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I wish I had a way to record the kids all the time - oh, the things they say!  Caleb and Logan have started with our church's Wednesday night program (we do a Word of Life program, and the boys are in Gopher's).  There are daily devotionals that we do, and it has started out in Proverbs.  The other day I hear Logan say to Caleb, "You're a fool!"  So, I guess that's all they've picked up on so far - the word "fool"....

About a week ago Mike and the boys were talking about his dad.  Mike has talked about him alot, and the boys know he died and where his body is buried, but it's hard to know what all they really grasp about it.  Anyways, I can't remember the whole discussion, but at some point Caleb got a look on his face like a light bulb just went off and he said, "Hey!  Maybe Grandpa could be your dad!"  (That's what they call Mike's stepdad - my dad is "Papa".)  They know Grandma is Mike's mom, and they know Mike's dad died, and they know Grandma and Grandpa go together, but I don't know if they've connected all the dots yet.  :)  But, obviously Caleb's thinking about it and trying to figure it all out!

Levi's big thing right now is wearing his big brothers' shoes.  He is often bringing me a shoe and "asking" me to put it on him.  Once on, he's happily clomping around the house.  He's also still very into doors.  Loves making sure doors are shut - he'll point and say "bye" when he wants a door shut.  For the past week or two I've been working on "rug time" with him, and he's doing pretty well.  I can't leave him on his own to do it yet, but once he's trained it will be SO worth it.  I did this with Caleb and Logan and it was INCREDIBLE (and it's still paying off).  Levi actually asks for it now!  He'll go to the spot where I have a small Thomas the Train rug set up for him, point to the timer I set, and point to the box of toys I put over there for him.

As mentioned earlier, Caleb and Logan started Gopher's at church.  I know parent's usually takes pics of the first night of this kind of stuff, but oh well, guess I failed in that area...  They were excited to go, and once we got there Caleb got pretty scared.  Logan was fine.  It's in a different part of the building that they've haven't really been in before, so I think that made it a little extra intimidating.  Mike was able to make it in time that we could drop them off together, and it was SO STRANGE to just drop them off and walk out the door with Levi.  (When they start Kindergarten I don't know who's going to have a harder time - Mike or myself...)  Mike and I took Levi to a nearby park for a walk and to play, and we really enjoyed our time.  We were talking about how much fun Levi is now at that age, and reflecting on what it was like with Caleb and Logan.  I remember it being a fun age with them learning new words and doing new things, but I'm thinking I might be able to enjoy it more this time around.  Anyways, when we picked Caleb and Logan up after Gopher's they were both very enthusiastic and told us all sorts of things.  I didn't have a chance to chat with any of the teachers, but I guess I'm assuming that if there was anything bad enough they would have told us.  :)

Yesterday afternoon I got to go to work!  They were shorthanded for harvesting onions, so the kids went to Harold's, and I drove tractor for the afternoon.  It was fun to have the chance to do it (although I still get nervous even though I've done it a thousand times...), and it's nice to be "qualified" to help out.  The day before (9/11), I had been reflecting on 9/11/01, and I had harvested onions on that afternoon.  I was so glad I had gotten out of the celery packing shed to be in a tractor with a radio.  After my first load yesterday Bruce hopped over from his tractor and asked if I remembered what I was doing 9/11 - so he remembered, too.  We were just down the road from where we were on that day (yesterday we were in Rich Schreur's field, 9/11/01 we were in Wally Hamberg's).  Yesterday it was nice to have a break from the kids for the afternoon, but working also made me glad I don't have to do that every day, and that I get to stay at home with my kids!