Funny Moments

The pictures don't exactly go along with the moments, but we never have the camera out when the truly hilarious stuff is occurring. Yesterday Leah very much wanted to wear Joseph's sunglasses, and after she eventually got hold of them she turned into quite the little ham. Jay kept calling her a "diva" and every time he said it, she'd let the sunglasses go down the tip of her nose and smile as she stared over the rims (if only we had a picture of that!). Today after having baths, the girls were naked in their room playing tug of war over a tube of Vaseline. This also would have made for a cute pic, with their wet hair and big bellies with biceps flexed and serious faces. And then there was Joseph's idea after dinner as we were getting ready to go outside to deliver a piece of mail that was mistakenly put in our mail box, that we should pack up a box of toys and give one toy to each house so that Joseph can make room for new toys. I'm not sure why he thinks that new toys are in his future or where he came up with this genius idea, but we may take him up on his offer. Only instead of going door to door we'll go to Goodwill, and instead of getting new toys perhaps we will have Old McDonald's instead. Tonight we had pasta, and Joseph said he was just too full to eat. A few minutes later he announced that he had to poop, and that when he was done he would have plenty of room for his spaghetti.

A Good Day

Today was a pretty good day for everyone. On the way home we decided to have leftover pizza for dinner, and as everyone was finishing up somehow a cheerful screaming match broke out at the table. Leah was happily screaming as loud as she could, with Hannah chiming in (all smiles of course), and Joseph plugging his ears saying "It's Leah Mommy, It's Leah!". It was cute at first but I did end up giving them more food in hopes that it would get them to stop. Jay usually asks Joseph what his best and worst part of the day was. And today when he asked about the worst part Joseph responded "when I didn't listen", out of habit I guess. Because then he thought about it and said "wait, I didn't have any worst parts today. It was a good day." And while I can still remember this, for Father's Day I took Joseph shopping to pick out a present for Jay, and I whispered in his ear and said "hey let's go shopping for daddy, and keep a secret". A few minutes later, he then said "Daddy we're going to go pick out a gift for you!". And then later he remembered it was supposed to be a secret and was very careful not to tell him what he picked out. But he did want to check several times to make sure it was properly hidden. And finally on Father's Day morning, he told Jay it was time for his present and he said "I'll give you one clue daddy, it's in mommy's room". But before giving Jay a chance to look, Joseph went straight to the closet, pulled out the surprise, and presented his dad with a nice new shiny soccer ball. Both of them were very excited. That was a good day too.

Movin On Up

Last Friday we had Joseph's end of year program at school, and he put on quite the performance. (Notice how he is directing his actions towards the video camera) There were some kids crying, some kids just standing there, others singing but not moving around much.....and then there was Joseph. He was singing with gusto and acting out all the parts of the song, he was announcing to the audience "wait there's more, there's still more" each time they clapped when a song came to an end, and playing MC and lead actor for the entire show. This summer he'll have lots of fun field trips and activities and then in the fall he'll move up to 4K with a new teacher and curriculum. And speaking of moving up, Hannah and Leah move up to the "Almost 2s" room on Monday! They've actually been spending time in that class off and on, and on Friday they were enjoying their cheese and crackers with little plastic glasses of water around the table. This led to the usual incident with cups, which is Hannah splashing her face with water, having a few choking coughs, and crying because she is wet and her water is gone. Poor girl, but that's ok because I prefer the sippy cups anyway! This will be the room where much change happens......not only do sippy cups disappear, but so do pacifiers, and even diapers for some kids. Leah however will still be able to keep her thumb. And it seems the whole Conway family may be on the move soon. We found another house in Tosa that we made an offer on, and now we're just trying to see if we can sell ours. Gone are the days of toys scattered across the floor and messes left behind in the morning for cleanup later that night. Beds are made, half of all of our things that I thought we never used until they were in boxes are all packed up, bathrooms are the cleanest they've ever been, the dog is no longer permitted to go to the bathroom in the yard, and I may very well loose my mind throughout this process (but that was probably going to happen at some point or another anyway). So stay tuned.....and let us know if you are in the market for a bungalow. ;)