Tonight's conversation on the way home from church:

Max: A girl was being mean to Sawyer. I had to talk kind of serious to her. I pointed my finger at her.

Me: Sawyer, what did you do to her?

Max: He didn't do anything. He was just standing by me and she was being mean. I didn't like that. Not even one little bit.

Oooooh myyyyy. It was so hard to not laugh!

A Productive Workout

Ouchy wa wa. I went for a run the other day for the first time in quite a while. My nearly 30 year old body hurts! My ipod has had the same running mix on it for 3 years. Lots of up-beat music that I still couldn't tell you all the lyrics. Black-Eyed Peas, anyone?  I finally got around to updating my mix and put on some upbeat Christian music. I was running around the park, thinking about what God reveals about himself through nature, listening to praise music...the Holy Spirit was working on me during that run. I was brought near to tears, yelling in my head "Use me God. Use me!"

I am such a broken sinner. But I am redeemed! Praise God! I don't want to be idle in this Christian walk...just taking life in as it comes. I should be very aware of my role as God's child. So use me God....use me.

Who says boys can't play babies?

Mickey Mouse has been getting quite a bit of attention around here lately. Max has a stuffed Mickey that he and Sawyer have been playing "baby" with. Yesterday they rocked him, put him in a crib (a.k.a. their shoe bin), and showed him some TLC (not the 90's singing sensations). Before bed it was reading time. I found Max and Sawyer sitting by the makeshift crib reading to Mickey. This went on for about 20 minutes and then it was time for bed. Sawyer said, "Wait! I gonna kiss him and tell him a Incredible Hulk story." Sooooo funny. Sawyer leaned into the crib and kissed Mickey, then told a very action-packed story. There was lots of jumping involved.

Today Baby Mickey continued to be THE toy. Max put a diaper on him, got him dressed in a sleep sack, had 2 bibs for him (one for eating, one for spitting up of course!), and swaddled him. It really was very sweet. Sawyer has a stuffed Winnie the Pooh that he started babying. Although I think Sawyer ended up doing stunts with his swaddled Pooh. :) All in all they played babies for hours today! Not their usual football and cars games. It was fun to watch!

Bear Stories

Brody is quite the big boy lately. It is a true joy to watch him learn new things. The process of trying and failing is very entertaining when you're talking about a 16 month old! A new thing is nodding. He has tried it a few times while standing and he nods so hard that he throws himself down. True comedy! He throws his own diaper away...and occasionally pitches a toy or two. He points at the switches when we walk by them so he can turn the light on or off. I love these little things!

Last night I gave him some Tylenol (teething!) and after I put it back in the box he took it from me, walked down the hall, and reached up to the cabinet where it belongs. How did he know where it went?! I mean, he has been to that cabinet with me plenty of times but now I know he's paying attention!

Sawyer left a bag of Matchbox cars by the basement steps. Brody found them and carried them one by one to the living room by the front door. I wanted to just bring the bag to him and save all those steps (atleast 20 each way!) but it was so fun to see him happy to make the trip!

Brody wants to be doing what Max and Sawyer are doing. Therefore, he loves football. At any given time he can be found carrying a ball, football player figurine, or football helmet around the house. You know the little players that look like they are in the middle of a throw? Well, they come with teeny tiny helmets that I took off (choking hazard!). Oh no, that wasn't going to fly. If the player didn't have a helmet on, he had no interest! He wanted the REAL thing!

I thank God for him everyday!