Summertime Fun in the Sun!

Yes, I do know that technically it is not summertime yet, but it has been in the upper 80's here in central Mississippi. Those temperatures are very nice and so we get out for some fun in the sun! Elijah has started baseball practice and I just can't help but have fond memories of my summer's spent at the Little League Field. Of course, it's nothing now like it was back then, but that feeling of nostalgia is so overwhelming! It's funny to me how certain events or places can bring back distinct memories of your childhood. I really hope and pray that I am creating memories like that for my two boys. One thing that is a favorite of these two "yunguns" is to visit their cousins. We went last weekend to Brandon to see all the maternal cousins. They played everything you could think of from basketball to throwing the tennis ball on the roof! (which was a favorite game of yours truly when I was growing up!) I think the hit of the day was the golf cart. Everyone had a blast just riding in circles in the yard. Fun, fun. It kept them busy, so we didn't complain.



Rylee Liz didn't care too much for the golf cart. She would rather be doing this:



Josh is also really good about riding his cousin on his paternal side, Griff, in the Hummer. This is only a temporary substitute for riding on the 4-wheeler, but at least it's entertaining for about 2 minutes. Here's a picture of the 2 cutie pies. Griff chose not to look at the camera in any picture that I took, so this is the best one.



After a long day of outside playing, we go in and get baths and jammies on. Elijah automatically reaches for his Nintendo DS, and you can find him in the LaZBoy until bedtime.



Sometimes after a long day, some of us get ill. I'm sure none of you can relate to that since your children are all perfect angels and do not have evil alternate personalities, but my 2 lovelies do. Not very often, mind you, but sometimes. The other night, Josh decided he would kick the car that his brother was playing with under the chair. I very quickly, but calmly (everyone believes this right?) grabbed my ruler and spanked his little bottom. He bolted around the corner to cry for a minute. Then he sticks his head around and says, "I don't like you." I tried my absolute hardest not to break into uncontrollable laughter, until I then hear him say, "I love you, but I don't like you." How does this 3 year old mind know how to make that determination between "love" and "like"? Or did he just hear me say that? Surely not! Here is the look I got after the altercation.




Absolutely breaks your heart, doesn't it?

Well, this weekend is Easter and my family is all excited. Especially Elijah, because he is at the age where he is beginning to understand alot about the crucifixion and Jesus and the resurrection and all. His Sunday School teachers were explaining everything that would take place at our church on Easter Sunday. They told them that we would have our Sonrise service outside early that morning and that we would have the 3 crosses set up out there to remind us of the great sacrifice that Jesus made and so on, and then we would all proceed to the big cross in front of the church to put our flowers on it. They then told them that we would go in and eat breakfast. To this, Elijah says, "Now that sounds like a good idea!" Just like his momma, always thinking about that next meal! Everyone have a great Easter and remember to thank God for his most awesome sacrifice: his son, Jesus!