Z-6 plus some Josh

Hiking in Garden of the Gods Dave pointed to some little oval shaped cactus plants and asked Zach what it was- he said, "ear phones". They actually did look a little like that but we have some teaching to do on our hikes now.

I was pushing the boys on the swings when Josh started going pretty high and getting a little nervous about it. Zach said, "Don't push him into the clouds then we wouldn't have a Joshua. We would have to get a new Josh."

Zach spotted some freckles of mine and said, "I think you have polka dots on you, mom"

We are trying some allergy medicine for Josh's lingering cough and stuffiness and to avoid the dreaded "medicine" word, I was telling him he needed to take a Zyrtec. That word must have appealed to the boys because Josh was pretty excited and willing to take it and the word 'Zyrtec' plus Josh's response made Zach pretty interested too. I said, "you can only take it if you're sick" to which he replied, "I could try to cough!"

Driving in the car the other day Zach said, "How bout we pray to God. " I asked him what he wanted to pray about and he said, "like for making us". I told him he could pray first then I would. So he said, "Dear God, thank you for making us, now talk to mommy."

Last night at bed-time Zach asked numerous times if he could sleep with me and got a bit upset when the answer was no. When the boys were in their beds and it was time to pray Zach said, "Could you tell my problem to God?"

We have the christian radio station playing in the house sometimes, plus aunt Shannon has this song on her cell phone when you call it- so the other day Josh was walking around singing - "Unbelievable, indescribable ..." (I was thinking how cool- he's learning and singing songs about God) until the next words were, "you are amazing,... cheetah" (he does love animals)

Josh came home from school last week and I heard some jangling in his pocket so I asked him if he had money in there.He told me yes, and I asked him where he got it. He said that Telia had given him money for letting her cut in line. Then he pulled out 4 quarters! I was pretty stoked about a whole dollar, but I don't know if that's good.