Some random pics

A few weeks ago Matthew and I were painting our living room, and after he gave me some painting tips, he said "Make sure you don't step in the paint". Not two minutes later he wasn't watching where he was going and he backed up and tipped the whole gallon of paint over on the new floor we put in a month ago. At first I was so mad and we both had no idea what to do. First he told me to get a towel, but that didn't do much and we just ended up throwing the towel away. Then he told me to get a spoon and he proceeded to scoop as much of the paint back into the can as possible. Then he got a spoung and went to work, and amazingly enough it all came out with just water. I was mad for about the first 5 minutes, but then I realized being mad wasn't getting us anywhere, so I decided to see the humor in it, and I laughed on and off for the rest of the night. I don't know if I would have found it quite as funny if it didn't come off though. :-) It took him about an hour to get it all cleaned up, but thankfully time was all we lost that night.

Below is Cooper on Christmas morning. He was asleep through a lot of the present opening, but here he is with a cute little bear my parents gave him. It's so hard to believe that he will be one next month!

Here is just a random picture of TJ. He went through a little stage where he liked to wear his winter hat around the house, so I thought I would document it. What a cheeser! Love that kid!

Adieu, A Jew?

A couple weeks ago we were having Family Home Evening and I couldn't decide what picture we should have for the lesson, so I let TJ just reach in and pick one. Well the picture he chose was of Esther in the Old Testament. He wasn't familiar with this story yet, so I had to start pretty basic. I said "This is Esther and she was a Jew". Without missing a beat, TJ pipped up "Adieu, Adieu, to You and You and You". For those of you familiar with the Sound of Music, you should recognize that line from the "So long, Farewell" song, or as TJ calls it "The Party Song". TJ LOVES "The Sound of Music" and will listen to that song on repeat as he is going to bed almost every night. To a 3 year old, I guess "A Jew" and "Adieu" sound pretty much the same. :-) So I continued to tell him the story of Esther and I said that she was married to the King, and he said "The King on Cars?". It was a really funny night to see the scriptures through the eyes of a 3 year old. I guess he was just using his referrence points, huh?

He's so funny these days (and sometimes so frustrating too). The other day he had taken off one of his socks, and it's FREEZING here recently so I asked him to put his sock back on. He said in a very cordial tone "No Mom, my toes are warm, but thanks for asking". I just started laughing and I don't think his sock was ever put back on the rest of the day. I swear that child is a werewolf (for those of you who have read Twilight). First thing in the morning before I turn our heat up it's like 65 degrees in here and he's running around in his pull-up and fights me when I ask him to put clothes on.