As close as brothers

Today we took Noah and Asher (and baby Sullivan) to the Natural History Museum in Delaware. It was such a kid friendly place and they had a blast. They ran in circles around the dinosaur skeletons and puckered their lips for fishy poses over and over again. Noah roared at the stuffed lions and "whoooo-ed" at the owls.


It was pouring out and so when we got back we put the boys down at Erin's house for naps, but Noah wasn't having it. I didn't want to venture out in the storm but it just wouldn't stop. So, we were all together from about 9am to 5:30 pm.. what a marathon day.

Noah and Asher are such good buddies and they sometimes feel like they are brothers and not just friends. I wonder if they will grow up together or if something will come along to change one of their paths. Only God knows but for now it's really fun to watch.

Favorite Foto Friday (#6)

Ok, so this isn't my photo. I know.

But, it has a great story.

A few weeks back, I was preaching on Isaiah and the lion and the lamb.... wondering if they could ever lie down together. I showed the children this painting called The Peaceable Kingdom and asked them what looked odd to them. They quickly pointed out that babies were hanging out with lions and no one looked scared. Then I had them tell me what their perfect world would look like and we drew a picture with all sorts of great things. Later in the worship service during prayer requests, someone pointed out that a rainbow had formed over the two pictures by light streaming through the stained glass at that exact moment. How amazing is that? God spoke to us that morning saying that what God has said is indeed possible. Better than any photo I could ever take.

Making Cookies

Noah continues to be totally enamored by all animals. His day always includes imitating several of his favorite animals -- always elephants, usually tigers and bears. We spend our mornings looking for bunnies in the yard and our afternoons spotting lady bugs in the garden.

The other day I dropped Noah off at daycare and he found a dinosaur puppet and put it on his hand and yelled ROOOOOAAAARRRRR at the top of his lungs. The other two year olds ran to the other side of the room pretending to hide from the big dinosaur. He continued to do this every time one of them dared to move. I stared in awe at the power he had over them!!! It was all in good fun but he did a great dinosaur impression!

Nana recently bought him Dino pajamas and then I saw a dino cookie cutter. Noah and I made our first cookies together. He kept saying, "Mommy hold handle" when I would stop stirring. It was very cute. We let him pour sprinkles on them which meant that we went through a bottle in two shakes.

The finished product was awesome.