Catching up a tiny bit...

Life has been a tiny bit hectic lately. We have put our first house up for sale- it is heartbreaking because of the work we have done and the fact that we love this house - aside from the fact that it was our first house, etc.. But at any rate, its going to be good and its keeping us very busy. Here are a few pictures from the past month or so.. i'll get more on here, I promise!

This is Steve and Josiah pretending to be frogs. We have moved on from kitty now - and are more concerned with frogs and tigers. Some days he wakes up and instead of "good morning mama" or "i want toast" all we get is a "ROAR!". The best part about Josiah's frog impression is that he does it in a monster-type voice - a growling scratchy thing like the scariest frog you ever saw. He won't do it when the camera is on though.

Another "ribbit"
This is Josiah sharing the wonderful pink cake that I made to celebrate AudrieAnne's first birthday. It was a great cake - and quickly devoured by all of the kiddos. Grandma was thrilled to have these "sticky hands!" in her lap. The house sure fills up with all of the kids and all of the running, and oh, the running. It is exhausting to keep up with them all!!
Josiah talked about going fishing with papa all weekend long. He was so excited to catch a big shark. He did NOT want to catch a fish - "NO mommy. I catch a big SHARK!". Then we go home for opening fishing weekend and guess what - Fergus Falls was still having winter! So here he is, turning his fingers into popsicles catching the fake fish because it wasn't even worth putting bait on. He was thrilled though and totally enjoyed catching the red fish over and over again until we had to drag him in because it was too cold. Then it snowed. Meanwhile back in Rochester it was a balmy 65 degrees!

We are keeping so busy with this little man. He is an amazing kid and makes us stare in wonder at least once a day. We are keeping a journal for him of all the random things he does - adding notes here and there when things jump out at us. Its comical to read through it and imagine him getting this earful when he grows up. Today I wrote three pages about him THROWING UP ON ME AT TARGET - and how this is not appropriate behavior.

He love to play, loves the parks, loves animals and worms. Find him a worm and he will carry it around for an hour (until it is completely torn to shreds and he needs you find him a replacement). He LOVES helicoptors - which we get to see a lot of here by the hospital. He shreaks with glee. He loves toast and would eat it for every meal.

Last week he got to be the chef at preschool. Steve and I got to go to have lunch with him - he had picked the meal and helped make it. Meatloaf - what?? We don't really have that at home, but the kid gobbles it down. It was adorable to see how excited he was to do this for us and his friends. I'll get those pictures up soon.

He has a whole dictionary in him. Today he told me he bounced on the teeter totter. He loved to say "o-noxious" when I told him that the book we read a million times a day (a look and find) is obnoxious. He likes to way "watch this" and do a trick of some kind. He is very tricky and will be the king of pranks from an early age. He reminds us at least 20 times each day that he is a big boy. You cannot call him anything else.

He has totally taken over.