Gems from Joshua

Singing the vulture's song in the Jungle Book "when you're lost, in Zion..."

The FP little people are riding in their van listening to "car country 103" (in appropriate jingle tune). Why that station? Our van is usually tuned to KAT country 103.

"Dad, can I help you burn the breakfast?"

In reading about the translation of the Book of Mormon, "Joseph Smith and all of his cows did what?"

Every week at bathtime, when he's ready to get in, he yells "I'm ugly!"

First Haircut!

Today, Nathan had his first haircut. It's been a tradition in our family to wait until the boys' first birthdays to have their first haircut. Nathan didn't quite make it, since we wanted him to shed the shaggy look for Uncle Jon-David's wedding next week. Still, the difference was rather startling. In honor of this first haircut, I'll put up the the other two's before and after photos. Joshua still gives that dumb face whenever I try to get a picture of him. Getting his hair to lie down is still impossible.I just noticed we lived in a different place each time: California, Winfield (IL), and Orchard Downs (IL). Today, Daniel laughed and laughed at Nathan saying "He looks like Joshua now. You gave him Joshua's haircut. Ha. Ha. He looks like Joshua." Then, after a pause and in an accusing tone, he said "Did you give me Joshua's haircut?" I'll admit that they're very similar, but he did get his same old Daniel haircut today. From tall to small, I cut a lot of boys hair today.

Dr. Suess anyone?

Today I was lazy (or should I say frugal) and didn't want to open two packages of string cheese. Nathan was enjoying his cheese bits when Joshua suddenly noticed the diminutive size of his cheese stick. He accused me of treachery, but I reassured him, in a motherly way, that it was actually a special "midget cheese." He took a tentative bite (suspicious and picky as always) and declared "I do like it! I would eat it in a boat, and I would eat it with a... wooga!" Too true, because his piece had been divided between the two of them.

Note: Wooga is what we call Nathan, because he made some pretty funny Wookie sounds just a few short months ago. He doesn't make them often any more, but the nickname stuck.