Bed Time!

When I went to check on the kids a few nights ago I found Joseph in Joshua's crib. I can't believe that they both went to sleep!

A Sad Story

A few days ago I saw a lizard in our backyard. I'd never seen one in our yard and got Josh to catch it. We put it in a big jar to show the kids. They fell in love with it and named it Lizzy. I was really surprised at how much they loved this lizard. I thought that we'd keep it a few hours until the kids got board but they never did. They kept going outside to hunt for bugs for it to eat. The lizard really liked to bite Katie (I guess it's because she's so sweet!). One day while she was petting it, Lizzy bit her finger and Katie pulled her hand away and out came Lizzy too. Katie actually caught it and put it back, Yeah! I really don't want a fast lizard loose in my house!

I felt bad keeping the Lizard in a small jar so I moved it to a big bucket. Yesterday Katie and Joseph came in the house crying and told me that Joseph hit it with a rock (threw, dropped I don't know) and Lizzy was bleeding. I went out to see and could tell that it was a fatal blow. I told the kids that Lizzy would die and they came inside, sat at the back door a cried for about 15 minutes. I tried to distract them and get them to stop cry but I couldn't. They cried off ann about Lizzy the rest of the day. They felt so bad. Joseph kept asking for band-aids and for me to fix Lizzy. Sweet Katie prayed for Lizzy to feel better (even after Josh and the kids buried it). I'm glad that this made them feel so bad and let us teach the kid that living things get hurt.

Joshua has become quite a little talker the last week or so. He says Katie, apple, yes, no, more, banana, mom, dad, all gone, bye, hi, car, and so much more! It's so fun to be able to communicate with him better!! Yeah!!

Joseph is 3!

Joseph's birthday was of course dinosaur themed. He got a dinosaur cake, movie, toys, and book(Thank you thrift store!). The one present that we got him from a store was a dragon (or to Joseph a dinosaur) squirt gun that roared. He cried and told us to put it away! I don't know why we ever bother getting our little kids toys that cost more than a dollar! We had a very fun day. Joseph sure is a fun little guy to have around!!

Sea World

I love this picture! Katie had sat down to eat her sandwich and Joseph had to go sit by his best buddy. They are such great friend, I really hope they stay as close as they are now.

Last Friday we took the kids to Sea World. We stayed all day and everyone had a great time!



The kids loved the sharks. We had to go back and see them again before we left. There was a really neat tunnel under the water and the sharks were really big.

Josh took Katie on her first real roller coaster. She was so cute when she described the ride to me. She can't talk without her hands. I'll try to sneak a video of her telling about the ride.

Watch Katie's hands!

Zoo

We went to the Fresno zoo this last week. The alligator is Joseph's FAVORITE animal at the zoo.

The last time we went to to zoo Josh took him to see the tiger. Josh said "Come here tiger, come eat Joseph". Joseph got scared and then realized that Josh was teasing him and said "Come here tiger, come eat daddy"! It was the first time he really teased back. So this time he was doing it with the alligator.

Our New Pet!

Okay so it's just Katie. The kids love to play in this little cage. They are so funny and have such great imaginations!!

Joshua Sleeping!

After church Joshua was taking a nap on the couch and rolled over and this is how he ended up. He looks so funny. I can't believe he stayed asleep!