little guy, little bike, big words!

Jonah and I were out "riding" his bike today. I was going to just snap a few photos, but then he got to talking so I hit *record.*

He cracks me up. 

I want to save this video forever!

i love his little voice. 

our boy is sweet

I just have a couple of cute Jonah stories today. 

Last night at the dinner table we had the following conversation:

Jonathan: "a tourist family came in the store today. they said they had been here earlier in the year and wanted to come back to get ice cream again because of the tricks we did last time."

Me: "aw"

Jonah (before another word could be said): "aw, that was sweet!"

Then, close to bedtime he found a New Testament Bible he's not seen before. It was in a drawer in his room. He brought it to us asking us to read the new Bible. I don"t know how he knew what kind of book it was.

Actually, at first he started reading about the Lorax...we had to tell him that the Lorax is not in the Bible. Next he started reading to us about Jesus. Then, I captured a photo of Jonathan and him reading from it right before bed. 

i know this may be quite boring to the rest of the world. but it is something good i want to focus on for now and remember someday down the road. this has been a particularly rough week for me. i am thankful that i have these sweet little snippets to reflect upon. 

Fruit Snacks

Yesterday I ventured out on my own with both kids. We made one stop (well, two if you count Sonic drive-thru at happy hour time). 

We hit Michael's for some candy molds. 

I found THIS recipe for fruit snacks and wanted to try it out. I looked at Walmart, but couldn't find candy molds. I thought the regular jello molds would be too big. The candy molds are still a bit bigger than I'd hoped to find, but they work. 

Today we tried it out. 

They were very very easy. 

I'm not sure if I cooked it long enough. They turned out ok, but are very sticky. I've let them cool/dry for about an hour now..same consistency now that they were @ 30 minutes. Maybe I could coat them in something...

Project Day. (aka, the day I got the dishes done)

Today is a big day around here, but I'm going to post more about that later in the week, as I forgot to take a picture of the man of the house before he left this morning. 

In other news, Jonah has been a busy guy today. 

He has been really wanting to make play dough lately. I have resisted play dough for a long while. In fact, he never new it existed until his babysitter brought some over a couple of months ago.  (funny how she hasn't been asked back lately...just kidding, we love her lots)

So, we made play dough. We made it green, per the little guy's request. And it is already put away. And by that I mean it will not be used again anytime soon. Gosh, I dislike that stuff.(rather, I dislike what it does to my rugs)

But, I sure do like making it with my favorite little man. 

Neon Green play dough (with glitter sparkles). 

 Ingredients: 

1 C Flour 

1 C Water 

1/4 C Salt 

1 TBSP Vegetable Oil 

2 tsp Cream of Tarter 

Food Coloring 

Sparkles (optional) 

Sauce Pan and Wooden Spoon 

Little helping hands.
Mix everything (stirring constantly) over medium heat until it balls up in a huge clump. 

Then, since one big project a day is not enough, we tried this new idea. 

We put baking soda in the bottom of a pie pan. Then Jonah used the dropper to drop food-colored vinegar into the pan. FUN! He loved it. I wish I could say it kept him busy for hours, but we ran out of baking soda. (at least we ran out of what I'd allotted for this project).

And THAT is how, on this beautiful sunny day, I got my dishes done. That and a little method we like to call "let the baby cry it out."

Six Weeks

Our darling daughter is six-weeks-old today! 

The early weeks are a blur in our memories..good thing we have photos! 

I'd bet weeks two and three are most blurred for Jonathan. He was working a lot and not sleeping much. Some of his co-workers have commented to me how rough he looked dragging into work some mornings. 

Jonah is just as smitten with her now as he was the first week. He loves hugging and kissing her. Every now and then he asks me not to get her (when she's crying for me), but usually he just jumps in and "helps."

one fish, two fish

I had a tiny little photo shoot to capture the kids in their matching shirts. The pictures could be better, but they could be worse too. 

If Eliza was looking, then Jonah was moving. If Jonah was cooperating, then Eliza had her hands in the way.  Oh well. I got pictures taken!

and, after editing, I've got my new favorite of my girl...gonna frame this one.

Elizabeth Anne 5.5 weeks

Rise and Shine

For most of Jonah's toddler life he has been pretty good about sleeping in. For a long while his wake-up time was between 8 and 9am. On several occasions he'd even sleep till 10! There were days he'd wake around 7:30, but they were rare. 

Recently (like since Elizabeth was born and we are up in the wee hours anyway) he has made 6am his new wake-up time. NOT COOL, kiddo. Not cool at all! 

To every problem, there is a solution. Now, I don't know if this is our final solution, but I came up with a plan. We will test it tonight/in the morning. 

A friend suggested that I teach him how to read his clock, and teach him to stay in his room until a certain time. Well, I don't trust him to stay in his room until the clock reads "7" just by teaching him to wait for the 7. I'm afraid he'd read 5:37 and think it was the right time to go find mom. 

So....I made a "7" for his clock and all he has to do is wait for the number on the clock to match right above it. 

We also rearranged his furniture. It is finally placed the way I'd envisioned since we moved him into that bedroom.