Sept. 2007

Jackson talks a lot about "our famawy". He thanks God for our famawy, and today he also thanked God for "Uncle Drew rocking Jackson baby".

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Sept. 15, 2007

The Carmichaels, Doerrs and Chris all came to our house today. Within 2 minutes of their arrival Jax and Mia broke out in a concert- Jax on his new acoustic cowboy guitar and Mia on the blue electric guitar. It was quite a concert! Everybody watched in amazement- Ethan was grinning from ear to ear and the other kids were speechless. The other adults think they're a hoot. So do I.

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Jax spotted a roofer on top of a house behind ours while we were all in the back yard eating. He waved his little arm and yelled "Hey! Hey!" to the roofer (who remained unaware of the greetings coming in his direction). What a friendly little guy.

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Sept. 2007

Zacchaeus was the topic of our "Bible Words" book the last few nights. Last night David was reviewing and said that Jesus went to Zacchaeus' house. "What did they do there?" he asked. With no hesitation, Jackson said, "They played the GUITAR!"

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Sept. 21, 2007

Jackson came and got in our bed this morning. He's had a runny nose and was a little stuffy. He said "My nose stinks. It smehws wike Buckwey's poo-poo. (Pause) Stop poo-pooing on my nose, Buckwey!"

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Later..."Daddy, I want to go downstairs." I said, "I'll take you, Jax." "No. I want Daddy to take me. Daddy is a sweet boy."

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Mia got a doctor kit for her birthday, along with a personalized doctor coat. She loves being the doctor or the patient. She told me that she was sick and needed to go to the hospital. "What's wrong?" I asked. "My fingernails hurt...my armpits hurt....my pajamas hurt." Poor Mimi.

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The kids watch me give Buck an allergy pill in the mornings, and I've explained to them before that it's because his paws itch. Sitting at the table the other day she told me she needed some medicine. "How come? What's the matter?" I asked. "My paws are itchy!"