new words

This morning at the breakfast table as we were eating, a plane flew over outside.  Kate heard it and turned around to look at....the window I guess.  Like she could really see anything.  Anyway, she said, "what's that?"  Aidan then promptly answered her, "that's a plane."  She then repeated, "plane" sand Aidan said, "yes."  It was cute to see Aidan teaching Kate words that he already knows.  I think he has been waiting for her to be able to talk to him.

cell phones

Aidan has always liked pretending he was talking on a phone.  Now Kate likes to do it too.  The other day at lunch they were sitting at the table while I was feeding Isaiah on the couch.  They both had their hands up to their ears and were having a lengthly conversation with each other on the phone.  It was really funny.  They were talking back and forth, laughing.  They ended the conversation by saying bye to each other.  Aidan has now gotten to the point of taking a "phone" out of his pocket, pretending to dial, talking, hanging up, and then putting it back in his pocket when he is done.  That kid...

new shirt

I have been amiss at posting on here again.  What's new?  I realize that there are people who read on here that aren't on face book so I need to post here too.  So just a couple of funny updates on the kids.  At the beginning of the week Aidan had some  kind of sickness that was making his stomach hurt (eventually he did throw up).  All morning he kept lifting his shirt up and asking me for a new shirt because he thought that the shirt was making his stomach hurt.  It was kind of sad.

soft

It is hard to believe that we've not posted anything in over a month now! One cute story that's recently happened I would like to share. Aidan was eating dinner, sitting to my left. He started petting my arm (I guess he was feeling my hair) and he said, "Soft.". Yes, my son called my arm soft. Not the most hypermasculine of terms, I must say, but Amy had a good laugh, and that makes it worthwhile.

big shoes to fill

What a blessing it is to watch Aidan grow. He wants to be like me. What a challenge, therefore, to be the man of God that I am to be in order that he may see what the LORD desires of us so that we may honor Him together.