cold/cough for a few days last week. Major hadn't really been coughing during the day, but would cough a little bit when he went to bed and then again in the morning just as he would wake up. The other day, he ran into our bedroom in his pajamas and jumped into bed with Josh and me. He snuggled up against us, coughed really hard and said, "The germs are fighting with my body and I think the germs are winning!"

Last night, after church, he went up to our preacher and said, "Hey Mr. Karl! I think you are a good priest." Sweet Major. Just trying to be encouraging... I guess he doesn't know the difference between a priest and a preacher yet. Sweet buddy.

Lately, Major gets cracked up during sermons at our church. At first it starts out as a funny "s-s-s-s-s-" sounding laugh, then the laughter becomes more and more noticeable as Major repeats the funny phrase out loud again and again. We smile at him at first, but then eventually have to tell him to settle down. This is getting to be a weekly occurrence. It is pretty funny...for a while anyway. Last week, Mr. Karl said some kind of phrase about being "fat and sloppy". Major thought that was pretty funny. All of the people sitting right around us could eventually hear Major's voice repeating "fat and sloppy"... "fat and sloppy"... "s-s-s-s-s-"..."hehehehe". Yesterday morning, Mr. Karl said something like, "Our blessings don't come from Washington!" Major started laughing and said, "That's funny! Washington? Who's he??? Our blessings come from God! s-s-s-s-s... Hehehehe...HAHAHAHA! Washington!!! HA!" It doesn't take much to entertain that guy. Just say a few silly words to him and he will explode into fits of laughter.

Speaking of which, our kids are both in a stage which includes not so funny jokes. Of course, there is the occasional joke that IS funny. Many of them do not make any sense at all. They think that they are funny, anyway. :) Sweet buddies.

The kids keep themselves entertained with their little projects and games. One of the things that I love about homeschooling Mary Alice is the extra time that the kids get to spend together. They have plenty of time during the day to play and create. People have been asking me what they want for Christmas. Kids really need very few toys. Just give them a cardboard box, some paint, markers, etc. and let them create. :) Aren't those some of the best toys?

Here are some things that they made this week. The first pictures are from when they decided to create a rocket. Halfway through this project, they changed their mind and decided to make the box into an "angel sleigh". This morning, the kids spent Mary Alice's break time playing in their little angel sleigh, until we had to borrow it to give our tiny Christmas tree some height.





The second picture is of a game that Major invented. Mary Alice does some of her school work on these little white dry erase boards. While I was working with Mary Alice, Major invented this little hockey game. He got into our craft box and pulled out some flat marbles. He pulled out some construction paper and cut out these little blue squares. He used his markers as hockey sticks. The object of the game was to hit the marbles into the blue squares. :) When it was time for Mary Alice to take another break, she and Major competed with their homemade hockey games for about a half an hour or so. They had so much fun with this simple little game. I love it!



I hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving! Have fun celebrating all of life's wonderful blessings that can only be attributed to our great God!