You win some and you lose some. Like today, for example. This morning, the boys played great together! From what I could hear from my office, the boys were happy and the week was starting out very nicely. This afternoon, the boys were a bit more (I'm under exaggerating here) silly and crazy. They wouldn't leave Suzanna alone, and I could tell there were some frustrations had.
Since we've got a "free* bowling all summer long" pass to Big Al's, we decided to do our Family Night activity before dinner and the FHE lesson. We headed over just before 5:00 pm and got bowling. And it was great! Check out some photos!
*Fine print: 2 free games per person per day. Still have to pay for show rental. But $11 for the four of us to bowl two games each isn't a bad deal!
Winsome
Not our best bowling scores today, but it sure was fun!
This picture is a little blurry, but his expression was too cute not to post! Here he's showing how old he turned yesterday. Note that he counts to three using his thumb and first two fingers. Cute kid.
It's not a foul if you're three years old.
Losesome
Luke went to his room to cool down and have a time out after some naughty behavior at the dinner table tonight. He was really quiet for a few minutes (usually a bad sign), and then instead of yelling or shouting, we heard him sobbing and then all out crying. I went to investigate and found he had 'broken his bed' in his words and also torn up the count down to Disneyland calendar I had made him recently. It wasn't a fancy calendar, but he has loved this thing for the last couple of weeks and excitedly marked off each day as we count down to our (potential?) trip to the 'happiest place on earth.'
He definitely felt remorse and sorrow, which is sort of an uncommon thing for him up to this point in his life. He said he wished he hadn't ripped up his calendar when he was upset and was now sad because he thought it meant we aren't going on our trip anymore. He was a bit more subdued and mellow the rest of the evening. Here's to hoping that he'll keep this a-little-bit-more-penitent attitude around for a while. He's a sweet kid and definitely very sensitive, so I hope this works out for his good.
msh
Oh! How could I neglect this great picture taken today!? Definitely a 'winsome' moment to walk out of my office and do a double take when I saw this!
Baby Emmelise, sitting in the high chair for the first time. Age 5.5 months.
