Learning New THings

J has advanced so much in such a short time. He is not even 7 months old and he seems ready to run. In the last week, he just started to stand but now he will do that all day. He pulls himself up and amuses himself by standing all day. Just last week we were amazed by his army crawling and this week he is upright. Sometimes he gets a little frustrated because he doesn't know what to do when he gets there.

A week ago, we had to start put things on the coffee table to keep out of his reach because he was army crawling everywhere and keep out of his reach--now he can get everything on there by pulling himself up and reaching.

He also started clapping. It's funny--he looks like one of those old fashioned monkeys that claps as he hits one hand with the other.

Maybe we noticed more this week because Mik was gone. She went to spend a week with Grandma and Grandpa in their 'shopping cart.' It was so quiet around here.
Oh, we missed her so much! One night she called and she started every sentence with Mommy,... or Daddy,.... She kept saying 'I miss you!' Oh, we missed her too.

Easter

Mik and I were reading the Easter story and she got to the page that Jesus was alive.

Mik: Jesus is Alive! Woo Hoo!! (Yes, he is)

Sometimes it seems that Mik thinks church is one big party. She loves to dance in front of the congregation during the contemporary people and see all her friends. But, once in a while it seems like she actually learns something. She was playing the other night and she wanted to play that she was baptizing me. She had a bowl and was using pretend water to baptize me. She said this was for God.

Then, we were reading about Easter and she was asking where Jesus and God were. She knew that Jesus should go on the cross.

On another church note, I have pondered if she is ready for communion. She asks if she can have it but I'm not sure if it is just so she can have a snack. I'm almost thinking she could understand the significance if she went through the training. I know she's young for it but at the same time she can comprehend some things and I think she would absorb part of the training. We'll have to see how this progresses.

Teaching Siblings

Mik told someone today that she was a big sister and she was going to teach her brother: to talk, to sing, and to eat cereal!

Mik gets a daily report from school--most often it isn't anything monumental--more often it tells us how long (or little) she napped. Every once in a while it has a funny comment. Today's:
Mik told me she learned a lot in her Mandarin classes but forgot it.

How typical!

M loves her friends, just it seems that she is often attracted to 8 year old boys. It is very scary how she loves to flirt with them. YIKKES!!! What will be seeing when she is 13 and they are 18?

Every night she has a routine--she always wants a few more minutes at bed. She loves to delay things. Ohhh--how I want to have more time to spend more time with both my kids!

My favorite thing she says: You're my very best friend. Although this changes all the time, my heart feels good when she wants to claim me as her very best friend. Actually, it makes me feel good when she claims anyone--it makes me feel that she is happy.

My heart feels sad!

Mikayla's new saying. She also says you make my heart happy. Hopefully we have more happy than sad days.

J-6 months

He is army crawling everywhere. Watch out!! He is enjoying all his new foods. I mostly mix in the fruits or veggies with his rice-so he just devours everything.

He hast started doing the 'raspberries' and will amuse himself and those around him for a while doing it over and over again. He and everyone around him, usually ends up wet. The doctor and nurse thought he was hilarious when he was doing it at his appointment.