It's Been Awhile...

But we're back. I don't know just how often I'll post, but I'm gonna try to keep posting somewhat regularly.

June 7

This morning Luke was sitting on my bed and playing with some plastic hangers while I was packing clothes. He was holding them up and telling me what colors they were. "Pink!" "Green!" And then he held up a white one and said "Cow's Milk!" I laughed and told him it was white, but apparently he knew better than I did as later, when we were at Menard's, I was picking up some paint chips and found one that was indeed, named "Cow's Milk." I almost fell over laughing right there in the middle of the aisle.
And in Nicklas news - he sat himself up for the first time today. He's been trying to figure that one out for a few days now, but I figured it would be a bit longer than this before he actually pulled it off. He was playing on the floor in front of Papa, laying on his side, and then he was sitting up!

June 1

The other day, I walked into the kitchen to find Luke carefully pouring a glass of water into my drawer of dish towels. No idea why.
Nicklas is moving pretty fast now. It's quite impressive just how fast he can crawl across the living room.
Brendan is still proudly telling everyone the First Commandment.

From the Mouths of Babes...

Last night, Michael was reading the Scripture lessons for next Sunday during our evening devotion. The last verse of the Old Testament lesson was:

and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known.

Brendan looked up and said, "Daddy, 'The First Commandment: You shall have no other gods before me!'" He was quite proud of himself and we were very proud of him for connecting those two things.

May 26

Watch out world...

...Nicklas is scooting!

May 21

Brendan's new favorite hymn is "Lord, Keep Us 'Standfest' in Thy Word". The rest of us refer to it as "Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Thy Word".

May 17

Awww!
Brendan and I were just working on his Uppercase Letters workbook and were practicing the letter "I". The page had a picture of an ink bottle and I pointed out that "I" is for ink. He looked up at me and said, "Mama, 'I' is for I love you."

May 12

Nicklas has figured out rolling as transportation! He likes being able to get to his brothers' Quatros (huge Legos), Luke's Crocs (very tasty), and books (also very exciting). He does NOT like the leg of the couch (ouch!, plus it stopped him from rolling further) or rolling over so that his back lands on a toy (ouch, again!).
He is also pushing himself up on his hands and knees, but that doesn't last long. He has no balance yet, so when he pushes up, he quickly falls over onto his side.