This Boy's Life

We hope you are enjoying your January. Here are some snapshots from late:

 I think John is an official Blue Angel stalker... he knows most of their names and pretends to be them. Our squadron commander lives next door to #1 so they are going to see if they can get us some VIP seats for one of the practices this spring/summer. Hopefully it works out!

 Found Dad's patch stash.... this kept them both occupied for the better part of two days.

 You are looking at a 747 airplane according to John... although three minutes prior it was "China's Wall" (a.k.a. the Great Wall of China). I enjoy seeing his four-year-old mind create different things. It's a good thing because I am not that creative!!

Here he is explaining to me how to fly a 747. Apparently it is pretty easy. Not sure why someone would need to go through school for it :)

Other bits and bobs:

• I just joined pinterest, mainly to get new recipes. I don't find it that addicting, probably because I am not really a crafty person. But I can see how it is possible to spend a lot of time there. I feel there is such a battle for my time when it comes to the internet.... there is so much to read, see, communicate, etc. How do you set good limits? I would be interested to know.
• As we talk about how cool it is to fly Blue Angels, F-15s, etc, I have been trying to tell John that no matter how cool the airplanes are, the coolest thing is knowing God and having Him as the king of your heart. I am not sure how much his four-year-old brain understands that concept, but I figure it is good to begin weaving that into our conversations. Sometimes when he is in a bad mood he will be doing something and then say, "Mom, this is cooler than God" just to make me mad :)
• Dave is super nervous as the Giants are in the Superbowl this weekend. He doesn't even really want to talk about it he is so nervous. 
• Adam's three loves right now are mommy, Elmo and fruit snacks. It is a pretty simple life for him!

Cheers!