This is one of my favorite pictures. If you are on facebook, I am sure you have already seen it. I love that I captured what our house is like on a daily basis, that is one brother annoying the other. Don't think that Michael is always on the receiving end because he can give just as well as James.
These two are such a challenge and such a joy. I often think of Bill Cosby when he has challenged the tap dance teacher to a dance off. The dance teacher keeps yelling "challenge!" and Bill takes him on, even though he really doesn't know how to dance, but in the process the audience is just laughing. They way I relate it to everyday life around here is because I feel like James and Michael are constantly yelling "challenge!", though it may not be that exact word it is all in what they are doing. They are learning and figuring out if the boundaries are still the same today as they were yesterday, and if they are able to get away with anything new today. Like the Bill Cosby skit, we are able to laugh at their attempts (at least later that night we can). They have given me so many stories to share and made Jon and I laugh so much just because of who they are. So even though I get so frustrated with them, I am so thankful for who God has made them to be.
James is at that stage where he is saying the funniest things. Here are a few of his comments.
It was bed time and so I decided that I wanted to dye my hair (actually highlight it), I was in the bathroom mixing everything together and James comes in to see what I was doing.
James - "what is that?"
Me - "I am going to color my hair."
James - "blue??!!"
Me - "Well, it looks blue but it won't be blue."
James - "No, that is blue, your hair is blue."
Me - "It won't be blue when I am done."
James - "ok" this was said in a "if you say so" sort of way.
He was very happy after I was done to see that my hair was not blue.
Along the same line, I just had my haircut and I asked him what he thought.
James - "it is short, but you are still pretty."
He later came up to me and said "thank you for trying to look handsome for me."
He has also started counting how many times I go to the bathroom. He often asks me why the baby makes me go so much. He will also encourage me and say "don't worry mom, the baby is almost ready and then you won't have to be in the bathroom a lot."
Michael helped me change the sheets on the beds while James was at Pre-school. He was very excited to be the first one in James' bed and he wanted to read books. There were still some blankets in the wash so we were not able to completely make the bed.
Michael is starting to talk more. He is pretty stubborn and he likes to let you know what he thinks. He still tends to think about things before he does them, unlike James who just runs and does them. Michael will stand there and think, which gives me a little time to figure out what it is he will be doing. Then he will try as hard as he can to fulfill the plan in his head. Michael has also become a climber(I was told that his Dad was a climber too). He loves to stand up high and then dance. If it wasn't so dangerous it would be funny.
They both love to read books. James is into dictionaries and encyclopedias right now (I know, they are long books right before bed). Michael loves any book about sports and transportation. James has also become very interested in the daily devotions. He will listen and ask questions about what he heard. It is very exciting to see him listening and taking it in. I used to wonder if it was worth making him sit for them, but I have learned that it is worth it.
One last story about Michael. We had a guest speaker from Liberia, and he preached on Mission Sunday. As he was preaching he had Michael's attention. He would make a point and Michael would raise his hand into the air and yell "yeah!" I know very un-Lutheran. He did this 3 times total, I then told Jon about it said that Michael has never done that for his sermons so maybe he should start preaching like a Baptist preacher. I doubt that will happen, but it was funny to see Michael so engaged in the sermon.
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