Goofy Kids

Do they really have a chance at being "normal" with their parents?

Often times in church during the song service I will hold one of the boys on my lap and sing in his ear. On each verse I will sing a different part(BTW, I never try bass), when I switch to a new part I will tell him what part I will be singing, i.e. "now I'm going to sing the alto part on this verse". I hope by doing this, their ears will become used to listening for parts. I do the same thing with instruments as we listen to music. I will say, " do you hear that beautiful french horn?" or "wow, listen to that cello!" Anyway, the other day it all came back to haunt me. We were driving down the road listening to Brooklyn Tab and I hear Micah from the back seat, "Mommy now I'm gonna sing alto!" Josiah replies, "And I'm gonna sing wead, I wike to sing wead cause wead is the woud part, if you sing wead that means you sing woud." I tried my best to explain that Lead is not just singing loud, it just seems loud to them because it is the melody of the song. They just looked at me as if to say, "yeah, OK, anyway as we were saying". Then Josiah says, "let's switch, now you sing Wead Micah and I'll sing Alto, come on Mommy sing!" So I sang. (before you get impressed, they are not actually singing parts, unless they are following me singing a part.)

Yesterday we started officially potty training Micah. Ahh the joy. We took his bear and put underwear on it, then we showed the bear how to go potty and keep his pants clean and dry, then bear got a treat. Bear learns so quickly. Then we put Bob the Builder underwear on Micah and said, "Now Micah you don't want to get Bob wet, keep Bob clean and dry. Then we set the timer and did the stay off the carpet thing and go potty every time the timer goes off. He didn't do too badly, only 2 accidents, one was right after we had taken him potty though. While Matt and I were still eating lunch, we noticed that Micah was dancing around in a circle and then falling down, he really seemed to be enjoying himself. He did this 3 times before we figured out he had wet himself and the floor, and was having a great time slipping and sliding in it. Needless to say, Bob got wet and Micah got a bath. Anyway, as you can tell, the apple does not fall far from the tree. Below are some pictures of our goofy guys.

Yum chocolate ice cream!

I am told that this tree stump is the Titanic, and Josiah and Micah are trying to survive the sinking of it

.A little trick photography with Daddy and Siah. For just the price of a cup of coffee a day, you could help feed this child.