Posted 11:32 AM by Kathy
I have given my child one of the greatest gifts ever, the love for the Beatles! We sing "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" to school and we sing it from school. Sometimes Josh will reach out and take my hand, while singing...."and when I touch you I feel happy, inside."

Posted 10:48 AM by Kathy
On Friday night, we invited Suzanne and Aidan to dinner with us. They are feeling a little lonely since Kevin is in Switzerland. After dinner, they came back to play for a little while. I don't think Josh is ready for a little brother. He loves "Baby Aidan", but he wants him to obey him. Not gonna do it. After they left, Josh talked about the evening like he was so glad Aidan came over.

Posted 8:05 AM by Kathy
Yesterday, Josh and I played hide and seek. We took turns hiding and seeking. First, I went to the living room and counted to 5. I yelled "Here I come!" and went back in the bedroom. Josh doesn't get the point of hiding since as soon as I walked in, he began giggling from under the covers of our bed. Then it was my turn, I chose to actually hide. If he didn't find me in a few seconds, I would make a "Psst" sound to give him a hint. When it was Josh's turn again, I found him under the covers...again. We each hid about 6 times and every time Josh's hiding place was under our covers.

Posted 9:10 AM by Kathy
On Saturday, Josh and I ran to the bank and to the store. On our way, we saw the war protestors. I guess I made a sound and Josh says....
"Mama, what you say?"
Me: "Those people are getting in the street to demonstrate their beliefs."
Josh: "In the street? Make you upset?"
Me: "Yes, that and the fact that they aren't supporting our President."
Josh:"Of the United States?"
Me: "Yes, I don't always agree with the President, but I support him."
Then we reached the bank, did our business and were coming back past the demonstrators.
Josh: "Those kids still make you upset?"
Me: "A little, but that's what makes our country great."
Josh: "America?"
Me: "Yes, everyone has the right to believe what they want and peacefully demonstrate in support or protest."
Josh: "Look, Scoops!"

Posted 9:03 AM by Kathy
We've had a busy few days. We've visited Grannie Nanny at Ethan's house, Mama went to a scrapbook night (Yippee!), and last night Aidan came over to play. Shawn offered to watch him so that Suzanne and I could go to see "Miss Saigon". It was so much fun. Shawn said that they played very well together. Josh seems to understand (sort of) that Aidan is a little bit smaller than he is and he should be nice and help him. There's only so much a 3 1/2 year old can take though. Josh built a tower of blocks for me to see when I came home last night. First Marcus (the cat) knocked it over, and then Aidan knocked it over. Josh built it again, but this time it was a robot.

Posted 8:12 AM by Kathy
Josh has had two great nights in a row in his room. We still lie down with him until he falls asleep. But, the last two mornings, Shawn has kissed him goodbye while he was in his own bed, not ours. Actually this morning, Shawn woke him up and took him to school. This makes me very happy, I like being able to get ready by myself in the morning. It enables me to get to work earlier.

Last night, Shawn had a meeting, so it was the two of us for dinner. I had planned on making spaghetti, which Josh usually loves. I asked him if he wanted noodles for dinner, "No thank you." he says so sweetly. So we had pizza. Then at 10:00, he decides he wants to eat. I'm on the phone, so I tell him to ask Daddy. He brings Shawn a can of TUNA, and wants to eat it. Shawn asked him in various ways if he was sure that he wanted tuna fish for a snack. Yes, he does. So he opened it and Josh ate about 3 bites, so maybe he does like tuna. I, however, do not.

Posted 9:47 AM by Kathy
We had a pretty good weekend. On Friday, a church in our area was holding a Parents' Night Out free childcare thing. So we took Josh to that so we could spend some time with friends. They said Josh was so good and very polite, etc, etc.

Saturday, Shawn spent some time with Sean Meade, so Josh and I were hanging out. Josh was kind of a Daddy's boy this weekend, so he was wanting to be with Daddy. But, Joshua Turnbull came over to visit for a few minutes and Josh was estatic about it. By the way, Joshua Turnbull's mother tied for Best in Show in a photograph contest where she imposed a picture of the Josh's hugging in front of a fire truck. It's in the gallery at Apertures if anyone wants to go see it. It's titled "Future Heroes". Great huh?!

Sunday, we watched Aidan for a couple of hours so Suzanne and Kevin could go eat by themselves. Aidan was so good, he and Josh watched movies and played with trains. Aidan loves Bob the Builder also.

Posted 8:33 AM by Kathy
Still no spots for Josh. Yippee

My son sleeps with a bag of socks. I'm serious and yes they are clean. He got some of those Jersey sheets for his birthday and for some reason, all of those types of sheets are sold in a drawstring bag. Why? Ask Martha. Anyway, Josh has put all of his socks from his drawer in this bag, with a beanie baby kitten and carries it around with him. At bedtime, he either uses it as a pillow or gathers it up like a stuffed animal. It's a little odd.