Am I big enough for school yet?

Play time

I will occasionally find the boys playing "together" like this. Today it allowed me to make lunch in peace!

Deer vs. Car

Not sure there was a winner, but here are the results.

First snow

We woke up yesterday to a dusting of snow--enough to make everything white. I was excited to see the boys' reaction. Benjamin kept asking, "Why?" about 20 times. I think his main issue was that it was snowing and it wasn't winter yet. He finally resolved it by saying we could pretend it was winter, and that's why it had snowed. Paul looked out the window, and kept repeating, "Uh oh, uh oh!" I think a lot of other people were thinking the same thing! Jonathan was excited, because he was planning to rake on his day off. The snow gave him a pretty good excuse not to!

Finger nail polish?

But you never thought you'd see the day--Jonathan's son with finger nail polish. To make it even better, Jonathan was also wearing finger nail polish. Didn't get that picture.

So, Jonathan attended an LWML retreat as pastoral delegate. He had closing worship. As part of the presentation Friday, the speaker had all of the attendees--most of them women--paint one of their fingernails a very bold color. They were not to remove the polish until they told someone the Good News of Jesus. So, Jonathan thought this would make a good children's message. He did the same thing on Sunday morning. (I think most of the boys refused to have their nails painted.) The sweetest part of the story--a bit later in the service, we were in the back of church, trying to be less disruptive. Benjamin leans over to Paul, and says, "Paul, have you heard the Good News of Jesus? Have you? Have you heard it, Paul?" Priceless!

Trunk or Treat

Our town has a "trunk or treat" on the green. It was a zoo, but Benjamin had fun. Last year, he didn't quite have the hang of it. But this year, he zeroed in on the people with the bowls of candy. He went right up to them and told them, "Trick or treat" and "Thank you." About two-thirds of the way around, he asked us if we could be done. His bucket was getting heavy, and he was tired of fighting the crowds. Now he's very excited to try out all of his new candy for his desserts--his favorite part of any meal!