I am not making this up ... to the best of my memory, this is what Leighton's prayer sounded like tonight. Keep in mind I gave him no help, just listened!
Thank you basketball
Thank you day
Thank you mommy
Thank you daddy
Thank you boat
Thank you cross
Thank you sins
Here is my translation:
Lord,
Thank you for my basketball hoop (and the sport in general),
Thank you for today,
Thank you for my mommy,
Thank you for my daddy,
(I'm sure in his heart he is also thankful for his brother McCabe),
Thank you for my boat room decorations (this one threw me for a loop),
Thank you for dying on the cross to forgive my sins.
Amen
Oh my goodness it was so sweet and wonderful. We love our prayer times at night with him. He is really catching on. Or perhaps, he is really good at copying and wants to do what mommy and daddy do. Either way, he is on a good track.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Pool in the Yard
I think this is the sweetest picture of McCabe I have taken in a while! Isn't his smirk precisous? In the pictures below you can see Leighton and McCabe enjoying some time in the pool this afternoon. McCabe actually didn't like it very much all. In the bottom picture, Leighton is trying to make McCabe feel better by giving him a huge kiss!
I love my boys so so so so much.
Zoo with Daddy!
We went to the Zoo on family day. Leighton seemed to like it just as much as the first time. We even got to see a few new animals. 
He thought the Lemur was pretty cool.
And he was much more brave in feeding the animals this time, but still threw some food threw the fence so he didn't have to get licked!
We also had a Midwife appointment before the zoo. It was exciting to hear the heartbeat again and my usual list of questions! We are excited for the new babe in about 4 months!
He thought the Lemur was pretty cool.
And he was much more brave in feeding the animals this time, but still threw some food threw the fence so he didn't have to get licked!
We also had a Midwife appointment before the zoo. It was exciting to hear the heartbeat again and my usual list of questions! We are excited for the new babe in about 4 months!Saturday, June 5, 2010
McCabe's Bucket Hat
McCabe loves when we put toys on his head! He now knows how to put these buckets on his head all by himself and does it a couple of times per day.
Our Easter buckets and eggs may stay out all year round!
Friday, June 4, 2010
New Pipes and Yard Work
I am so proud of my husband.
In addition to working a lot and being busy all the time, he and his friend fixed our galvanized pipe the other night! Our bath tub has slowly gotten worse at draining since we moved in. For example, half of your leg gets a bath every time you shower and you could step into some cold, dirty water for your morning shower that never drained from last nights bath for the kids.
Anyway, my handy (learning more all the time with an old house) husband and his friend sawed off portions of the old pipe to discovered that minerals and corrosion had built up and totally blocked movement of water. Then they successfully replaced the pipe and trap!
This morning was my first shower since the pipe was fixed and it was great!
I cannot believe that my husband helped fix a pipe! I am grateful for the money this saved us, but also for his willingness to work so hard and get so dirty even after his long busy day.
Since he was working on the pipe late I cuddled with Leighton until he fell asleep! At least that was my plan. I ended up sleeping in his bed for about a half hour until Luke came and found me when he was done in the basement. It was so sweet! I was tempted to stay there and cuddle on his tiny bed, but Luke would have been too sad! :)
We also had friends of ours come over last night to work on anything we wanted them to do. It was weird to be the boss, but there were 7 people from a bible study at our church that just wanted to serve us so they came with work gloves and wanted to work! They helped us haul away our old water heater and furnace, old windows, cement stairs, thousands of sticks that had fallen during the crazy and icy winter (Leighton loved helping with this job and talked about it for hours afterwards), they cleaned the garage, and they scrapped the paint in our porch so that we could repaint it.
So in 24 hours, our house got a lot of loving! I am so thankful for their labor. They really saved Luke a lot of time and energy and gave us a jumpstart to some of our projects! We hope to get the porch painted soon and I would love to hang some potted flowers in there! We also want to either make a sandbox or an herb garden in the location that those guys cleared out for us!
Man we are so blessed ...especially me! Blessed with that bible study's desire to serve us, blessed with my husband being so wonderful, and blessed by my amazing kiddos who bring life and joy to this house!
In addition to working a lot and being busy all the time, he and his friend fixed our galvanized pipe the other night! Our bath tub has slowly gotten worse at draining since we moved in. For example, half of your leg gets a bath every time you shower and you could step into some cold, dirty water for your morning shower that never drained from last nights bath for the kids.
Anyway, my handy (learning more all the time with an old house) husband and his friend sawed off portions of the old pipe to discovered that minerals and corrosion had built up and totally blocked movement of water. Then they successfully replaced the pipe and trap!
This morning was my first shower since the pipe was fixed and it was great!
I cannot believe that my husband helped fix a pipe! I am grateful for the money this saved us, but also for his willingness to work so hard and get so dirty even after his long busy day.
Since he was working on the pipe late I cuddled with Leighton until he fell asleep! At least that was my plan. I ended up sleeping in his bed for about a half hour until Luke came and found me when he was done in the basement. It was so sweet! I was tempted to stay there and cuddle on his tiny bed, but Luke would have been too sad! :)
We also had friends of ours come over last night to work on anything we wanted them to do. It was weird to be the boss, but there were 7 people from a bible study at our church that just wanted to serve us so they came with work gloves and wanted to work! They helped us haul away our old water heater and furnace, old windows, cement stairs, thousands of sticks that had fallen during the crazy and icy winter (Leighton loved helping with this job and talked about it for hours afterwards), they cleaned the garage, and they scrapped the paint in our porch so that we could repaint it.
So in 24 hours, our house got a lot of loving! I am so thankful for their labor. They really saved Luke a lot of time and energy and gave us a jumpstart to some of our projects! We hope to get the porch painted soon and I would love to hang some potted flowers in there! We also want to either make a sandbox or an herb garden in the location that those guys cleared out for us!
Man we are so blessed ...especially me! Blessed with that bible study's desire to serve us, blessed with my husband being so wonderful, and blessed by my amazing kiddos who bring life and joy to this house!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Clapping Game!
When McCabe touches something he isn't supposed to touch, Luke gets his attention by clapping. McCabe will then look at Luke, and clap right back at him while giggling. After that sweet moment, McCabe goes right back to the place he isn't supposed to be. Luke will clap once again. McCabe will clap back at him once again and giggles louder. After 4 or 5 times with progressively louder clapping and louder giggling, McCabe finally stops; Sometimes he stops trying to disobey, sometimes he just stops litening to Luke's clapping!
It is very precious to see him clap back to Luke.
It is very precious to see him clap back to Luke.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Leighton Riding a Bull
Leighton and McCabe love playing with Daddy on the floor. Tonight Daddy was a Bull.
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