Those Harrod Boys

This morning we got up and went to Sunday school then came home to read and rest. We met the Judds at the Callihan’s house for a superbowl party. The kids played fast and furious; by the game’s end they were all worn out. Matthew had a catastrophic diaper failure that require his onsie to be cut off of him (we weren’t about to pull it over his head!). When we got home, Daddy read Jonathan the story of Gideon’s call to lead Israel from Judges 6.

It snowed overnight. Jonathan came into Mommy and Daddy’s room around 7:30 and got into bed. He was ready to “pw-ay!” Matthew slept a full 11 hours, until 9 AM. After he ate, Daddy and Jonathan went outside. The snow was very slushy, great for making snowballs. Daddy decided to make a snowman. As he rolled a huge snowball around the yard, Jonathan would scoop up a full shovel of snow and dump it on his back. We came in to warm up with a fire and hot chocolate.

We went to church tonight and then out to eat with Ken and Gretchen. Daddy and Jonathan dropped Mommy and Matthew off at home and then went to Meijer’s for groceries.

Here are pictures from the past couple of weeks.

Jonathan watched Mulan again today. When Daddy got home, Jonathan was in rare form - he was mimicing the staff fighting moves from the movie and singing, at the top of his lungs, “Let’s get down to biz-ness / to da-feet da huns/ didja send me daw-ters, when I ask for sons … mis-ser I’ll make a maen ouda you!”

Jonathan went to school today and Mommy and Matthew stayed home. This afternoon Mommy and Matthew went for a doctor’s visit. This evening, Daddy took Jonathan to church for Awana’s. Jonathan has memorized the Cubbie’s motto: “Jesus loves me,” the key verse: “God loved us…and sent his son,” the “A” verse: “All have sinned,” and the “C” verse: “While we were sin(ners), Christ died for us.”

Mommy and the boys stayed around the house and worked on chores today. Daddy worked late tonight. Mommy let Jonathan stay up late until Daddy came home. Jonathan was full of energy; he was dancing around the living room, hopping on one leg, and singing. Needless to say it took him a while (and a few visits from Mommy and Daddy) to fall asleep.

Mommy took the boys to Cafe Mom at church this morning. It was Matthew’s first time being in childcare. Jonathan learned about David and Mephibosheth.

Jonathan was still a little cruddy, so Mommy kept him home from school. She took both boys to Wal Mart, which turned into an adventure - Matthew was crying, so Mommy tried to carry hom while pushing the cart and keeping up with Jonathan. Finally she just had to put him in the cart in his car seat and let him cry.