Jacob Owns Everything!

Well, Jacob is in a phase right now about "his" possessions. Everything he wants, that is, apparently is his. No, it's not to share; no, it's not Leah's; no, it's not anyone elses. It's "mine, mine." I guess he really is two! I bought a soccer ball for them today to share, but he's definitely claimed that as his new basketball, actually. He carried it around all day and even took it to bed. I had to talk to Patrick about that one...I didn't really think he needed it in bed since all I was hearing in the other room was the ball hitting the wall. He sure didn't want to give it up, but Patrick ended up putting it in the corner of Jacob's room. I'm sure we'll hear from him tonight, "Dad, Mom, I need my ball!" Luckily his big brothers are playing along & letting him claim it for the time being...that is until they decide they're ready to play soccer with it! Yikes. I'm not looking forward to that moment.

Full of Love

Sometimes when I ask the boys for a kiss or a hug, sometimes they tell me they're "all out, Mom." So then I have to wait until the next day or something. Today Nathaniel came and sat on my lap...
Nathaniel: Mom, I have a lot of kisses left. Would you like to have one?
Me: Of course I would. I would never say no to that!

Then Leyton told me he had a thousand kisses and a thousand hugs left. I told him I'd sure take as many as he wanted to give.

I know it won't last forever that dear ol' Mom gets kisses & hugs from my little guys, so I'll take them any time they're offered!

GO JAYHAWKS!

And let's say it again...GO JAYHAWKS! We had a fun day getting ready for the game. The game, though, was a little stressful! Ha. But, the result was just what we wanted!

A Few Easter Pictures

GO JAYHAWKS!

March Madness has been good for KU so far. Hopefully they'll hang in there in the next week or so! So if they win against Davidson, sure would be fun (but would also make me very nervous) to try and win against the Tarheels! We'll see on Sunday what will be next.

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter. I left Friday morning with the kids & we headed to Grandma Donna & Grandpa Jerry's. We got in during early afternoon & after dinner still had time to go to the park for a bit.

On Saturday, my friend Jen Welsch & her daughter, Lauren, drove out from St. Louis to visit us. Thanks, Jen! Nathaniel told me later that he wants "my friend & her little girl to visit us again. She's nice & I like her toy phone." Later on, we went to Ben & Rachel's for a brief visit then to Grandma Rita's for a few minutes as well. She's really wearing down. At this point I mostly pray for her to feel at peace with her life and what is to come. I want her to enjoy her days and it doesn't seem like that's happening right now. It was nice to see her, though. It was cute that she held Leah multiple times during our visit - more than she's had the chance to before.

Once again, my mom made a great meal for Easter, which we enjoyed on Saturday evening, before catching some good basketball games. Ben & Rachel visited for quite a while that night. Patrick came in on the Amtrak on Sat. evening as he had a breakfast meeting that morning he had to attend. We were all glad for Dad to get to our Easter trip!

I can't wait to post a picture or two of my cutie pies on Easter. I really thought everyone looked nice all dressed up. Sunday we went to mass at 8:30 (arrived around 8:10 & had a good seat thanks to 7am mass letting out after 8am). The kids were pretty good for it being out of routine, a longer mass, and more crowded. They were thrilled to find that after mass, the Easter bunny had visited Grandma & Grandpa's and left plenty of eggs & treats. Then we had a nice brunch & wrapped things up.

One drawback, I guess is that I woke up Sunday morning with a bit of a flu-type bug. Leah woke around 5am & I had to pass her off for a moment as I debated if the lovely throwing up event was coming - it was. But, I forced myself to rest a lot that day & that night so that Monday I was actually ok.

Boys will be Boys - Even at Easter

So I understand that it is normal for boys to want to play rough games like army, etc. In this Easter season, I guess I should think it's a good thing that the boys have had some of the Lenten journey and Christ's events sink in. Today they were playing and some of what I overheard was:

"No, you are condemned to death. You have to die on the cross even though you have done nothing wrong."

"No, you are condemned to death."

"OK, now carry your cross, Jesus. I know it's heavy."

They had some easel type poles out, too, which were their crosses.

Luckily, I think they did make it to the end to pretend to rise from the dead.

To top it off, tonight at bath time, Nathaniel said he wanted to skip bath. He told me he wanted his clothes off that he wore today & he was going to be Jesus (in his underwear) because Jesus' clothes were taken from him, right?