My shortest post yet!

I've always wondered how every kid somehow knows that if they open the doors of their toy car, it turns into a plane...

Jesus is Alive!

I was talking to Zack the other day, and the topic came to Jesus. I asked him what he knew about Him. So this is what he said:

"Jesus is alive in our hearts, but he's not here... He's coming soon!"

How amazing is that?! I loved it. I hope he is always this passionate and insightful about God. What a blessing. And Nathan chimed in during our conversation, "Jeeee Lie!" (Jesus is alive). Thank you Jesus for moments like this.

No MINE

Nathan is definitely going to be three. He is very much into the "mine" phase of his boyhood (oh wait, does that actually end?). He had a conversation with Kyle today outside that I just had to write down.

Kyle - is that Zack's tricycle?
Nathan - no, MY tricycle.
Kyle (to Pete) - Ah, so he's in that "mine" stage, is he?
Nathan - no, MY stage!

We were at mom & dad Heinbuch's place in Rocky Mtn House, and both Pete and dad were bugging Nathan by trying to steal bites of his ice cream after supper. After a few joking attempts at taking some ice cream, Nathan started saying, "No, my ice cream." Even after Pete and dad stopped bothering him, Nathan kept saying "No, my ice cream" in between EVERY bite until he was done.

Nathan has also gotten a "big boy bed" and is very excited about it. He has to show it to everyone! So no more crib to keep him in one place for the night, but he's actually doing surprisingly well. He looks so small in that huge bed though! My baby's growing up.

Lord-a-head

Zack is such a blessing to us - he has such an amazing heart and I'm just so excited for the blessing he will be to everyone as he grows up. This is the blessing we say to Zack every night before he goes to sleep. He calls it "Lord-a-head" because it starts with "May the Lord" and we put our hands on his head. He wanted to bless daddy and we were lucky enough to get this precious moment on tape. I somehow couldn't download it onto the blog, so I put it on YouTube. Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60RE0wj_194

"May the Lord bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. May the Lord lift his countenance upon you and give you peace. Amen."

Oh....Thanks....

We had just sat down to have supper, and as we started to eat our yummy food (or at least I thought it was good!), Zack makes a funny face and says to me, "Mommy, it smells like POOP in here!" Thanks, Zack. Thanks a lot. :(

Nathan the crazy boy

Nathan is my crazy one. He is hilarious and cute and crazy and huggable. Tonight he really wanted to watch me play Guitar Hero while he gets to play with the second guitar. I told him to clean up if he wanted to play, so he was running and cleaning while chanting "tar-ho, tar-ho!" (guitar hero). He was cleaning and running so hard that he was sweating, so I took off his shirt. What a rock star - shirtless and rocking out with his guitar, dancing and spinning and trying to sing along. Love it.

Nathan's talking is so cute - he has such a baby face and is still learning to talk, so it makes him verrrrry easy to love! :) A few months ago, he used to say "la" instead of "yeah" which was adorable. He says "jeeeeee" for "please" and now he says "kank-oo" for "thank you" and I just can't get enough of the cuteness! Especially when Zack tries to teach Nathan how to say bigger words. Zack will break down the words for him and get him to repeat it. Example:

Z - Nathan, say spagetti.
N - Ummm... Ge. (Said like "get" without the T)
Z - No, no, no, Nathan. Say SPA.
N - Spa.
Z - Good, now say GET.
N - Ge.
Z - Now say TEE.
N - Teeeee!
Z - So, say spagetti.
N - Ge.
Z - NO Nathan! NO! SPA-GET-TEE. Say it.
N - Geeeeeee!
Z - Rrrrrrr!

So funny. And we all know that Nathan's probably capable of saying the entire word, he's just trying to make Zack mad. :)

*sigh*

Last week when it snowed again, Zack got up in the morning and I opened the curtains. He skipped into the kitchen with a smile. Then he looked outside, sighed a huge annoyed sigh, rolled his eyes, slumped his shoulders, and slowly plodded to the breakfast table... It's amazing how someone so little can have such huge attitude!

Recent shots...

We are finally together again! Yay! Now that our month of madness is over, we are so much happier being together. :)

The boys are growing and doing and pretending and loving and laughing more every day, and it's so wonderful to see how much they love eachother in that. At church they are in different classes, and after it's over they run up to eachother at full speed and hug. There is not a whole lot that's more heartwarming than that!
The boys love to learn more about everything they can. A few days ago, Grandpa came over for supper and we were telling them about his upcoming plane ride to San Diego. Nathan and Zack got so excited hearing about the planes, and Zack asked if we could go on the plane with Grandpa. I told him it would cost a lot of money. He asked how much and I pulled a number out of the air and said a thousand dollars. So now, Zack tells everyone he needs a thousand dollars for the plane. And Nathan says "aaaaaairPORT" a whole lot. When Grandpa had to leave after supper, Nathan cried so hard that he couldn't go to the airport too. He sat by the door and cried, "Plane too! Plane too!" It was sad and adorable. I would love to show him the planes someday.