Yesterday I was lounging on the couch when Joshua pounced on me unexpectedly. "Oww!" I exclaimed, "you gave Mommy a boo-boo!"
Upon hearing this, Caleb scurried over, planted his hand on me, and with the utmost confidence said, "In Jesus' name, be healed!"
What you may not know is that when Joshua and Caleb were infants, Pastor Steve prophesized that they would be like bold lions, and that they would lay hands on their parents and they would be healed. So, in a small way, prophecy was fulfilled yesterday, and I'm sure it's only just the beginning!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Parrots
Last week we enjoyed a week at the lake with Babo, Granny, and the rest of Joe's family. The boys had a great time taking naps on the pontoon, swimming, eating Granny's delicious food, playing "pillow" with Uncle Jay, and watching Umpa Truckit (Uncle Patrick) and Cousin Nolan play Wii. They were so much more social and friendly than last year, which was a great relief.
I'm not sure where they get it from, but Joshua and Caleb are blossoming into social butterflies. We will be walking along the sidewalk on the way to the pool or wherever, and they will wave to total strangers and say, "Hi! How's it going?" People are usually slightly taken aback by our pair of gregarious tots, responding, "Uh, hi... what a friendly little fella!"
In case you have ever wondered what it's like living with 2.5-year-old twins, it's how I would imagine life would be like living with a couple of parrots- they make a huge mess and they repeat every single word you say. If Joe or I had a foul mouth, you would know it by now! Thank goodness in our home it doesn't get much worse than "Oh Shoot!" or "Oh my goodness!" I won't bore you with the mundane details, but they literally repeat almost everything we say.
If Caleb is misbehaving, Joshua is now likely to point his finger to their bedroom (aka the room they have never slept in and contains zero beds) and say in a stern, disapproving voice "Caleb, do you want to go to your room all by yourself?" Caleb likes to hold a phone to his ear and mimic my conversations with Joe: "Hi... Ok... uh huh... Ok, ok... ok... ok... Love you, bye!" If Joshua gets hurt, Caleb will gently pat him on the back and say "It's ok, Joshua. Don't cry, don't cry". Today Joshua did something praise-worthy and I said "Good job, Joshua!" but that wasn't enough. "So smart?" he asked. I assured him that indeed he was :)
Oh, this is unrelated but the other day we went to Toys 'R Us in an unfruitful search for a certain Thomas train. Can you guess what the boys' first words were as we passed the threshold into the toy-filled wonderland? "Ceiling fan! Ceiling fan!" they exclaimed as they hopped up and down with glee and pointed to the fans hanging way up above. Nevermind the aisles upon aisles of toys. It took them a good 2 or 3 minutes before they even noticed any of the toys. So maybe for their next birthday, in lieu of toys we will just request contributions to a ceiling fan fund and have one installed in our house :)
I'm not sure where they get it from, but Joshua and Caleb are blossoming into social butterflies. We will be walking along the sidewalk on the way to the pool or wherever, and they will wave to total strangers and say, "Hi! How's it going?" People are usually slightly taken aback by our pair of gregarious tots, responding, "Uh, hi... what a friendly little fella!"
In case you have ever wondered what it's like living with 2.5-year-old twins, it's how I would imagine life would be like living with a couple of parrots- they make a huge mess and they repeat every single word you say. If Joe or I had a foul mouth, you would know it by now! Thank goodness in our home it doesn't get much worse than "Oh Shoot!" or "Oh my goodness!" I won't bore you with the mundane details, but they literally repeat almost everything we say.
If Caleb is misbehaving, Joshua is now likely to point his finger to their bedroom (aka the room they have never slept in and contains zero beds) and say in a stern, disapproving voice "Caleb, do you want to go to your room all by yourself?" Caleb likes to hold a phone to his ear and mimic my conversations with Joe: "Hi... Ok... uh huh... Ok, ok... ok... ok... Love you, bye!" If Joshua gets hurt, Caleb will gently pat him on the back and say "It's ok, Joshua. Don't cry, don't cry". Today Joshua did something praise-worthy and I said "Good job, Joshua!" but that wasn't enough. "So smart?" he asked. I assured him that indeed he was :)
Oh, this is unrelated but the other day we went to Toys 'R Us in an unfruitful search for a certain Thomas train. Can you guess what the boys' first words were as we passed the threshold into the toy-filled wonderland? "Ceiling fan! Ceiling fan!" they exclaimed as they hopped up and down with glee and pointed to the fans hanging way up above. Nevermind the aisles upon aisles of toys. It took them a good 2 or 3 minutes before they even noticed any of the toys. So maybe for their next birthday, in lieu of toys we will just request contributions to a ceiling fan fund and have one installed in our house :)
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