The things they do ...

As usual, I have a list of funny things the kids have said and/or done a mile long. However two are certainly worth sharing. The first is a video Kevin took this past Sunday. We were all getting ready for church and Maren was in her room "reading" her Bible. Kevin overheard her talking and caught it on video:

Maren's Bible

So the video is cute and funny, but more importantly, I think it shows Maren's childlike faith. And that makes my heart unbelievably happy. We tell the kids that God loves them, but I think Maren really understands it (hopefully Warner does too, we just don't have video to show for it!). "Even when you're bad" He loves you. I pray she keeps this understanding forever.

The second funny story happened a few days later in the car. To preface the story, I should mention that Warner's preschool class was challenged to learn to count to 100. Once ten of the students could successfully count to 100 for the teacher, they got to have an ice cream party. Their party was Monday. A few days later, this happened in the car:

Warner: Maren, did you know that the last number used to be 100? But it's not anymore.
Maren: Yes (if you ask Maren if she knows something, her answer is invariably yes).
Warner: Well, it used to be the highest number, but now they've changed it. It's not the highest number.
Maren: What's the highest number?
Warner: I don't know. But it's not 100. You know what comes after 100?
Maren: What?
Warner: 101.

Biking to the Park

Winter's been fun and all, but it's March. I'm ready for spring. I am completely over the cold weather, cloudy days, and most of all being stuck inside. Today was still cold, but thankfully the sun was shining, so we layered up and headed out. There is a park at the back of our (very large) neighborhood and I've wondered for a while now if the kids could make there and back on their bikes. It's almost 3 miles round trip and although I knew Warner could do it, I wasn't sure about Maren. We decided to go for it.

The kids were troopers. Like I said, I knew it would be easy for Warner (he's awesome on his bike. Again, this is my blog, so I can say that). But Maren with her training wheels and significantly shorter legs had to put a lot of effort into the trip - especially the hills. The funniest part was hearing her say "it's going to be a loooong way back!" all the way there. I had to give her a few pushes but for the most part, she did it all by herself.

The kids played and climbed and managed to find a few things to argue about at the park. After about an hour, we turned around and went home. The way back was a bit harder but you should have seen the looks on their faces when we were back in our driveway.

Pretty proud of their accomplishments.

I know it wasn't the Tour de France, but I'm proud of my little bike riders. And can't wait for warmer weather.

Drawing

I pulled this out of Maren's backpack the other day. I showed it to Kevin, and we both laughed about the circle and dot clearly drawn between the one stick figure's legs. So, I asked Maren about it.

Me: "Maren, did you make this at school?"
Maren: "Yes!"
Me: "Who is this in the drawing?"
Maren: "You and me"
Me: "Really? What is this between my legs?"
Maren (clearly confused as to why I am asking this question): "It's your bellybutton!"

Awesome.