Do kids have this uncanny sense to get sick a couple of weeks before the new health insurance kicks in? I think Joshua knows! Yesterday his runny nose got nastier and nastier. He sounds so nasty. It's like there's all this gunk that he needs to cough up but won't. I guess I can't ask too much for an 18 month old! So he started running fever last night and this morning it was up to 101.5, and it was no church for us. We went off to the doctor. Thankfully, no ear infection, just an upper respiratory infection. Thankfully, this is my child who LOVES his medicine, so it's no problem getting his antibiotic down! You can tell he's sick because he's actually sitting down some today (this is my running child!) and he gets out of breath when he does try to run around! Pray that Caleb doesn't catch the bug!
Not much else is happening in the George household. Memaw and Papa (Chris's parents) arrived for a visit last night, so the kids are totally pumped about playing with them. Caleb is into coloring this week. Yesterday he colored an entire coloring book! He's working on staying in the lines. Now if we could move onto using multiple colors! He uses only one color per picture! So weird! So we have purple snowmen and yellow dogs, etc. Anyway, he told Memaw that he needed a new coloring book today, so they had to take a trip to Wal-Mart for some new stuff. He's now working on the new dinosaur book! He also got this Cars drawing book that you can draw on and then erase. Pretty neat! He's doing very well with his drawing, too. I'm impressed with some of the stuff he's drawn on his magna doodle this week. It's amazing how you can see the effect your praise has on him. We're all like that; it's just magnified in 4 year olds! I love his face when I tell him how great his drawings/color pages are. It's so sweet. I love being a mommy!
Now we're gearing up for a new week. My sophomores (nursing students) take care of their very first patient this week....they're terrified! Pray for sanity!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Dancing King!
Caleb has such a straightforward little mind. I was flipping through the channels and stopped on The Notebook. It was the part where Noah and Allie were just getting together, and they danced in the street. Caleb asked why they were dancing in the street. I told him they just wanted to. He gets that thoughtful look on his face and says, "But Mommy, you're only supposed to dance at the ball!" What was I thinking? Of course that's where you dance! He had watched Enchanted with me a few days ago and I'm guessing that's where he figured out that you dance at balls. At that time, he thought it was silly that you danced at balls and you threw balls. That mind is always going!!!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Ladies Man
My son loves the ladies! Caleb has always been partial to the girls, but it was totally evident this weekend. On Saturday, we decided to take the kids to the donut shop for breakfast. We ran into one of the little girls from his class, Anna. Cutie pie little girl! He kept telling us all about her, and she was telling her dad all about Caleb. When we sat down to eat, Caleb said the blessing, but he was staring Anna down the whole time! Usually, my strange son eats the edges around the donut and leaves the inside part. He was so consumed with Anna that he ate the entire donut! Then he starts "whistling" at her. Kind of just making a whistling sound at her and putting his fingers up to his mouth. Where does he learn this stuff??? It was so cute! Anna kept turning around to check Caleb out, too. She left first, and Caleb wistfully looks at her and says, "Bye, Anna." I asked if he thought she was pretty, and I got an enthusiastic "Uh-huh!!"
Then yesterday after church we had another little conversation. There's this girl (a 6th grader!) named Sarah that he is totally in love with! She's so cute and bubbly and just dotes on Caleb. We always have a greeting time at the beginning of service, and Caleb talked to Sarah for a minute yesterday. After church, he looked at me and said, distraughtly, "Mom! Why did I not give Sarah a hug today?" He was so upset! Oh, the things I have to look forward to!
The good thing is at least he is still innocent....He's gotten into drawing, and he was drawing an elephant or something the other day with his dad and wanted to make it a girl elephant. Thankfully, in his mind, the way you make something a girl is to add hair!!! So sweet!
My other little man is oblivious to the opposite sex at the moment! He's totally into boy stuff...wrestling and balls and trucks. He is getting more affectionate. I'm loving that! He comes up to me all the time and puckers those lips wanting a kiss. He's giving great hugs too! I'm glad I'm the only woman in his life!
Then yesterday after church we had another little conversation. There's this girl (a 6th grader!) named Sarah that he is totally in love with! She's so cute and bubbly and just dotes on Caleb. We always have a greeting time at the beginning of service, and Caleb talked to Sarah for a minute yesterday. After church, he looked at me and said, distraughtly, "Mom! Why did I not give Sarah a hug today?" He was so upset! Oh, the things I have to look forward to!
