The Kids and Good People

The kids are good.

I am not really sure I mentioned them much recently so I thought I would throw that in. I talked about how we were going to go to a new house a lot before the move. They walked through the front door and instantly adjusted. I expected at least some protest those first few naps and night times but nothing. They were in their own beds, surrounded by all their own stuff, and felt perfectly secure with it.

Apparently the town was awaiting our arrival. I spotted this sign about a mile from our house and made Greg turn around so I could get a picture of it. (Proof that I'm a blogging dork.) I am still trying to find the sign dedicated to Will.


Marcus's newest accomplishments include putting on his own slippers and making deeper observations of the world. He now tells me when the room or the outside is light and dark. He is also getting a hang of some of his colors. Marcus is generally kind. When Will is crying, he gently pats him and says, "Okay Will." He even gives Will toys to cheer him up and generally hands over his toys to Will for a turn when he is done. Marcus can count to two - okay not all that impressive but it is the first time he has shown any interest in numbers at all. A couple days ago he was counting rotten apples in our yard and counted, "One! Two! ...more two!" Apparently "more two" is what the common folk call three. His new favorite pronunciation is for hula hoop. He says "ula poop".

Will is mastering his ability to imitate everything the people around him do. This includes patting Marcus and telling him, "Okay," when Marcus is upset. He is a master of the two word sentence. His favorite inquiry is asking where things are. He will ask, "Daddy go?" or "Vaccuum go?" or "Shoe go?" The best is when he wants to know where our car went because both the kids call a car a "go go". So he asks, "Go go go?" He apparently calls Marcus by name. We have no idea how long he has been doing this because Marcus and Mommy sound pretty much the same. He has really been perfecting his dance moves although we fear that he is going to grow up to be "that guy," you know the one that has absolutely no shame about dancing but really should. (Think Elaine in the "Little Kicks" episode of Seinfeld)

We are slowly getting into having a real life in this house instead of having a life that consists only of unpacking or looking for things that we need. We even found some time to take one of those obligatory "kid wearing his parents' shoes" pictures.

Will squeezed in a little time to send some text messages to his closest peeps too.


This week I have been reminded of the goodness of people. One of my new neighbors stopped over to bring us some flowers as a little house warming gift. Then I heard from Jennifer and Jason, friends that have been trying for almost two years now to bring their daughter home from Guatemala. Their church family has decided to cover their expenses so Jennifer can go to Guatemala and spend the rest of the process with Karla as they wait to bring her home! Every time I think of this wonderful opportunity that their family has been given, my eyes just fill up with tears of joy!