Whatever makes you feel better

Caleb told me this evening that he wasn’t feeling well. “The back of my head hurts, and I feel sick to my stomach,” he said. “I really feel like I need to eat some cheese.”

Sweet prayers

Phillip is learning to pray. He has one prayer: “Jesus loves me, Jesus loves me, Amen.” It’s very sweet to hear a child learning about Jesus’ love.

We decided to touch up some paint in the living room and the bedroom (to get ready to sell our house). The paint was hard to match, since we didn’t paint those two rooms originally. The living room was a white paint with a pink tinge and the bedroom is a very light [...]

Doesn’t take kindly to the word "no"

Like most 2-year-olds, Phillip can’t stand hearing the word “no.” He has, however, created a new phrase that I never heard from either of the other kids. I think it came from having two bossy older siblings.
Whenever either of the older kids tells, Phillip “no,” he tattles on them to me, saying, [...]