It's all fun 'n games til someone falls in the sink!

this is the way we wash our toys

wash our toys

wash our toys

this is the way we wash our toys

so late in the evening...

This is the way we wash our feet

wash our feet

wash our feet

this is the way we wash our feet

so early...I mean... late in the evening



This is the way we take a bath

take a bath,

take a bath

this is the way we take a bath

so late in the evening

This little child of mine... I'm going to let him SHINE!

Bear is absolutely stunning. He is always very full of life and energy. He LOVES talking to you if he KNOWS you. If not he is a bit bashful until he warms up to you.

He has been such a big helper these days and is all about doing everything full speed 100%. He can realize a mess and clean it up (or "Keem Uh" rather).

He even goes so far to help keep his bubby company. NOT ONLY do they share a room; I guess that was just not enough... but I went in this morning to greet them for the day and found them BOTH in Moe's CRIB!

Now I know I put Bear to bed last night and I tucked him in. Then I went and checked on him at about 11P before turning in myself. IN BED.

There is a side table next to his bed that is also next to the crib. So my brain power had conjured up that he walked across the table and climbed into the crib with Moe.

I called J in there to find Bear. We both shared a good laugh. We then talked to Bear why that was sweet  of him to want to be with Bubby BUT that he needed to stay in his own bed and that it was important to us that he does. He said "ef ma'm" and "es sir" gave us all sweet Bear kisses and went on to his morninng potty routine.

I love our Bear. He is quite the character. We will let him be who God calls him to be and we will not break his spirit by demanding he stop being funny, witty, or spontaneous (even when that means he is doing stuff he knows he should not {within reason}). We do however guide him in  LOVE, obedience, discipline, and commitment. And that has made this boy SHINE bright! God will use this "creativity of many colors" to advance the Kingdom one day and we will do our part to see that he is well brought up to help make his path a bit straighter and his foundation a bit stronger.

Oh LORD help us raise our children the way you call us to and not the way the world says we should!

We can't see the end of the alphabet past the PEE

We work with Bear every day on the letters of the alphabet. We also incorporate the alphabet sign using our hands (of course). In that, he loves to sing the "alphabet'' while clicking his little fingers together and moving his hands all around.

Today we were out and about and on our trip to Target we were singing the alphabet and he was in his car seat singing and "signing" right along with us. Then it happened! We got stuck on the P. Every time we would come to the letter P he would say "POTTY!" (we use the term Pee for peeing and Poop for poop... black and white here folks :)) So indeed the letter P reminded him of ... well you get the idea.

Not a big deal typically BUT seeing that he is potty training and can now tell us when he has to go it is a BIG deal. When he says potty he has maybe 5 min of holding time then he HAS TO GO! So when he says it, it sets off a trigger and then he HAS to go!

No more alphabets in the car.