We're back!

Well, we made it home nearly 24 hours ago! I haven't been on the computer much at all today and probably not much tomorrow. We have so much unpacking and cleaning to do!

In these last two weeks, we drove nearly 4,000 miles, crossed 4 mountain ranges and went through 14 different states! We saw the sun rise over the Atlantic ocean and set over the Delaware Bay on the same day. We saw family and friends I haven't seen in about 15-17 years. We visited an Amish and Mennonite area that was really fascinating. And we ended up making it home with two new pets.

So I've got a lot I want to blog about (and it will probably fill up an entire scrapbook - or two - really fast), so be watching for several entries soon. :)

FREE STUFF!!!!

Click here to get some free wooden nickles to show support for our troops! You can also get a free ebook from this link. Enjoy!

Did dinosaurs really go extinct?

Jonathan just finished a fictional book about dinosaurs that got him to thinking about them. He started asking tons of "what if" questions, so we just looked up dinosaurs on the internet.

This is an interesting site. I haven't verified everything here, but most of it is all over the web.

And here is the popular dinosaur(s) in Congo.

Oh, great.

We're about to leave for our vacation soon, so we are trying to get a lot done this week. Jonathan is NOT a good helper around the house, unfortunately, so I thought that when he started whining and telling me he felt bad that he was just trying to get out of helping. (There have been a couple of cartoons on recently where the kids fake being sick so they can stay home from school. Gee, thanks for giving him that idea.)

First he told me he wasn't feeling well, then his tummy hurt, then he finally said he thought he had a fever. I was about fed up with it but thought to myself that if he really is sick and I just keep blowing him off, I would really feel bad. So I humored him and felt his head. He was burning up! I took his temp with a thermometer and it was 101.6, so I gave him some Tylenol.

So here  we are, about to leave on vacation, and Jonathan has a fever! These things usually only last 1 or 2 days, so he will probably feel fine by the time we leave, but if it's contageous, we could all have it while we are ON vacation! *GROAN*

Please pray for us; for our health, safe travels, great family memories, etc. If I don't get a chance to post again before we leave, I assure you I will have PLENTY to write about when we get home!

Oh, something cute Jacob said yesterday that I wanted to share. I was getting them all loaded up in the van to go to AWANAS and Myles was giving each of them one bar of his KitKat candy bar. He didn't say anything about it, he just gave it to them one at a time when they least expected it. (He likes to surprise them that way.) He gave one to Jacob and as we were closing the doors about to drive away, Jacob said "That was so thoughtful of Daddy!" It was sweet. He's finally just getting to where we can really understand almost everything he says and now he's using big words like that. :) A few weeks ago he was telling me about a dragon in a cartoon that was a "friendly dragon". The way he says 'friendly' was just too cute. I know, it's not as cute to everyone else, but I just had to put it on the blog! :)

Now for some of those pictures Jacob just took

Jonathan, humoring his brother.

Jack, just after being woken up from Jacob taking pictures of everyone. This is where he sleeps. In the corner of our king-size Temper-Pedic bed, between me and a pile of laundry. :)

And this is me, TRYING to sleep a little longer!

And a self-portrait. He was pretty proud of this one.

I think Jayla was still asleep, and the kittens must have been out of the room at the time. There were a few other pictures, but most of them turned out blurry. He's getting much better at centering them though!

Another Jacobism

He's so full of them these days! I just wish I could remember them all!

He was taking pictures this morning.

Jacob: Jonathan! Cheeeeese!

(long pause)

Jacob: SAY CHEESE!

Jonathan: (not very enthused) Cheese.

F L A S H !

Jacob: (in a sweet, babyish voice) You are SO CUTE!

Jacobism

I was making eggs today while Jacob watched. I explained the simple process as I scrambled them and started cooking them.

The boys are always playing some kind of super hero imaginitive play, and they frequently watch movies, cartoons and read books about super heroes, so he is very familiar with many of them.

I finished cooking the scrambled eggs and started making them into egg sandwiches. He was very hungry and very excited about the whole process, so squealing with excitement he said "I get a Dare Devil sandwich!"

I wasn't even making deviled eggs, but okay. If that's what he wants to call it!