Moving...again

Finally! We are moving to a perfect house, in a perfect neighborhood!

Good-bye dumpy apartment.

Good-bye strange neighbor who chain smokes.

Good-bye stupid parents who smoke while swimming with their kids.

Good-bye scary spiders.

Good-bye centipedes.

Good-bye crummy bathrooms.

Good-bye incredibly dilapidated kitchen.

Good-bye apartment living!

Life is good.

We will be busy putting our home back together for the next week or two but after that we will post pictures of our cute home.

I'm so excited!

Just not that thrilled for moving, unpacking again. But I'm so happy!

Life is good!

Funny Joshua

Joshua is really making progress with his language skills. He tells me jokes and loves to laugh. His smile makes me always feel better and I'm amazed about how much I learn from his incredibly perfect spirit.

We have a statue of Jesus praying in Gethsemane and it sits below our TV. Joshua will frequently talk to it and say,

"Jesus WAKE-UP! WAKE-UP!"

Then the other day I told him that if he didn't stop complaining he'd have to go to his room for a time-out. Because only happy boys get to stay out and play. Later Samuel started crying and he rushed up to Samuel and said,

"No sam, be happy. Be happy like Joshua."

Joshua has always been my protector. He always looks out for me and when Matt tickles me too much he yells at dad to stop hurting mommy. This past week matt was out of town and I was having a hard time being a single parent and I started to cry. Joshua ran up to me and said,

"Mom it's okay, Jesus is here." He then paused and said, "See mom, Jesus right there [pointing to our O Jerusalem portrait]." Then said, I'd be okay because we have pictures of Jesus all throughout the house.

We blessed our little home within a few days of moving because we were scared. Honestly, It was a little daunting being so far away from everything we knew, around strange people, and in an apartment that was less than homey. Joshua had a really hard time adjusting and would get scared at night in his new big room. So in an effort to comfort him I kept telling him that it would be okay because Dad blessed the house. Now whenever he's scared he repeats, "oh, dad bless house... no monsters. Bless house."

I love you Joshua!

Other none religious funny things he says are like, "Mom green...green means go! GO MOM!"

"MOM car said turn right, RIGHT MOM!"

"No you silly goober-head!"

"No mom, you time out!"

"Don't talk like that to me! You time out!"

I love this age!

preschool

Today Joshua went to preschool! I cried leaving him and felt horrible all day long. This preschool is part of a private school and a church of Christ denomination... I don't really know what that means, but they learn Bible stories, so that's good ;). He goes twice a week from 8-3pm. It's kind of long but he LOVES it! The teacher is great and the pupil to teacher ratio is incredibly low! I'm so happy we are getting more involved in the community and that he will be making friends other than the ones from church.

Matt and I are lucky because he makes enough for me to stay home with the kids. Most parents in this ward have to have dual incomes to make ends meet. So most of the kids his age go to day-care or spend time with grandma. So when they are available Matt is home, and let's be honest, when my hubby is home, all I want to do is spend time with him. I'm not a social butterfly and am elated when my family gets to be together. Which means, my social-butterfly of a child gets denied friends :(. But now we have a good solution to that.

So now we will go to preschool, the zoo, and the mall every week. Which makes for a happy Joshua & Samuel! I'm so tired at the end of the day but they make me incredibly happy and I'm so grateful for my boys!