James Speak (I forgot previously)

"Can I say capture or is it a bad word?" (Ah, the innocence of youth)

And he calls the place mats at the table "place maps".

James Speak

Me: You need to go potty when we get to the library.
James: I don't need to. I was hoping to not go potty all day.
(Now that he can go all night, why not all day?)


James: I don't like Dr. F (our previous doctor), I was thinking about going to Benjamin's doctor.


Me: Guys, I just need to cry. I'm stressed out and I need to cry.
James: Dad doesn't cry.


Also, James has taken to calling Matthias "Superman Matt" which is really cute.

Sweet-n-Sour Ribs

Having this for dinner tonight! Smells so yummy right now in my crock pot.

Dry Celebration!!

Most of you know James has been day trained for about 2 months. Well, since James was dry Saturday morning when he woke up, last night we told him if he stayed dry all night again he could have a prize. And he did! The prize?

Chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast with whip cream! Plus some fresh strawberries and fresh pineapple. Yum.


If this keeps up we will only have to buy one set of diapers a month...think of all the wonderful possibilities for $25 extra a month.

Camping

We headed up to Huntsville State Park this weekend and had a great time camping!! We have been wanting to go since we moved here and finally made it. Friday night we set up camp and took a walk down to the lake. Then we made smores and talked by the fire. Thanks to some friends we had a six man tent (instead of our 3 man) and put the pack in play inside so Matthias went to bed at 8 and the rest of us stayed up until 10.

Setting up Camp:

Walk to Lake:

Around the Fire:

Taylor and I had a freezing night, but James was under 3 layers of sleeping bag (since he is short we folded his over) and Matthias never gets cold. He had no blanket and slept just fine. The temp only got down to 56 degrees, but I was super cold! James kept his diaper dry all night for the first time and I only had to pee once (a story for a more private audience).

Saturday morning we warmed up by the fire and headed on a hike. The first hike was just over one mile and the boys did great. Matthias did get carried most of the way back. Then we broke camp and headed to the nature center for a presentation on alligators. The boys got to pet a baby alligator! After that we went on a little walk (about 1/5 mile) and Matthias was pretty much tired out by then. We headed down to the lake to eat some lunch and play in the water.

The boys had a blast in the water, but Matthias ended up going down face first and was pretty cold and unhappy at that point. So we dried the boys and got in the car to visit a massive statue of the first president of our nation, I mean state...Sam Houston. Totally worth the small detour.


Then home. We had so much fun and hope to make it up again before the weather is too warm.

Quotes

"Satisfaction with your own knowledge keeps you from discovery."

"That's deep religion, real religion. It is completely internalized -- and most of that internalization takes place in childhood."
Orson Scott Card

"The face of sin today often wears the Halloween mask of tolerance. Do not be deceived; behind that facade is heartache, unhappiness and pain. You know what is right and what is wrong, and no disguise, however appealing, can change that,"
President Thomas S. Monson

“There has never been a greater need for us to profess our faith, privately and publicly”
Elder Dallin H. Oaks

Master of the Mouse

James to me: "Can you make that (the cursor) touch the blue button? Good job touching the blue button!"

(While I am typing this...James: "Don't make a really long message!")