They say the darnedest things - 2

Joel, with genuine enthusiasm when he saw that he and Allison had the same Sunday School craft: "We both have sick hearts!!" (i.e. sin in our hearts, thus rendering us in need of a savior...)

Also from Joel, when I asked what his shampoo would make him smell like: "Man. Handsome man."

Chronicle of today, Sept 13

Watched hurricane Ike coverage, prayed for Houston-area residents.
Farmer's market peaches.
Fun lunch with sweet friends.
Pedicure and manicure with sweet friend.
Allison turned the family room into an "apartment" -- complete with jewelry section.
Defined "hippie" and the peace sign for Allison (how do I get myself into these things?).
Dinner at Joe's Crab Shack with Francis's -- had a rockin' good time.
Marveled as Joel ate popcorn shrimp, broccoli, honey almond trout and saffron rice. I think he ate more than me.

They say the darnedest things - 1

I'm sure there will be many installments of this post, so I numbered it.

Joel: "Mommy! Mommy! We saw a lizard....and we LIKED it!"

Allison: "I'm sorry Joel, I misunderspoke."

Joel, as he heads to the front door with purpose: "We need to go to Target. I need big boy toys."

It's 1 a.m., do you know where your tool belt is?

Joel is allergic to September. Every year of his life, this month has brought illness and breathing issues. So, we made our annual run to pediatric urgent care at 11:30p.m (usually it's the ER, so we're grateful for the new pedi urgent care). Joel was coughing incessantly. Turns out the breathing treatment we'd given him at home finally took action and he quit coughing by the time he got to the clinic. So, Matt returned home just after midnight with a perfectly healthy, not-coughing, wide awake Joel, who wanted to play with mommy. I humored him, thinking he'd settle down soon and we'd all get to bed. He dashed into his room to dig up the tools. Not sure what we were going to play, but some serious construction was about to happen. He had every tool he owns stuffed into his little Bob the Builder tool belt.

Labor Day swimming and family time

Joel sure liked that skateboard. We couldn't get him to step away from it for the picture with Daddy and Paw-paw.

Allison and the goggles. Cute as a bug!
The kids LOVE to swim. After a few days of swimming lessons they both got really brave and began swimming without floaties on. Now they're like little fish!

Labor Day - Diary of a Skateboard

Joel's first experience with a skateboard.

How does this thing work anyway?