Our Very Own Jedi!

Anyone who knows my son, knows he is a bigger Star Wars fan than his father. It is not an uncommon thing in our home to hear Daddy telling us, "I didn't think there was a bigger Star Wars fan than me..."

*Josh's favorite movie is Star Wars: Clone Wars
*He LOVES the Cartoon Network series (it probably helps that he is allowed to stay up late to watch it...hmm...)
*He is fascinated with Ahsoka Tano - Anikan's padawan.

For those of you who have seen the movie, look for similarities between Josh and Ahsoka in these pictures. Those who haven't seen the movie probably won't get it, but I still think it's cute that Josh is trying to be a Jedi...and please excuse the disaster that used to be the living room. This all happened when Miguel fell asleep on the couch. I came out of my office and found this:


Notice the Lightsaber clipped to his belt for quick access?

How about the wristband up around his hand similar to Ahsoka's wrist-wraps?

For those of you unfamiliar with Ahsoka - here she is at wikipedia

Monkeys in my House

The other night hubby and I were sitting around talking, and my kids just started doing silly things. Yes, this is normal, but we'd never seen them do these particular things before. Enjoy...

This one isn't great, but it's the first time we ever saw this. I have no idea how she thought of it. She also likes to swing her legs from chairs, or stand with her hands on two tables (one hand on either side of her) and lift herself up and swing her feet.

Josh joined in because we were laughing so hard at Katie. Even better - I think Josh has his shorts on backwards...I'm not complaining, it's hard enough to get him to put his clothes on after he goes potty, so I'm very grateful he's not naked.

And here we were trying to get her to do it again and get a good shot of it, but by this time she was tired . It is still quite silly. Enjoy.

An Easter Entry...finally

Easter was enjoyed by all this year. Miguel told the kids the Easter-bunny poops out candy-filled eggs. He was hoping Josh would repeat that one in a public place, but to my relief, Josh kept it to himself.

Anyhow, it was an excellent weekend. I can't believe how different it is living here from where I grew up. People wish each other a Happy Easter at the grocery store, or the drug store or Anywhere! People don't worry about being Politically Correct here; it's truly my kind of place.

On Saturday the kids went to an egg-hunt at Church. We had a light brunch of blueberry muffins (Josh's absolute favorite), then a short ending to our Walk With Christ activity we'd been challenged to participate in at home. Finally, the egg hunt began!

There were only 3 kids under 4 at church for the activity, so Katie and Josh and another little boy got a head-start in looking for eggs. Thankfully they limited the number kids could pick up to ensure everyone received the same number. Josh took off and was able to truly participate well. Katie didn't really get it but enjoyed picking up the eggs and looking inside of them.

On Sunday, Miguel wanted to have our own Egg-hunt, but the weather was dreary. Not rainy, but colder and windy. So in the early evening, eggs were hidden in the living room and the kids had a ball.

That pink dinosaur on the bookshelf behind Katie is her Easter Basket. I was VERY excited to get both of their baskets on clearance last year after Easter. This year we bought Josh a cool Star Wars bucket to use as a basket, and surprisingly, he chose to use Elmo.

It was a good weekend.

Laughing Out Loud

Another laugh thanks to the 3-year-old:

Some Background. Miguel and I are trying very hard to teach our children appropriate uses of words which can be used in a derogatory manner. "Retarded" is one we've often used in slang and we are working hard to break these bad habits. Josh does not hesitate to correct us when we use the word, telling us it's not nice.

Today Josh was watching Little Einsteins. The show uses musical terms, and today used the word, "Retardando"

Josh says, "Das a bad werd"

He's got a great memory, that kid.

Random Pictures

Here is a recent one of Katie, I think she has peanut butter on her face, but I think it's a great picture anyway.



And one of Josh. I think it captures just how much Miguel has managed to corrupt him.

Josh-isms

Just from today:

Miguel is cleaning up after the 3 dogs in the backyard, into an old USPS flat-rate box. Seeing this, Josh asks,
"Are we going to send the box of poop to Grandma in California?"
"No, Josh"
"Why, cause she will be mad?"

After Miguel picks himself up off the floor from laughing so hard, Josh runs back into the house to use the restroom. In an effort to get back outside as quickly as possible, Josh opens the backdoor and Miguel realizes he has nothing on but shoes from the waist down.
"Josh!!! Go put your clothes on before you go outside!"
"Why, cause I will go to Jail?"
Later in the day I asked where Josh got the idea he would go to Jail. I guess Miguel told Josh a few weeks ago he needed to put clothes on when he went outside or the police would take him to jail. I guess he remembered...

I love this age. It's my favorite kid-stage.

Those Bedtime Sillies

Yep, Katie is officially a silly kid. The other night I heard banging. Over and over again, bang, bang, bang. It was too soft and shallow to be josh kicking the wall from his bed, but it was obviously someone kicking something. I checked the kids and Katie was kicking the bed rails.

This is a pretty common position for her in the crib. She usually falls alseep at this angle, even though she is taller than the width of her bed. I've even found her with her leg sticking out between the bars - asleep!

The kids sing songs, especially songs by Taylor Swift or The Killers. Yes, Josh knows a lot of the words, and Katie sings along. You know when it was Katie who chose the song because she always sings the opening theme from Super Why! It's really cute, Josh just joins right in.

One night they were laughing a LOT more than normal, and I was curious what they were doing. When I got in there, here is how I found Katie:

Nope, she's not sitting on her feet. She has her feet dangling between the bars. Sorry it's blurry, I didn't realize when I took the photo in the dark. She was having a great time.

Josh felt left out so I took his picture in his bed too (see above). He LOVES his Star Wars comforter, and he took my Scooby Doo blanket from me a long time ago. He does not sleep without the Scooby Doo blanket. The antics in the evenings after lights out never cease...