Posted 9:51 AM by Kathy
Josh told me yesterday that when he got bigger, he wanted to be a mama. I asked him if he wanted to be a daddy. He said, "No, I be a mama like you." I'm going to take this in the best possible way, that I'm doing a good job. Although, I'm not sure that this kind of compliment is a concept he understands yet.

We spent a few minutes with 3 of the Meades yesterday afternoon (Wil was napping) they are heading out of town and I wanted to see them. As we were leaving, Elizabeth kept hugging Josh, it was pretty sweet.

Posted 8:25 AM by Kathy
Josh and Shawn watched the end of the President's address last night. I chose to watch a very interesting program on urban legends revealed. Anyway, Shawn told Josh that the man talking is the President of the United States. Josh says, "present of the Nited States of Merica." Shawn says, "Would you like to be the president someday?" "No." "Why" "Too scary" "Why is it too scary?" "Too many peoples." We think he meant Congress and all the people Bush was standing in front of. Of course this statement works on many levels.

We found out that there has been a chicken pox outbreak at Josh's school AND in his class. So far, no spots. I'm afraid that it's only a matter of time.

Posted 9:22 AM by Kathy
We went over to the Moores' on Saturday night to play my new Lord of the Rings game. I love this game! Josh did really well. We gave him the extra piece and let him roll when we had to roll. He had a great time. We played it again on Sunday afternoon. We actually gave him cards and everything this time. He lasted almost the entire game and then he wanted to watch "Wiggles" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

We had a babysitter on Sunday evening so that we could go to a Superbowl party. Josh did great! He's still talking about how Megan read him books and played Twister with him. Megan's words were "He was very good, we played Twister but we spent more time getting it out and putting it up than actually playing." Sounds about right.

Posted 8:37 AM by Kathy
Shawn is out of town this week, so for the third time this month, Josh and I are alone. He's pretty good most of the time. I think he knows that he has my undivided attention. Plus, he gets to sleep in our bed with me. He'll probably start getting cranky on the day Shawn is supposed to come back.

Posted 12:11 PM by Kathy
An interesting weekend! First, we had a birthday party for Emily on Saturday. Josh did not get enough sleep, so he was crabby. Then on Sunday, we went down to Gramps and Grandma's house on the farm. It's a gen-yoo-wine cow farm! Josh got to feed the cows and play on the tractor. It was big stuff. But again, not enough sleep and he got crabby by the end of the day. He just won't behave when he's tired.

Posted 9:20 AM by Kathy
One more event of note: Last night, Shawn wasn't home and it was time for bed. I went to get ready and I asked Josh to get me a pull up. He says OK and I hear a lot of noise. As I finish my administrations, he walks in with a smile that could be seen from space! He had taken off his underwear and put his pull up on all by himself. Not only that, but he put his pajama bottoms on as well. Granted they were inside out and backward, but it's the achievement that matters. He kept hugging me over and over. "Mama, I put my legs in the air and raise my hiney and my pants go on. I do good job?" "You did a great job! Are you so proud of yourself?" "Yes. I is." What a moment!

Posted 9:09 AM by Kathy
I forgot to post some cute stuff about Sunday. It was Shawn's birthday and he was out of town. So ater church, Josh and I went to the store to get a cake mix to make. Josh was adamant about making Shawn a Batman cake. Josh doesn't even like Batman, he's into Spider-man, but anyway....There was no Batman decorations available, or Spider man. We had a choice between Barbie (Cue) and Bugs Bunny. We went with Bugs. Josh helped me put the letters and stars on the cake. He also helped with the candles. When Shawn came home, Josh says, "Come here, I have to show you somesing." He led him to our glorious creation. We lit the candles and sang Happy Birthday to Daddy.

Josh was sick this week, so he stayed home from school. I really miss being with him everyday. We had some great talks. One in particular was very funny. It went something like this.....
Josh: We have to get a baby brother.
Me: Where do we get a baby brother.
Josh: We have to feed him, and change his diaper and put him to sleep.
Me: Yes, but where do we GET a baby brother?
Josh: Miss Christine will get me a baby brother.
Me: (laughing)How will Miss Christine get you a Baby Brother?
Josh: She has a new house!

Posted 12:00 PM by Kathy
What is the deal with 3 year olds and potty words? Josh was playing with his trains this weekend and they didn't do what he wanted and he yelled, "Pee!" at them. Shawn was telling me that a few weeks ago they were playing ball, and Josh missed it and called it Pee and Poop. I'm not sure whether or not to get upset or what. Part of me thinks that if we make a big deal out of it, he'll do it more. Whatever.

Posted 8:36 AM by Kathy
Josh woke up again last night screaming about Spider webs. He was in our bed and wanted to go to his room to get away from the spider webs. I'm not sure what this is all about, people aren't very rational at 3:00 am.

Posted 1:12 PM by Kathy
Josh is remembering stuff a little better lately. He's always had quite a memory for certain things, like where his toys are and his friend's names and incidents that happened a long time ago and we can't imagine what sparked the memory. But now he's remembering who got him what for Christmas and what he got other people. He'll point to his train cars and say, "Elizabeth (which actually means Wil and Elizabeth, when he's talking fast he'll only say one although why he says the longest name, I don't know) got me my Gordon, Suzshanne (Suzanne) got me my purple one, Grammie got my James, Stacey got my Bob the Builder" etc. It's fun to watch.

Posted 9:39 AM by Kathy
Josh woke me up this morning and told me, "I want to go to the iving oom (living room) and watch TB (TV), you can lay on the couch. I will get you pillow and you cobers (covers) and you book. Come on sweetheart." Very cute.

Daddy came home yesterday afternoon and brought Josh a new Bob the Builder book. It has window clings in it. Josh loved it!

I caved in and got Josh a Wiggles video which he enjoys. He has a bit of a temper at times and will tell us, "I not you friend". Yesterday though, he said that and then he says, "I you friend, you got me Wiggles." Sheesh!

Posted 7:54 AM by Kathy
Shawn is going out of town this weekend for a couple of days, so he wanted Josh to sleep with us last night. An interesting thing happened. We were lying in bed and had finished reading books and Josh announced that he wanted to sleep in his bed. We asked him several times and in several different ways to make sure that he was serious. He was and he slept in his bed. Of course, I woke up at 5:00 with a child attached to my body, so it didn't last all night.

I asked Josh last evening what he wanted to do this weekend since Daddy was going to be gone. "I want to see the fishes and the dolphins and Shamu. Dolphins are white and Shamu is black and white. And I will drive the van and watch my new Wiggles." He has a big vocabulary lately and will tell us a lot of extra stuff when he answers our questions.