Little Boys and Trains

Our Family

At dinner we asked Emma, "Who is your favorite Daddy?"

She got that one right! "Who is your favorite Mommy?"

Again, she answered correctly.

So next we asked, "Who is your favorite older brother?"

She hesitated a little on that one so we clarified, thinking she was trying to sort out Drew who is younger and Tommy who is older.

"Who is your favorite big brother, one who is bigger than you?

She thought for a minute and her little face lit up when she figured out the best answer-

"JESUS!"

Mad Skills!

Emma came into the kitchen excited about her new skill! "Look!" she called to her daddy, "I can balance on TWO FEET!"

I know, I know. It's time to enroll her in gymnastics, those 2018 Olympics are just around the corner!

Maybe Someday He Will Even Ask for Directions!

Drew has no fear and will climb up or jump off of anything. Sometimes, however, he gets stuck. And when he does he is not afraid to admit it. He simply calls out, "Help me! Help me!" and he knows someone who loves him will be right there for support.

"Look, Mommy! It's like a city of glue!"

Makes Perfect Sense to Me

Emma, to Henry Taylor, while playing house, "Your name isn't Henry anymore. It's Honey. And you will do everything I say because I am the wife."

Grandpa and Grandma

Emma, after bedtime prayers, asked, "Mommy, are Grandpa and Grandma close?

"No, they all live far away."
"But they are close in our hearts. Right, Mommy?"

Emma has no idea that my mom is currently in the hospital with a broken hip, cracked ribs, and a suspicious growth on her thyroid. Emma's words almost made me cry that night.

--then she asked...
"But they are on this planet, right?"

Well, there is Idaho in his genes!

I am sensing a trend here... The boy does enjoy a good french fry!

Life is Good

I would like to say this was a one time deal- eating on the couch instead of at the table. However, he has taken quite a liking to being "tuck-tuck"-ed in with his blanket (Dee) and his meal.

Berries

The Taylor's invited Emma to pick strawberries with them one bright Saturday morning in June. Emma apparently had been dreaming of this moment for quite some time. She has "waited, like, 100 years to pick berries!"

Nate Taylor, often known as "The Bubble Burster" tried to give her a reality check by explaining that she is only 4 and so those other 96 years weren't really a possibility. She tuned him out by singing, "Teach Me How to Bucky". Or "Enter Sandman". I'm not sure which song was rockin' the minivan at that time.

"It's easy..."

Emma borrowed the Taylor's tricycle while they wandered off to Disneyworld for, like, 5 weeks or something... Anyway, She decided she needed her own and proceeded to explain to me how to get one.
"It's easy. You get in the car and go down the funnest road to the Tricycle With Ding-Ding Bells shop."

Welcome!

I don't know that everyone thinks Emma and Drew are as adorable, brilliant, and gifted as I do and so it is quite possible that my Facebook friends get a little tired of status updates revolving around my children. I decided to create a place dedicated entirely to the amazing and heart warming things they do. I want to document the things they say and do and I want to not only share them with you, but I want Emma and Drew to have this as a memory of the children they were as they grew into the big people they will become.