Posted 7:38 AM by Kathy
Josh got to spend some time with Daddy on Monday. I went in to work and Shawn needed to make T-shirts, so Josh went with Daddy. He was a big helper. He got them out of the box after they came out of the oven. He was telling me this on the phone on our way home. I called Shawn to see where they were on MY way home. He talked so much on the phone it was really cute. He's going through this stage where he kind of stutters, "And And And And....I got the shirts out of the box when they fall in in in in....the oven." He knows so many words, but can't think of the exact one he wants some times.

On Friday night, I was gone to Christine's and Shawn and Josh were alone (Sounds like I leave them a lot, not true) they played a game before bed that was really fun. In the movie "The Aristcats" there is a song called "Everybody wants to be a cat" it's a fun jazzy song. Josh and Shawn were adding different words in place of cat i.e. "Everybody wants to be a blanket" They demonstrated this game the next morning for me. It's pretty funny, because in earlier months, Josh would just repeat what we said on games like this, but now, he's thinking of his own.

Posted 8:15 AM by Kathy
Our pictures turned out well! We went to the mall with the Meades to get the kids' pictures taken together. The photographer was on the ball and got a few good shots, we chose the best pose of the three and I am very pleased with it. We also ate at Chick-fil-a and visited the Disney Store and had some ice cream. I'm really enjoying the time the kids are spending together and am not looking forward to June 9 (Moving Day).

Josh ate rice last night! This is a huge milestone. I'm not sure what prompted him to eat it. Maybe because he watched me prepare dinner and I showed him everything that I put in it. Something that would not have worked for me as a child. It could also be that he is eating a lot lately. Growth spurt? Who knows?

Posted 9:00 AM by Kathy
Saturday evening we spent some time with the Meades (3 out of 4, Sean wasn't there most of the evening). We really had a good time. I'm not sure why the women don't get as excited about Josh and Wil's altercations as the men do. I guess we realize that this is a part of young children playing together. I personally think that everything went well. What made me sad though, is that when we were leaving Wil was upset. Josh said, "I'll be back again later Wil." Which is true, but they are moving soon and we are down to a limited number of "I'll be back" (insert Arnold impersonation here). Boo-Hoo.

Posted 8:53 AM by Kathy
We had a day yesterday like a dream. It was a day like you fantasize about when you find out that you are expecting a baby. We went to the park to feed the squirrels. It doesn't sound all that exciting I know, but it was great. We brought a jar of lightly salted peanuts (not too much sodium for those little rodents) and sat down on the grass. I tossed a few nuts on the ground about 2 or 3 feet away from us and the squirrels just started swarming to us. At one point we had 11 squirrels all around us no more than 3 feet away. One even took a nut from the palm of my hand. Josh was so quiet and gentle. He didn't make too much noise to frighten them. We shared with any other kid (about 4) that came to the park while we were there. When we were ready to leave, Josh said, "Bye squirrels, go back home to you famly!" It was so sweet.

Posted 9:00 AM by Kathy
We spent some good time with my uncle this week. He was up to get the rest of my Memaw's belongings. We went out to dinner and had some good talks. Josh on the other hand, was just excited that "Uncle Johnny built a fork!". Which translates to "Uncle Johnny built a fort!"

Posted 9:01 AM by Kathy
Last night, we painted Josh's finger and toe nails. He wanted them painted and I couldn't think of a real good reason why he couldn't, especially since my toe nails are painted. So his finger nails are yellow (it doesn't show up real well) and his toe nails are light pink. Very pretty. In fact he will tell people, "My finger nails are pretty."

Posted 8:57 AM by Kathy
Happy Mother's Day! I had a pretty good one. Josh gave me a really cute card and.......CHIPS! Yes, chips. The story behind it is this, Shawn took Josh shopping on Wednesday and they both picked out cards. They were still on the card aisle and Shawn asked Josh what he wanted to get me for Mother's Day, Josh said, "Chips" At first Shawn thought about discouraging him, but then thought that he should let Josh get what he wanted. So they went to the chip aisle and Shawn asked him what kind he wanted to get and Josh picked the purple ones. Which are sweet mesquite BBQ Pringles. No one else in the world got chips for Mother's Day I bet.

Posted 9:56 AM by Kathy
Yesterday was hot! Our a/c is out right now and we had all the fans on and windows open. The coolest place was our bedroom, so I spent some time in there. Josh followed me in and got on the bed for awhile, he doesn't feel the heat like we do. Anyway, we were talking and he told me that "The puppies rolled in the soot and now they are labradogs." In case you don't get it, that's from 101 Dalmations. He also told me, "I can say the words, Pongo and Perdita." I tried to tell him that it's labraDORS. Nope, labradogs.

Spider-man came on HBO on Saturday and we stayed up to watch it, Josh still says "Green Globbin" I hope that one lasts awhile.

Posted 9:01 AM by Kathy
Josh wanted to sing the "Bernana song" last night. We finally figured out what he was talking about when he said, "Let's try Mama!" OH, 'The Name Game'. He was also a Mama's boy last night, it's fun but sometimes it's annoying. He would not stop following me. Finally, we ended up in our bed reading books together. Of course I didn't get much reading done with "Mama look at this!" every five seconds. And he has the dirtiest hair in Tulsa today since last night in the bath, he saw a spider. We thought he was dying or something. He started screaming and Shawn ran in there and he was climbing out of the tub. "Spider! Spider!" Shawn couldn't calm him down enough to find the spider. Finally, I spotted it on the spigot and it was a good size spider. Shawn killed it but nothing could induce Josh to get back in the tub to wash his hair. Which is not a favorite activity anyway.