Pictures from the Retreat!

Sweet Simon

Simon has been talking a lot more lately. I love hearing him. Janna was singing "Jesus loves me " in the car and Simon would say about every third word. He know the work Bible and will pull out the kids bible.

This morning was the sweetest though, as I was walking him into school, I gave him a big squeeze and said I love you. He replied " I love you too" and then smiled. I love my baby boy.

Family Retreat

Our church had a family retreat this past weekend at Aldergate. It was a good weekend overall. We got there Friday night and settled in to our cabin with our friends. Janna fell out of bed twice and coughed for awhile in the middle of the night but we did get some sleep. Saturday we had breakfast at the lodge with everyone. The we had game and dance time. Janna was really cute dancing, Simon even moved a little bit too. Then Isaac spoke for awhile, it didn't go as we thought. All the kids stayed and it was loud and distracting for him. We are just hoping that someone got something out of it. Then we had lunch. After lunch the kids and I took a nap and Isaac took a short one. Then we went out exploring. Janna and Simon loved the goats and chickens. We went to Banana Island and threw rocks. The kids had fun. Next we had dinner and then a campfire. Isaac did a very good devotion at the campfire. The kids loved the smores or at least the chocolate part. Then it was back to the cabin for bed. The adults stayed up and played games and chatted. Janna only fell out of bed once. Sunday morning I got the worse migraine of my life. I threw up four time and the whole day is a big blur. I do know that my awesome husband pack and unpacked all our stuff. Our friends helped with the kids. Once home and the migraine meds kicked in I was able to enjoy dinner with the family.
Overall it was a good weekend and we had fun with friends.

Creative Play

A couple weeks ago I was very impressed with Janna playing pretend. She pulled out her carousel that lights up when you move it. She put in it the dark hallway corner, then she got out some square plastic squeaky blocks, and Mr. Potato head parts. She put the eyes and ear and made them stick and the blocks marshmellows. Then she and Simon roasted marshmellows over the campfire(the carousel). They got blankets to sit on too. It was so cute to watch them play. She is very creative just like her Daddy.

Morning Conversations

I love some of the conversations Janna and I have in the morning. They make me smile the rest of the day. I don't like how she has been screaming and running after me when I drop her off all this week and the end of last week.

Here is our conversation from this morning:

J: mommy, is booger a bad word?
M: If you call someone booger to be mean then yes but if you are talking about what comes out of your nose no it isn’t a bad word.
J: But you and Daddy call me your little booger
M: yes we do we like to tease you because we love you and it makes you smile but if your friends don’t like it don’t call them booger
J: I don’t call them that anymore mommy
M: If you want mommy and daddy to stop calling you booger just tell us.
J: no mommy I like it she says with a big smile
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J: Halloween is over Mommy
M: yes
J: What is next?
M: Thanksgiving
J: yeah I like chicken
M: Sometime we have turkey
J: I like turkey too
M: we are going to Uncle Eric and Aunt Rachel’s House
J: If we have corn I will try it
M: we can have corn for you

Note: Last year Janna slept through dinner and just ate dessert, year before just ate bread, and year before that ate a whole bowl of corn. She has yet to have turkey/ chicken.