He knows more than I think...

Every Sunday we drive down Ballas to get to church. Jacen loves to look at the different buildings we drive past, so this week I was telling him about St. Johns and Missouri Baptist, explaining to him that those were hospitals. I told him that people go to the hospital when they are sick and doctors help the people feel better. I also told him that the hospital is where the ambulance goes after it's picked up someone who is sick or hurt. That's a lot of info for a 2 year old to process, so I kind of assumed that I was just talking to him, and hoping something would stick.

Well, it stuck alright. Yesterday and today Jacen has had a bad cough and a low grade fever. This morning when I was giving him some medicine, he started coughing and then said, "Go hospital."

I'm just glad he's not really that sick.

Not quite tall enough

This morning we took a walk in the park with Jacen. As we walked Jacen kept pointing to the sky and saying, "cloudy". He had picked up a stick and ways doing the boy thing with it-- dragging it on the ground and poking and hitting things with it. Pretty soon he stopped and pointed the stick in the air as far as he could reach. I asked what he was doing and he said, "Reach it. Clouds." I told him the clouds were too high up for him to touch, but the rest of the walk whenever he stopped he stretched his stick up to the sky again, trying to touch birds, airplanes, or whatever else he could see up there.

10 Things I Love About My Life, or An Exercize in Positive Thinking

1. I love that I don't live in an apartment anymore. I take pride in owning my own home. I love having a yard and a park across the street It gives Jacen and Autumn a place to run and play.

2. I love that my husband thinks I'm a good cook. He is usually very happy to eat whatever I make.

3. I love that we get along so well with both my parents and my parents-in-law. We can always look forward to having family visit because we know it will be an enjoyable weekend.

4. I love putting Jacen to bed. Now that he sleeps in a big boy bed, I tuck him in and then crawl in bed next to him to read one of his favorite books. (right now it's "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie") Suddenly instead screaming "no bed! No night!" He says, "Night, Mommy. I love you."

5. I love being in a Bible Study again. Learning and worshipping together with other Christian women is truly a blessing.

6. I love that life keeps moving forward. There is hope to be found in a new job, a new home, and a new way of life.

7. I love that I can be confident in myself because of the talents God has given me. It is good to know that you are good at doing the things you love. For me those things are music, sewing and crafts, and working with children.

8. I love to hear my son talk and to watch him learn new things. Sometimes I think I should keep a journal what he learns each day. Today he began to say "I do" instead of "I did", that Play-doh is squishy, the difference between ice and snow,and how to climb the rock wall at the park.

9. I love my husband. I love that we have been married nearly 5 years and there has not been a day that I had 2nd thoughts. I love that we can work through almost any issue without yelling. And I love knowing that he loves me completely and will support me in all areas of life.

10. I love that our great God has redeemed me. And not only redeemed me, but blessed me as well. I have so many reasons to praise Him.