The good thing is at least he is still innocent....He's gotten into drawing, and he was drawing an elephant or something the other day with his dad and wanted to make it a girl elephant. Thankfully, in his mind, the way you make something a girl is to add hair!!! So sweet!
My other little man is oblivious to the opposite sex at the moment! He's totally into boy stuff...wrestling and balls and trucks. He is getting more affectionate. I'm loving that! He comes up to me all the time and puckers those lips wanting a kiss. He's giving great hugs too! I'm glad I'm the only woman in his life!
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Awww Moments
So, I, also am behind on Christmas/New Year posting....I'll get to it soon!
For now, Caleb is keeping us on our toes with his inquisitive mind! Sunday night we were eating dinner with our youth pastor and his wife (newly married, no kids!). Here's how the exchage went:
Caleb: Justin, do you know why God made you?
Justin: Why, Caleb?
Caleb: So you could love on him!
Awww! He says he learned this at school, but this is the first I've heard it, and he's been on break. Too sweet. Then when I picked him up at school yesterday, he asked me why God made me. He told me so I could love on Him and He could love on me. I hope he really starts to get this!
Last night, we were laying down for bed when Caleb started another God talk with me. He asked me again why God made us, and we went through it again. It's like he knows I like to hear him say that! Then he asked if God could come to our house. I tried to explain that God is everywhere, but you know how well that goes with a 4 year-old! Here's a bit of that conversation:
Caleb: God doesn't live here. We can't see him.
Me: We can't see God, sweetie. He's invisible, but He's everywhere and He sees everything that we do.
Caleb: How is God invisible?
Me: He's God, baby. He can do anything?
At this point, he's a little satisfied.
Caleb: Would God like to play with me?
Me: God loves to watch you play.
Caleb: You think He'd like to play with my big pirate ship?
At this point, he goes off on how God would like all of his toys, so it's pretty much over! How sweet that he's getting interested in God. Please, God, help me to teach him well!
On a totally non-spiritual note, Joshua's vocabulary is starting to develop. He's trying to form words and can, but he's a bit stubborn about it sometimes. The other night he just decided to be a little ham when we tried to get him to perform. He's learned "Nana" (my mom), and when I tried to get him to say it for a friend of mine, he got his mischievious little grin and growled it. It sounded so evil, but totally hilarious! When we laughed, he just kept on going. Every word we asked him to say was growled. He's such a goofball! I hope I can get that on video soon!
For now, Caleb is keeping us on our toes with his inquisitive mind! Sunday night we were eating dinner with our youth pastor and his wife (newly married, no kids!). Here's how the exchage went:
Caleb: Justin, do you know why God made you?
Justin: Why, Caleb?
Caleb: So you could love on him!
Awww! He says he learned this at school, but this is the first I've heard it, and he's been on break. Too sweet. Then when I picked him up at school yesterday, he asked me why God made me. He told me so I could love on Him and He could love on me. I hope he really starts to get this!
Last night, we were laying down for bed when Caleb started another God talk with me. He asked me again why God made us, and we went through it again. It's like he knows I like to hear him say that! Then he asked if God could come to our house. I tried to explain that God is everywhere, but you know how well that goes with a 4 year-old! Here's a bit of that conversation:
Caleb: God doesn't live here. We can't see him.
Me: We can't see God, sweetie. He's invisible, but He's everywhere and He sees everything that we do.
Caleb: How is God invisible?
Me: He's God, baby. He can do anything?
At this point, he's a little satisfied.
Caleb: Would God like to play with me?
Me: God loves to watch you play.
Caleb: You think He'd like to play with my big pirate ship?
At this point, he goes off on how God would like all of his toys, so it's pretty much over! How sweet that he's getting interested in God. Please, God, help me to teach him well!
On a totally non-spiritual note, Joshua's vocabulary is starting to develop. He's trying to form words and can, but he's a bit stubborn about it sometimes. The other night he just decided to be a little ham when we tried to get him to perform. He's learned "Nana" (my mom), and when I tried to get him to say it for a friend of mine, he got his mischievious little grin and growled it. It sounded so evil, but totally hilarious! When we laughed, he just kept on going. Every word we asked him to say was growled. He's such a goofball! I hope I can get that on video soon!
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