happy friday!

dancing video (you can click on that link to see the boys having a dance party)

so, so, happy today.

sometimes it takes a really hard day, or hard afternoon, to put things into perspective. Sometimes it is that little voice at the end of the day that says "you'll try again tomorrow" sometimes it takes feeling defeat and discouragement to force you to turn it into something positive; to find joy and to have fun. sometimes it takes learning from your mistakes; (from not being as patient as I should and would like to be...to remind me to pray and ask for strength and for patience). The Holy Spirit really does give us  Grace and Patience when we seek Him for it.  

 

I love our Fridays. We're home and we're happy. Our mornings are slow. We do our 'letters' (songs, stories, and word play) we play barefoot in the backyard. We take walks and see construction sites and working crews (big excitement for little boys) we take naps and then play some more and then the weekend is upon us as we wait for dad to join us.

 

I love spending my days with these two little boys of mine.

 

some moments...

caleb "hey mom...car. C A R. 'c' 'c' 'c' (sounding out c sound) I spelled car. me "oh wow you did spell car, who taught you that?" right now, caleb's super fascinated with letters and their sounds and words and making every letter sound and then saying what letter the word starts with and then trying to write it.  This is such a fun age!

 

lucas is obsessed with trains (this is not an understatement) he loves putting trains together and pushing them around and making their sounds. He stays busy with this activity for a long time! I love watching him play. Trucks and cars and construction vehicles are also high on his interest list. I'm pretty sure his first word that was super clear was dump truck. He's saying so many words and babbles out convo with us so much now. Another really fun age!

 

Despite the torrent of fights that have been happening a lot (hitting and biting included, sadly) and the frustration that comes along with all that (we are always working on using our words and taking turns) I still try and focus more on their best buddy moments instead of the frustrating fighting moments; I just adore the way the boys take care of and love on each other. Lucas wants to do everything caleb does (including wearing his underwear) So while at old navy yesterday getting them some summer clothes; caleb wanted a green outfit and lucas came over and wanted to choose one too, he chose orange, then caleb puts on a red hat and lucas insists on putting on a red hat too. I'm constantly laughing (or deep breathing) as they go from best buddies to enemies in a matter of minutes. When they are best buddies it is so fun to watch. They really do have so much fun together. Each day I'm ever so thankful for them and what they have in each other. They will always have one another and for that I feel so blessed.