Posted 7:50 AM by Kathy
Josh helped "fold" clothes last night. He basically wads them up into a little ball. But the cute thing is, after he's done, he smoothes out the top. I guess he wants to make sure all the wrinkles are out before he shoves the shirt into his drawer.

Posted 7:35 AM by Kathy
We had so much fun this weekend! Saturday morning, we went to Aidan's birthday party. No major activities, just fun. Josh really wanted to help Aidan open his presents and we had to stop that, but we enjoyed the time with the Moore's. On Sunday evening, we went trick or treating at the zoo. It was great! The weather wasn't really bad and all three kids (Wil, Elizabeth, and Josh) behaved very well. Josh and Wil wanted to walk together, they are the cutest. Of course, they got a lot of candy. Josh wanted to bring it all to school this morning and share. We really didn't have enough for that (since we took out all the Jolly Ranchers), but I gave him some to take with him. He's a pretty good sharer with candy...toys are another story.

Posted 8:18 AM by Kathy
Joshua knows to dial 9-1-1 if there is a fire. At least, that's what he tells us. He points to a fire hydrant and says "If fire hot, call 911 and say I need help". We try to explain to him that there are other reasons to call, but never ever call as a joke. When is it too soon to explain that stuff to kids?

Posted 8:11 AM by Kathy
Josh likes to mop the floor. Actually, it's not so much the mopping that he likes as it is squirting the spray cleaner. But he'll tell me, "Mama, the house is dirty, I need to mop." I guess that's close to what I say when I clean.

Posted 8:05 AM by Kathy
Lots to report today. Josh had his first sleepover this weekend. Friday night, his cousin Ethan (almost 6) came over to spend the night. It was crazy, but they had a good time. Josh wanted Ethan to come back over on Sunday night, nope.
We went to church on Sunday morning and as we came in, the service had already started and Josh could hear the music. Last week, when he sang, he got to be in the sanctuary for praise and worship time so he knew what it was about. Needless to say, he wanted to go in there again. I went ahead and let him and he was real good until the prayer, then he whispered to Shawn, "I want to go to church." So Shawn took him to HIS church.
Late last night, Josh and I were watching Toy Story 2 and the Barbie character came on. Josh says, "Look Mama, Barbie-cue!" Later in the movie, she comes on again and I asked him who that was, "It's Barbie-cue" Awesome!!!

Posted 8:15 AM by Kathy
We went to the zoo yesterday. We were supposed to go with Suzanne and Aidan, but Aidan was sick. Josh was sad, but happy that we still went. We rode the train, which is his favorite part. The lions and baby snow leopard had a lot to say yesterday as well. Josh can make a great snow leopard sound. Of course, we also played on the playground. They have this equipment shaped like a spider web. Josh calls it a spider rope. In fact, he calls real spider webs, spider ropes. I love that.

Posted 9:24 AM by Kathy
Josh is very into pockets these days. He wants his pants to have pockets on them. He doesn't put much in the pockets, except a rock or a stick or something. I guess he just needs to know that they are there.

Posted 8:36 AM by Kathy
Great weekend! We went to see Jonah with Grammie on Saturday. We really liked it, except that the fire alarm went off right before Jonah got swallowed (unfortunate coincidence). Josh was a little concerned after that, but we made it through. Then on Sunday, Josh sang at church with the little choir. So cute! They sang twice and he didn't sing the first time. He just stared at a little girl named Alivia. Shawn said to me, "I think he's going to kiss her!" But he didn't. He sang and did the little motions during the next service. He was so sweet.

Posted 9:15 AM by Kathy
Josh was "reading" books to me yesterday and this morning. He would tell me what was in the picture and then say, "See, Mama, see the pictures?"

Posted 8:19 AM by Kathy
This could be long. We had a really interesting discussion last night at bed time. Here goes...remember, the lights are out and it's 10:00 pm.
Josh: It's time to go to work. I drive the van now.
Mama: You want to DRIVE the van?
Shawn: Come on Mama, let him drive your van.
Mama: No.
Shawn: Josh, you can drive the Mustang.
Josh: OK, I drive the Mustangs, I've got to get my phone (He gets up out of bed in the dark and clips his nonworking cell phone to his Buzz Lightyear pajamas)
Mama: It's not time to get up yet, it's night time.
Josh: I give Daddy kisses, then I go to work in the Mustangs. (He leaves)
Shawn: Let's drive tomorrow...OK?
Josh: I sleep in you bed.

Posted 8:05 AM by Kathy
We have had some funny stuff said and done lately. I can't even remember all of it. Last night though, Josh had to...well...poop, and it took him a couple of tries to go. Finally, he went and as he flushed and "stuff" went down he says, "Help me!" in a "The Fly" sort of voice, and he hasn't even seen it.

Posted 7:35 AM by Kathy
Josh has been comparing a lot lately. Like, "Mama, we got the same hands." or "You got cheeseburger like me!" It's really cute to watch the understanding and wonder in his face.

Posted 7:34 AM by Kathy
Josh and I were singing "Row, Row, Row your Boat" the other night and we started putting in different words than boat. One of my favorites that Josh used was, "Row, Row, Row your Daddy" He seemed to understand the comedy in it.