Thursday: why I blog

I blog to share.  It's an easy way for other to keep up-to-date with our lives and know what's going on.  That being said, I try not to over share; it is viewable by anyone that know the address.

I blog to remember.  Lately this has been one of the main motivators.  Isaac says so many silly things and Joshua is growing up so fast.  It's fun to look back and remember the minutea that would otherwise be forgotten.

I blog to be remembered.  There is a part of me that wishes I had more primary resource material from my mom.  Sure, I have lot of treasured memories, but I would love to know what those memories look like from her perspective.  I remember one day when I was rather young saying I wanted tomato soup for dinner.  Mom made it.  I realized I didn't like it and she started crying.  What else had I done that day that I was blissfully unaware of?  What were her struggles while raising two young children?  I know; I could ask my dad.  But it just isn't the same.  I wish that my children could remember her in ways that are not just my memories.  All that being said, should my children or grandchildren have no interest in my life I'm ok with that too.  It probably means nothing untimely happened and that is wonderful.

So on this day when I remember her death I do not feel the pain of missing her that I sometimes feel.  Perhaps because it has been a busy day and I have chosen not to dwell on it.  But I do deeply wish there was a better way to remember her by than just a child's memories.

Wednesday: car wash

Isaac's been asking to go through a car wash for quite a while.  So we went through it today.  I think he's inherited his love of car washes from me.

Yesterday I put Joshua on the floor in the middle of his room and a bit later he was in the hallway.  Most of it was through rolling, but there were a few crawling like motions.

Tuesday: NT

Around the end of February I finished reading the New Testament.  That means I've read the whole Bible (for sure).  (Versus just expecting that I've read all of it in bits and pieces.)  (But I'm pretty sure there were pieces that I had skipped.)  It only took about five years.

I did a devotional during Lent...it was pretty good.  But then it ended and I was at a loss as to what to do next.

So I decided to read the Bible again, this time in The Message.  I'm hoping it will make some of the minor prophets more interesting.  What I really would like is a Bible app with lots of notes...maybe I should look for one.

Monday: 36 weeks

Joshua is 36 weeks old!

He has been enjoying rice crackers this week.  (Like puffs, but bigger).  Avocado has worked pretty well too.  Everything else is still pretty much refused.

While I know he's been rolling back to front for a while, today was the first day I saw him do it multiple times without any type of assistance.  (I think he uses the crib slats when sleeping.)

Joshua also gave a me a lot of smiles today.

Sunday: Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  He is Risen!

This morning Ben and I were the substitute leaders for 3s church.  While it wasn't really something I loved, it wasn't too bad either.  Play time/color time for 30 minutes and then a movie.  The kids do give a lot more feed back than in nursery though.  So someone mentioned that jump started with J and suddenly everyone is showing us how they can jump.  And how they can jump like a kangaroo.  Also, you know you're strong if you can carry and bus and an airplane to Florida.

We had lunch with Ben's side of the family (it was delicious) and then after a brief stop home we went to Dad and Pat's.  There we had just a light meal and a laid back atmosphere - but it was perfect.  Isaac had another Easter Egg hunt that his cousin made for him (and he got a lot more than one M&M per egg). :)  And there were a bunch of other toys to play with.  Including an organ.

We also saw some definete clapping from Joshua.  (This isn't the best showing of it...but he was!)

Saturday: Easter activities

The day between Good Friday and Easter...such an odd day.  Relief that the pain of the cross is done, but the joy of the Risen Savior isn't here yet.

So we did some of the secular, but very fun, Easter activities today.  First we set up an Easter egg hunt for Isaac.  This was my favorite hiding place...Isaac had put the clothes pin on the light switch yesterday.

Isaac with his finder (the finger).  He did a much better job this year than last year.

Amazingly, he also did a wonderful job sharing.  There was an M&M in each egg...but instead of eating all of them he shared equally with Ben and me.  Joshua got to enjoy some empty eggs.

Isaac made a hunt for us.  Several of the eggs were in the same spot that we put them and several eggs were all together.

Since he had done such a good job sharing, we put another M&M in all the eggs and hid them again.  Jerusalem helped.

Isaac's last attempt at hiding eggs.  They were all in plain sight on the floor.  We hid them one more time with coins ($1.38 to be exact) and then ended up playing with the money for longer than I expected.

We also dyed some eggs.  We found a white crayon, but it didn't work well on the eggs.  So we just dyed them a solid color.  Next year I'll know we need different supplies.  But it was still fun.  The yellow and green eggs turned out the best.

Friday: nice day

Today was a nice day.  Ben was home for work due to Good Friday.  We didn't do much during the day.  Nice, but we might need to figure something out for tomorrow because "do you want to play with me?" got rather old pretty quickly.

In the evening we went to Travis and Allison's to play games.  The kids had a wonderful time together...Isaac kind of plays with the girls, but also really likes the new toys.  The girls love to play with Joshua and kept coming out with more toys for him to play with.  A doll hat went on his head pretty early and stayed there for quite a while.  And we had a fun time playing a new game...the rules were pretty straight forward once you got started, so that helped.