Big Deal!!

So 2 amazing things are going on in this picture....

1) Peter is wearing a bow tie.  B/c HE DOESN'T DROOL much anymore!  We aren't completely there.... there is still the occasional leaking if he is looking down, is crying, etc.  But its HUGE progress.  There is no longer a steady stream of drool coming out of his mouth so his shirt is not a puddle of drool like it used to be.  We've waited 4.5 years and worked very hard for this!!  

2) He's just eaten CHICKEN!  Not CFA or McD nuggets but GRILLED chicken!  He usually doesn't touch meat!  

Beautiful

Getting ready to dye eggs!

Swirling our colors 

 Look at the camera, Pete!  ;)

There we go :) 

 Which color do you like best?

And we made lunch of it... along with some yummy sausage.  I've been trying to defeat the "I'm still hungry, Mommy!" this week with some extra protein.  Its not a victory yet.  :(

 Then I lost them to this...

 And our final product...  :)

 We are remembering and thinking about how He made us beautiful by his death, to take on our sin and give us His righteousness. 

He has made everything beautiful in its time.  He has also set eternity in the hearts of men.  Ecclesiastes 2:22 
HAPPY EASTER!!

My Therapy

Lily is such a little doll to hang out with.  She has her 2 year old moments of testing her limits but in general, she's a doll.  Last night, our MCG (missional community group) from church was in charge of set up and greeting for the Maundy Thursday service at church.  We had an international/community service with the 4 congregations that meet in our building... our church, the Arabic speaking Sudanese fellowship, the Spanish speaking fellowship and a Nepalese one.  It was cool.  So it was a little chaos for the kids as their boundaries were vague as we greeted everyone in the gallery.  By time for the service, Peter was done so he and Mike went home.  Lily sound a MCG friend's purse and decided it was her own.  She carried it in and then sat and colored next to me... crayons, markers, stickers and we were done.  Lily put her stuff in Paige's purse, the purse on her shoulder after every activity and started leaving.  ;)  Finally we did leave.  Peter was in bed, so she stayed up with us for a little while, being the Mommy.  She put stickers on my fingers, knees, etc and said they were bandaids and then asked me if it felt better.  Then she brushed my hair.  We finally headed up.  As I brushed her teeth, she reassured me, in her sweet little voice, that she was "still the Mommy" (even tho I was brushing her teeth).  We went in to get ready for bed and Baby Audrey sat in her lap.  She read a book to Baby Audrey.  Then a second time.  Baby Audrey wanted it read a third time but I had to tell Lily that as the Mommy, she needed to tell Baby Audrey that they could only read the book two times since it was late.  She finally agreed after a tickle.  ;)  We laid there, saying prayers and singing songs. Then as we are about done (this isn't going to be a great climax after I've made this story so long), she says to Baby Audrey who was laying next to her in the bed, "I'm going to do a race tomorrow, Baby Audrey, and Goo is going to watch you."  (We did the 10K last weekend.) She is such a trip and a cute little thing!!  She doesn't miss a thing!  I love and so enjoy her!

Peter is taking his Jesus Storybook Bible to church.  He loves it.  (This boy still LOVES his books.  I love that even in his busyness, you can almost always "get" him with a book.  He is so interested and just wants to listen & study a story.)  He's enjoyed "reading" the stories leading up to and through Jesus' death and resurrection.  And I love that its been re-told and talked about at preschool.  Mike said that despite his melting down at church, he was just flipping though and looking at the stories on the way home last night.  Mike said from the backseat, he could hear Peter saying (in a deep angel voice),


"This is a tomb and these are for dead people!  Jesus is not here anymore!  He's alive!"

YES!

Here is our reenactment from this morning...

Peter, Pony, Party, Protect

Peter got to go to a birthday party that brought in a "teeny tiny farm"!

 Isn't he cute with the little lamb?!

 The whole crowd with a "cow" (?)

 One of the three birthday girls was Peter's friend, Jane Martin, from his preschool class.  Peter has had some timeouts on the playground lately for "playing bad guys", according to him.  Then he tells me he was "protecting my Jane Martin".... I love it (not the bad guys part, but the protecting part).  Aren't they are sweet!

Oh, another fun part is that Peter wore his "Mr. Personality" shirt to the party.  

AND lots of people "got it" b/c there were lots of friends there from our old small group.  They know the story of Grandma calling Mike "Personality"... that was fun!  :)

Sweetness

Enjoying the warm day and each other!

Sleepy Head

We all know Peter likes/needs his sleep.  But there are days here and there that he no longer sleeps during nap/rest time (like today...argh).  So last week, when he didn't have school, we laid low in the morning, and I decided to take them to a park after lunch.  Peter was pumped.  As we were getting there, he was about to fall asleep.  I thought I could wake him but to no avail... he napped on me and various other places while Lily played!

(I loved Lily's outfit this day... so fun to dress her!  A new $5 Walmart dress!)

(look at that sweet cheek meat!)

He even continued to nap in the van after we drove him, so Lily got a popsicle as we waited.

Easter Goodies

Maw sent the kids an Easter package last week before heading out of town to see the new CO parents.  They were wrapped up so cute.  Peter doesn't get smiling AND looking at the camera.  ;)

 Oh, and the grass, that was as good as the actual gift.

 Does Peter think he is a bird making a nest?!

Thanks, Maw!  We've enjoyed our Jesus Promise Seeds (candy corn packets w verses) to learn some new verses, markers, coloring pages, a new book, etc... as Maw said, she only got to shop in L'ville... not too many choices, but still fun!