Honor your mother

This weekend, we drove to Ohio to have a quick visit with my parents. We arrived around midnight Friday night, and left around 2pm on Sunday. The 14 hour round trip can get long with two smallish children. Especially this time of year as we had to travel in the dark for most of both trips.
So to pass the time, I bring along movies, books, CDs, toys, lots of food, etc.
Yesterday evening, we were listening to a kid's CD by Steve Green. He takes scripture and puts it to song - very catchy tunes. We listened to the 'Honor your Father and your Mother' song and Shann and I joked that we should have this softly playing in their rooms each night to get it to sink in! After this was over, I had to turn on the light to find someone's fallen cup. After I turned it off, Alyssa kept yelling "ON!,ON!". She wanted me to turn the light back on. Caden chimed in with "Alyssa, HONOR YOUR MOTHER!" They went back and forth, yelling
"ON!"
"HONOR YOUR MOTHER!"
"ON!"
"Alyssa, I SAID HONOR YOUR MOTHER!"
And so on.
I guess something sunk in!

Zoo

We went to the zoo last week with our friends Antonio and Gabriella, Austin and baby Logan, and baby Luke. Mommies: Jen, Rebecca, and Michelle. In a couple of the pictures, the kids are standing in front of the tiger cage - there are 3 babies that are 7 months old, plus the momma. We watched them wrestle around with each other and the mom even got in on it - not by choice. One pounced on her back, and she didn't seem too happy. We laughed about how we can relate: all moms feel that way sometimes,like "get off of me!" :)

You can tell from the pictures, Antonio and Caden are best buddies.

Zoo

ZOO!

Halloween Crayons

The cutest crayons in the box! Yellow lagged behind during candy collection, but refused any offers of carrying or hand holding. Oh, and she grew tired of the hat. So we didn't last very long. Who knew walking abilities are hampered when dressed as a crayon?

"Deeduu Yaha"

I heard this phrase while doing my hair in the upstairs bathroom. Caden and Alyssa were coloring in the kitchen. Her page dropped on the floor and he picked it up for her. This doesn't seem like a big deal, but I have to capture these sweet moments and remember them when it seems like all I hear sometimes is shrieking and bickering.
What are these words that made me stop curling and smile?
Thank you, Caden.

"Planes, Trains, and...Superheros?"

Caden has been into superheros lately. A couple nights ago, he dreamed he was a superhero, and he flew to Sesame Street. Grover said to him "cleared for takeoff!"

Today we were talking about his cousins in China, and how much we miss them. He said, "if we wanted to go see them, we'd have to go in a boat, or a plane, or with a superhero. Thats what we would have to choose from."