Imagination

One of my very favorite things right now is watching Joshua's imagination work. It's just an amazing thing to witness this little mind think up games to play, places to go, and people to be. One of his latest imaginary places is riding a roller coaster. We've not taken him anywhere to ride a roller coaster, so the only way he knows about them is in books and seeing the Disney World commercials. (We've been working on Daddy that we want to go see Mickey's house soon!) A few days ago he pulled out all of the tubs from his toyganizer and his laundry basket and the plastic boxes I was using to sort in, and brought many of his friends to ride on his roller coaster!

Every day with Joshua is so much fun. He is such a blessing to me, to us, and brings us so much joy. Watching him play and learn with so much energy and enthusiasm gives me hope that I really can be whatever I dream to be when I grow up!

Picture of joy

The best painting sessions go from this:

to this in just a matter of minutes:

I love this little face of pure joy!

A thought to ponder - what happens on the way to adulthood that we lose this joy?

Big Apple Circus

We had a fun day today going to the Big Apple Circus!

Joshua was so excited about cotton candy -
but decided he didn't really like it after all -

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Party

We had a good time yesterday at Joshua's Valentine's Party at school. I only have a couple of pictures that I took with my phone because for some reason I forgot my camera, go figure. Joshua had fun with his friends and came home with a bag full of Valentine surprises.

Birthdays

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, emails, cards, and gifts. My birthday was actually Sunday, but Ronnie and Joshua surprised me earlier in the week with candy and presents:

There were a few other people at church with a birthday this week also, so after church on Sunday everyone sang Happy Birthday to all of us. After they finished singing, my little sweetie, Joshua, wrapped his precious little arms around my neck and said "Happy Birthday to my momma" and gave me a big hug and kiss! Just made my heart melt....

Today is also my niece, Alyssa's birthday. Saturday we were talking to her on the phone about her Princess Party she was going to have and I was able to capture a little of the conversation on video. Of course, as soon as I started recording, Joshua started walking around trying to get out of the view of the camera! It was so sweet (and funny) to listen to them talk to each other. Here's the video of his conversation with Alyssa and then Cindy:

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Later this month is my niece, Michelle's birthday and also my niece, Elizabeth's birthday. Needless to say February is a month full of celebrations for our family.

Happy Birthday to Alyssa, Michelle, and Elizabeth! We love you!

It seems...

...we have started off this year the same way we ended last year - busy, busy, busy. But even though we've been busy, we've still managed to have some fun.

Racing cars

Everyone came out to watch the races:
Drum, drum, drumming:

Playing guitar with daddy: