Wordless Wednesday: Josiah

I think it's time for a couple of flashbacks...

The first one is from when Josiah (now 11) had just turned four:

Out of the blue, Josiah said to me, "I think it would be better to have just one boy."  I asked him why, and he replied, with the all-knowing wisdom of a four-year-old, "Because kids aren't very smart.  A boy will just go in the street even if his mom tells him not to."

And another one, when Josiah was nearly five:

Josiah excitedly ran inside from playing in the backyard and told Jason and me about how he had seen a rabbit in our yard, and how he had very, very quietly walked up behind the rabbit and had petted the rabbit's back before the rabbit realized he was there.  He vividly described how the rabbit sat, motionless, while he felt something touch his back, and then hopped away.  Josiah went on and on about this experience, adding details here and there, before Jason stopped him and asked, "Did any of this really happen?"  Josiah paused, looked up at us, and in his matter-of-fact way said, "Well, there was a rabbit."

Josiah at age 5

This post is linked to 5 Minutes for Mom and Sarah Halstead at The Naptime Momtog for Wordless Wednesday, and to Ashley Sisk  for Wittle People Wednesday.

Wordless Wednesday: Grace

Grace (7)

This post is linked to 5 Minutes for Mom and Sarah Halstead at The Naptime Momtog for Wordless Wednesday, and to Ashley Sisk  for Wittle People Wednesday.

Wordless Wednesday: Going on Bono's Walk

Every afternoon (weather permitting), I hear Grace's singsong voice, "I'm going on Bono's walk!"  If you talk to her at all without acknowledging what she said (for instance, if you remind her to change her shoes before going), she will repeat it until she is out the door with Josiah and Bono.  She just likes saying it, I guess.

These are my delightfully kooky kids one afternoon in January...going on Bono's walk.  They look like they are prepared for just about anything...

Bono (10 mos.), Josiah (10), and Grace (6)

This post is linked to 5 Minutes for Mom and Sarah Halstead at The Naptime Momtog for Wordless Wednesday, and to Ashley Sisk  for Wittle People Wednesday.

Anticipation

Long before there was this kind of anticipation

Until our Christmas tree goes up, the presents are stacked--not quite like this now--in our bedroom. Grace (6) artfully stacked these.

there was this kind of anticipation.

Jesus talking with Jewish children.

For to us a child is born,

to us a son is given,

and the government will be on his shoulders.

And he will be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

Merry Christmas!


This post is linked to 5 Minutes for Mom and Sarah Halstead at The Naptime Momtog for Wordless Wednesday, and to Ashley Sisk  for Wittle People Wednesday.

Toothless

Here is a less "in your face" photo of Grace (6) sporting a new empty spot in her mouth.

Grace (6) reclining on our big puppy Bono

She lost her first tooth on Monday, and you can click over if you want to see more toothless photos--you know, the more "in your face" (but less furry) kind of photos.

This post is linked to 5 Minutes for Mom and Sarah Halstead at The Naptime Momtog for Wordless Wednesday, and to Ashley Sisk  for Wittle People Wednesday.

Wordless Wednesday: New Books

Grace (6) has taken up a new series of books...so, of course, she must go to sleep with them so she can read first thing in the morning.  ;)

Grace with the newest books she is reading:  The Magic Tree House series

This post is linked to 5 Minutes for Mom and Sarah Halstead at The Naptime Momtog for Wordless Wednesday, and to Ashley Sisk  for Wittle People Wednesday.

Wittle People Wednesday

Grace (6) has been wearing the little prairie girl dress that my mom made me when I was little. 

Every day.

I think my mom made this dress during a Holly Hobby phase rather than a Laura Ingalls Wilder phase like it is right now for Grace.

Grace had caught a butterfly and wanted me to see it before she set it free.

Make that a Laura, Almanzo, and Rose phase, since she's reading the various series...She's an avid reader, and has already re-read some of them.  Little House in the Big Woods remains her favorite.  I think if I were six, that would be my favorite, too.  However, These Happy Golden Years is my favorite now that I'm (somewhat) grown up.

Were/are you a fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder?  Do you have any fans in your family?

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Wittle People Wednesday: Neighborhood Watch

I know I've shared this photo on my blog before, but it's still one of my favorites.  :)  This is a flashback to May 2004, when Robert was 7 and Josiah was nearly 2.  (He was a really big two year old!)

This post is linked to Wittle People Wednesday.