Love

Evan: Daddy, why are you always loving me so much?
Daddy: Have you ever met you? You're pretty loveable.

Baby Moses and Baby Jesus

The night before last, Evan read a Baby Moses book to me for his bedtime Bible story. He gets done reading and says, "Hey, Baby Moses is kind of like Baby Jesus. Pharoah wanted to kill Moses just like Herod wanted Baby Jesus dead."
Wow.

Shopping

Evan and Kendra are playing store.
Evan: Kendra, it's not 3. There's nothing for 3 at Thiesen's. Here, this is 4. I can buy this!

Wordless Wednesday

Snow play

While Laura naps,

Evan and Kendra run in the snow,

dig in the snow,

walk in the non-drifts of the snow,

and take rest breaks in the snow.

Something you have

Kendra: Mommy, we went to Wal-Mart, and we got you gloves, and we saw something you have.
(I saw that they got me a new pair of fuzzy jammie pants for Christmas, so I didn't want to question her too much in case she was supposed to be keeping a secret.)
Mommy: You saw something I have?
Kendra: Yeah. Open your shirt, Mommy, and I'll show you what it is. Open your shirt, Mommy.
Mommy: A bra?
Kendra: Yeah! We saw one of those like you have!
Laura: I want milky stuff.

Switzerland

Evan (reading): Mommy, I'm stuck on a word. It's a really big word! Mommy, can you help me with this really big word?
Mommy: Switzerland.

Don't you read the blog?

Evan: Laura, do you remember when you were wearing the blue Tigger jammies and you bonked your head?
Mommy: I don't think Mommy remembers that.
Evan: Yes, you do. Don't you read the blog? It had a picture of Laura sleeping by her door.
Mommy: Oh, yeah, I do remember that. (Laughing hysterically at being asked if I read my blog.)

Photo Evan-lution

A few weeks ago when I was trying to find a decent picture of Evan to send to Chad's grandparents, Evan wondered why it was taking me so long to find one. So I showed him that he didn't exactly "behave" for photos for a large portion of the recent months.

He was shocked by what I showed him.

So he decided to "behave" better for pictures and have a nice smile.

For a while.

Then he decided he should show his nice smile in every picture I took.

Laura's birthday was the climax of wanting to be in all the pictures.

You think he's innocently watching over Laura's shoulder?

Then how do you explain this picture that I took after repeatedly telling him I would like to get one nice picture of just Laura on her birthday?