Last Tuesday evening we went to cheer on some family members in the Zeeland Zoom 5k race. Normally Mike and I run in that race, but it just didn't work out this year. Can you believe I wasn't up for running a race 7 weeks after having a baby?! :) Anyways, my dad, my oldest brother, my nephew, my cousin, and other friends all ran. What's nice about a small town race like that is that it was real easy to watch the start, catch the runners partway through, and then make it back for the finish, too. However, when we saw my dad in the middle of the race he did a bunch of high fives but missed Caleb. Caleb was DEVASTATED. He was sobbing inconsolably for a few minutes. I didn't know what the problem was at first, but Mike guessed what happened. When Caleb started to calm down I tried to ask him about it and I said, "Why are you sad? Are you sad because Papa had to keep running?" and he just started back up again. After he had more time to calm down he talked about it pretty nonchalantly, telling my mom that he cried and was sad, etc. While waiting just before the finish line we made sure there was no way my dad could miss Caleb.
Sunday was our 8th anniversary! It's been 8 unbelievable, but wonderful, years. I am so thankful for my husband and I look forward to many, many more years together! On Friday I bought Caleb and Logan a couple new Sunday shirts. When Mike got them dressed Sunday morning Caleb said something right away about Miss Brandi (his Sunday School) teacher liking it. What a cutie! Thankfully we saw her on our way into church first thing, she had the same color shirt on, and said something about how nice they looked! Also, Sunday evening on our way to church Caleb and Logan said they wanted to "sit nice in big church". We were already on our way so I wasn't prepared with things to help keep the occupied, but we decided to just give it a shot and see how long they'd make it. I grabbed a few books from the nursery, had a couple cars in my purse, and they made it about half an hour! They did real well for our first try.
Speaking of church stuff...I think it was Sunday Mike read a little kid's devotional for the boys. It was basically a simple paragraph about Christians going to Heaven with Jesus. At the end Mike asked Logan if he wanted to go with Jesus, and he said "yes". Then Mike asked Caleb and he said "no". I could see he was thinking about this and looked a little scared. We asked why he didn't want to and he said he wanted to stay home! Then he said he didn't like God and Jesus. I guess we have a little work to do in our training...
Yesterday I met up with a friend at a new splash pad in Jenison. We went there with some other friends last week, too. It's pretty nice! Took Caleb and Logan a little bit to warm up to it, but by the time we had to leave they were having fun. :) Both times we had to leave I had some trouble with the boys. All good things must come to an end! I'm not going to stop doing fun things with them, but it sure puts a damper on things to know that a fun activity is going to end with little boys running away, being defiant, etc....
Caleb sticking his head in the water.
Levi hangin in the shade.
Also, last night Mike and I were able to go on a date! We left all three boys at my brother's house (actually my mom had all the kids by herself for just a bit...and she survived!). They love playing with their cousins and get super excited. Last week when they were together at my parents they got HYPER. Right before we came back to pick them up Caleb got stung by a wasp(s) seven times!! Poor guy, he was tough about it though! I guess he cried right away, but was able to tell them where it hurt, and he was done crying and ready to play again when we got there just a few minutes after it happened.
Logan going down the slip'n'slide.
Thirsty!
Caleb's stings.
Just a minute of distraction and Caleb got into a blue marker... Thankfully the coloring he did on Heidi's kitchen set wiped off easy. He's still kinda blue today, though!
This morning Caleb and Logan went to a friends house to play for a few hours. Levi and I ran a couple errands and spent a little time at home. It was great! Levi has started "talking" and I LOVE it. I've been anxiously waiting for him to start making more noises, I just love the cooing. He's also super smiley. Is there anything cuter than a baby smile?!?! He randomly rolled over yesterday, too. It was kind of a fluke, which is the way it starts out, I guess - I remember feeling the same way with the boys. I put him on his tummy, kinda propped up on his arms, and he just tipped all the way over onto his back. The way this kid moves when he's on his tummy I wouldn't be surprised if he's an early crawler. Nooooo!!!!! :)
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