Bingo the Ladybug

Found in our backyard. Adopted, named, and obsessed over by Jonah. Meet Bingo the Ladybug.

He's lost somewhere in our house right now.

Lovefest

Lucy's getting her fair share of hugs these days. Every time Gracie hugs her, she says, "Oh, Wooooocy. I lud you."

Water Hose

Playing with the water hose...Jonah-style

Step 1: Check out every nozzle setting (to see which one shoots the farthest)...

"Oh ho ho ho! That went really far!"

Step 2: Take a break and drink the tea your sister prepared for you (a.k.a. hose water)...


Step 3: Figure out you can make the water "bendy and loopy"...


Step 4: Try to SPIT farther than the water hose can spray. (Why does it ALWAYS come back to spitting?!)...

Portrait of Jonah

This is one of Jonah's papers from school. It's hanging on our fridge right now, and I love it. I love it because it's a perfect little portrait of Jonah. Working hard to stay in the lines - to do what he's supposed to be doing - to show self control. And yet, at the same time, he's expressing himself as much as possible inside those lines. Every single crayon within his reach was used inside those lines. Love that kid.

Why Boys are Easier

"My-Lin"

Gracie is obsessed with the violin as of Wednesday, April 14th. My student Emma was working on some difficult string-crossings at her lessons that day, and Gracie became mesmerized by the bow movement. She suddenly remembered we have a little violin in the house, asked for it ("my-lin?"), then started mimicking Emma as best she could.

She won't let me help her with ANYthing yet, but her enthusiasm is catching. My students eat it up. And Papaw couldn't stop smiling when Gracie gave him an impromptu lesson at his last visit. She tucked the violin under his chin, gave him the bow, and then danced while he played...

S'More

The Sandlot (1993)

Ham Porter: Hey, Smalls, you wanna s'more?
Smalls: Some more of what?
Ham Porter: No, do you wanna s'more?
Smalls: I haven't had anything yet, so how can I have some more of nothing?
Ham Porter: You're killing me Smalls! These are s'more's stuff! All right now pay attention. First you take the graham, you stick the chocolate on the graham. Then you roast the 'mallow. When the 'mallows flaming... you stick it on the chocolate. Then cover with the other end. Then you scarf. Kind of messy, but good!

It was messy, but we let Jonah make s'mores in our backyard fire-pit a few weeks ago. The kid is such a picky eater. He wouldn't even try the marshmallows if they were browned. (You're killing me Smalls!)

However, Jonah would love to burn YOUR marshmallow to a crisp. Lucky that's the only way Daddy eats his 'mallows.

Happies

I heard Gracie calling frantically from her room the other day, "happies! happies! happieeeees!"

When I walked in, she was red faced and struggling to get her shoe on.

Happies = Help Please

The best part of making cookies

According to Jonah, Part 15

Exhausted: Means really really hot, in Spanish
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It's been breezy this month. Jonah thinks there's a "wind storm" every time the wind blows 30+mph. Bless his heart if he ever experiences a West Texas dust storm.
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We watched Mary Poppins this weekend, and Jonah's been singing his version of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. It's something like, "dilluh dilluh dilluh dilluh, dilluh is ferocious".
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Macaroni and cheese is only palletable at Meemaw's house. Even if I brought a box of mac n' cheese home from Meemaw's house and made it exactly like she does at OUR house, it would not be yummy. I'm not even sure Jonah would eat it if Meemaw prepared the mac n' cheese at our house.
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The biggest number in the world is "twenty five thousand miles per pound".

He is Risen

...and we are joyful!

Easter is Almost HERE!