a memory

Aidan and I went to see my niece in a Christmas play called "The Story" It was an awesome play about the story of Jesus being born! While driving home tonight it was pouring and we were from way out in Chesterfield, since it was raining I drove 45 miles per hour almost the whole way home and we were both scared since I couldn't see out the window and SUV's and trucks were speeding past me. Aidan started talking about a time that I had never thought he would have remembered, it was from when he was 2 and we were at a public pool. He said "Mom, thank you for jumping in the water to save me, I was drowning and dying and God told you to jump in after me." He rehashed the whole story that we never talked about after it happened. He was swimming in the kiddy pool and I was standing on the side, I looked down at him at he was under water flapping his arms struggling, I jumped right in with Collin in my arms still and pulled him out of the water. I was so shaken up when it happened. It shocked me how he remembered so well and that he said that God told me to save him, I cried! Then he went on to talk about the squirrel that we found dead in his pool this summer and how the squirrel is playing in Heaven with it's squirrel friends. I love these little moments of learning, he's a very sensitive little boy and everyday reminds me so much of how I was when I was young.

Christmas Tree

Last night we set the Christmas tree up. Already all the ornaments are on the mid-top half of the tree since they keep pulling them off. Today a glass one broke, my sister Lisa warned me about this, she's already had a few glass balls break. I should have gotten plastic! Jeff and I are placing bets on when the tree will be tipped over. The boys had a lot of fun decorating and destroying it and are really getting into Christmas time!

He's a mess!

Poor guy, the day I took this photo he was walking around all day with one arm out of his shirt, I'd put it back in and he'd remove it again. Same with his pants, I just gave up on that part. He was such a 2 year old mess.

My niece Maddy (the boys #1 fan) came into town and stayed at our house last night. She's 10 and helped out so much, she took care of Dominic all day, gave him a bath, helped me make dinner, helped keep the boys out of trouble. Collin normally falls asleep on the couch, Maddy was there sleeping so he just climbed right up and slept next to her all night, so cute! Her help was much appreciated. I decided I need one of those little helpers like her. Mari, can I keep her?? I'll return her in a few years I promise!

hehe

The things 3 year olds say, he's always cracking us up. It's cute now but I realize it won't be soon. The other day Aidan is getting something out of the pantry and we hear "Mom never puts things back where they belong!" It made Jeff and I laugh. That definitely came from Jeff, Aidan doesn't miss a beat, Jeff's always telling me to put things back where the belong since I'm bad about setting things in the wrong place. Then today I dropped a plate on the floor. I do this every few weeks probably, they just slip out of my hands. So Aidan says "Mom I think you need to buy some plastic plates until you can be more careful with glass ones" So funny!

Collin

Poor guy always gets hurt. He fell off a swing and landed on his head. I think he's like me, I'm not very dexterous and have many scars from childhood falls. This time we actually though he might had a concussion because he stayed in his own bed all night when it happened, that's unheard of around here. Just another battle wound to add to his collection.

We had Jeff's brother & his family stay with us through Thanks Giving, my sister in law Jo is Korean and makes the best Korean food ever, she made tons of food for us and I was able to watch in hopes I can repeat it. The boys had so much fun playing with their cousins, we had a full house of boys! Of coarse I had the wild ones :P