Snow Day

We have been getting snow flurries off and on this winter, but nothing ever stuck. Finally Wednesday night it snowed about 3 inches. So Thursday morning while the babies were still sleeping, I woke Josiah up and we went to play in the snow before it melted. We had a snowball fight and made a snowman

Josiah has been asking to make a snowman all winter. Here is his friend "Frosty." Frosty melted before the day was out.

Later that day I took Jaron out, too. Here they are on a sled ride.

Jaron did not want his picture taken. I finally got this picture as he was moving his head. Jaron liked the snow, but he did not like his snow suit. He can't walk in his snow suit and that really frustrated him.

He finally got frustrated enough with me trying to take his picture that he crawled away.

Josiah my big helper

It can get crazy around the house when you have two babies that our a year old or younger. I don't know what I would do without Josiah. He loves babies and he usually takes care of one of them while I am attending to the other. However, when he just playing with Jaron, Josiah is not as giving. He likes to take whatever toy Jaron is playing with and he likes to try to wrestle him (but Jaron likes to take Josiah's toys so they both need to learn).

We are continuing to do school time at least 3 days a week. He loves school time. He loves doing the worksheets. He likes to write but doesn’t really like to color (doesn’t hae the patience for it). I have been focusing on writing his letters and number recognition. He is able to recognize most of the numbers 1-9. We've practice letter writing A-H. We continue to do that but I want to add learning about important character traits along with academic stuff. I know Josiah will learn his numbers and letters at school, but they won't teach him how to be encouraging and hard-working. That is not the teachers' responsibility. So I am working on how I am going to introduce those ideas.

During devotional time at home he is doing the song leading. His favorite song is still "Awesome God." He also leads "Firm Foundation," "Ain't No Rock," and "This Little Light of Mine." I am memorizing the book of Colossians as my spiritual goal for the year. He is memorizing parts with me. He has Colossians 3:1 memorized and then he has most of Colossians chapter 1 memorized as well since he listens to me recite it. He is very smart kid.

Below are some fun pictures of Josiah.

Sailing in a boat

Josiah tells people that Jaron is mommy's baby and Khalil is his.

Josiah Kung Fu Fighting

Helping make Christmas ornaments

What's new with Jaron

Since I last posted about Jaron he has hit a huge growth spurt. He is finally healthy after several months of being sick off and on. I measured him the other day and he is 30.5 inches long. That is two inches longer in 1.5 months. I guess he is making up for not growing for 6 months. He also eats a crazy amount of food. For instance, his breakfast consists of 8 oz of milk with 3/4 of cup of baby oatmeal in it. It literally fills up a whole adult size bowl.

He is almost walking on his own. He walks by himself between furniture and between people but hasn't decided to make walking a full time thing. It takes a lot of courage to break and walk on your own when you have a 3 year old brother that could come along and topple you over at any moment (which happens a lot).

As usual he always has a smile on his face. He is a very happy little guy despite the molars he is getting. He is starting to become more social. He likes to play peek-a-boo with people. He bows his head so he can't see you than brings it back up with a big smile on his face. He has three words: more, ball, and book.

Below is a video of Jaron.