Envy of a little brother

Yesterday I was making cookies and let Addie clean one of the beaters. I looked over and saw this:

It was very obvious that Addie knew that she had something special and Eliot was longing for the day he gets the other beater!

I'm a sitter!

Today was a big day for Eliot - he officially sat on his own and his first tooth has broken through. Big steps for a little boy. 

Makeover

I got two very cool chairs from my Grandma. They have been sitting in my parents' downstairs for  a few years now. As we start to organize for the move to our new house, I decided these chairs could do with a makeover so off to work I went.

The cool chairs before the makeover

And three days later, ta da:

So fun!

Jack's Journal

As an effort to get Jack into the discipline of keeping a journal and doing daily writing, we have had him start a journal. We currently give him a topic each day and he is free to form his own thoughts and write them in his own manner. Today I asked him to write about his favourite things from the weekend. Here is a copy of his entry ( I have typed it below because it is a bit blurry):

1. I enjoyed this weekend playing in the park.
2. I enjoyed seeing my family this weekend.
3. I enjoyed getting to remember about grandma and what a great grandma she was.

Four Year Old Funnies

Theo is definitely at that age - the age where I feel I could write almost everything down he said because it would be worth remembering for laughs later. Here are two from today:

On the way to the bathroom store today to look at shower heads (boring to most people especially a six-year-old!) -

Jack: Why do we all have to go to the store?
Charles: Jack, mom and dad are not here for your enjoyment only. We have errands to do today that take priority over going to the park.
Jack: Why couldn't we stay with Grandmother?
Charles: Jack, Grandmother is not going to take you to the park either. She has things to do right now as well. She too is not here just for your enjoyment.
Theo (very quickly and boldly): Yeah Jack. Grandmother is not here for our enjoyment, but Grandad is.


Tonight at Bible time - Jack asks a question that is very interesting but completely off topic.

Charles: Jack, what does this question have to do with Genesis 1?
Jack: Nothing, I was just curious.
Erin: We should have named you George (as in Curious George).
Theo: Yeah, and God should have made you a monkey!

I love four-year-olds.