Whole-latta Happenings

This week has felt like a huge whirlwind - in a good way. There's just been a lot going on in our little family this past week. For starters, I am wrapping the school year up at Legacy Prep. Christian Academy. For those of you who don'w know, it's a God send for us. It is a University Model School which means the kids come to school on Mondays and Wednesdays (PreK - 6th) or Monday, Wednesday and Friday (7 - 12th) while the parents watch over studies on off days. I have double classtime on Monday and Wednesday which enables me to teach the two or three lessons so that all they have to do on Tuesday is a little extra homework. It allows me to "got out of the house" and still do what I love during the week, but still have three week days with my kids. The best part is that Joshie and Jenna go to school with me!! And boy does Joshie love going to school. He gets his backpack on and runs to the car shouting "school!" I hope this excited attitude will stick in there for the next 17 plus years!!

One of the funny things that Joshie has done this week is learn to jump. He gets so excited and we jump, dance and play here at home with the radio together that he wants to try and jump on his own....Here's a silly video of him trying to jump....soon he'll get it:

Jenna has been working on crawling still and sitting up on her own. She almost has the sitting part down. I've noticed that she is more of an observer and just watches everything. One day she will just decide that she knows how to crawl and start crawling around....just wait and see. As of right now she kinda crawls backwards but is more content on just rolling over. Most of the time she is just content to "be". Joshie likes playing with her, and she absolutely loves her big brother. Here's a picture of her at church this past Sunday playing on the foam mat while I set up the nursery:

Joshua really made my day on Monday morning. On the way to school it was a "typical Monday" - tiredness from the weekend and a dreary day outside. I was frustrated with traffic and then remembered my sweet little ones in the backseat. So, I told Joshie like I do many times, "I love you". Out of nowhere this little voice that could only be him replyed back, "I love you"....It made my day!!! Granted I can't get him to say it again, and of course I didn't have my camera ready!! I hope to get it again on film. It was the sweetest thing.

We're also slowly getting Joshie's room set up. Its a slow process. I finally moved his toddler "big boy" bed into the room so that he could get acustomed to it before we actually let him sleep in it. Boy am I glad I did that! He was so wound up and excited, he didn't take a nap that day! Here's a smal clip of his excitement:

I hate to say it, but what sort of excitement will next week hold?? Only God knows that!