Why?

Jonas asked his first "Why" question tonight.  We were driving home from a hike in Little Cottonwood Canyon and talking about the sun setting.  Over and over again Jonas asked, "The sun come up, why?"

Mornings

The other morning I heard Jonas yelling from his bed, "Momma, get me out!"  I thought it was funny, David thought it was rude.

Gardner's Village (9/27/16)

We decided to try out the petting zoo at Gardner Village.  I'll be honest, I was underwhelmed and unimpressed, especially for $5/kid.  The boys enjoyed it for the whole 20 min or so.  It was super dirty, small and seemed really unorganized.  At least the boys didn't notice.  On the other hand, Gardner's Village was cute and quaint.  It was decorated for Halloween and it was fun to walk around there.  

They had a witch scavenger hunt you could do for a $0.50 cookie at the bakery.  We started it, but we'd already been there for over and hour and I don't think Jonas was into it, so we just bought  a cookie to share.

The pig.  Porter got special treatment to pet him once the farmer showed up.

And swinging together later in the day.  Jonas wanted to hold Porter's hand.  Sometimes they are so sweet.

Modeling

I had no idea how much the second child would model the first.  Even though Jonas and Porter are very different, Jonas loves to do what Porter does and say what he says, especially if Porter laughs and encourages him.  So, Jonas has picked up a few bad phrases.

Shut up

I don't like you

Don't like it

And he can walk around shooting a gun and using a sword like a champ... Not really sure that's what we were going for.  

I do love that the boys are getting to an age where they are starting to play together.  Really just in this last week they have started running around the house, laughing and playing. There is still a lot of fighting and crying since they will both hold their ground and aren't afraid to use physical force, but they really do love each other.  Jonas is always saying, "Where's Porter?"  And Porter will ask Jonas to give him a hug.  So sweet.

28 weeks pregnant

Visits

Heidi Wible was in town so we met up at the park.  These cute kids had fun playing:

Porter, Kenna Mitchell and Chase Wible.

Racing

Porter used to ride down this hill and now the boys race each other.

27 weeks pregnant

Outer Banks Family Photos (8/3/16)

I didn't love our family photos because Porter looked so serious which is completely out of the norm for our family photos.  I kind of like the crazy, but the setting is still beautiful.

The tradition lives on

While it took awhile for Jonas to warm up to it, he has taken on the role of literally overseeing David's lawn mowing.

I am glad to see it carrying on.  Porter would actually still do it, but he looks a little ridiculous in the backpack and David's post mowing recovery would be much longer.

The things he says... (9/8/16)

Porter playing Legos, "I command you in the name of that almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscious."  Ummm, we might have a problem.

Morning Routine (9/8)

When David leaves for work in the am the boys still love to wave goodbye, blow kisses and listen for dad to honk.  David will stop in the driveway and they'll run up to the car to hug and kiss him.

Recognizing (9/6/16)

Porter and I had a sweet talk tonight at bedtime about recognizing the spirit and how it feels and speaks to us.  We were listening to a new song, "If I Listen With My Heart".  After hearing the chorus, "If I listen with my heart, I hear the Savior's voice."  He then told me he'd never heard Heavenly Father's voice.  So we talked about what the song was saying and how we don't hear His voice with our hears, but the Spirit talks to us and we feel things.  Then we talked about how he has felt when singing certain songs like his example was when he sings, "I Stand All Amazed".  And then we talked about when he prays because he feels scared, but then he feels comforted afterwards.  We also talked about feeling prompted to help someone or prompted to stop or not do something.  I told him we'd take opportunities to stop and recognize the spirit more so that he would know how it feels.  Then we talked about the role of the spirit to teach and testify.  I love these moments with Porter. I know he really listens and earnestly wants to learn.  He wants to hear Heavenly Father and Jesus. The other day we'd talked about the President of the church and how they are called.  He asked why he hadn't seen Jesus.  I love Porter.  I am grateful for the chance to be his mom.