It's torrible!

The title of this particular blog doesn't necessarily go along with the blog itself, but Josiah said this one day a few weeks ago in reference to something he wasn't too thrilled about and I just loved it so I had to include it somehow into the blog =). He combined "terrible" and "horrible" into one word which I guess means that he was utterly displeased with the situation at the time...tough life =).

At any rate, they are both growing, growing, growing and learning a great deal. The two of them are really starting to play well together. Legos seem to be their mutual interest, with Josiah making airplanes (some pretty amazing ones that we find ourselves truly astounded that he made them on his own...perfectly symmetrical, very detailed and in my eyes, beyond what I imagine a three year old able to create!) and Amelia making houses, even if she is just stacking lego upon lego, resulting in one tall tower...it's still a house, but she'll include "tall house." With the warm weather, we are venturing out often and frequenting the local parks. There is one park in particular that has a water show at 7:30 every evening and people can run through it and that is exactly what Josiah has done the last few times we have visited. He walks away soaked, but happy. Mia, on the other hand, would rather just watch. She is so not keen on getting wet, but she does enjoy watching her brother take a "bath" as she puts it =).

As a few of you know, we planted a little garden a couple months ago. It was more of a little project for Josiah and he seems to really enjoy it. We bought a few flower seeds and some tomato seeds and one morning, Josiah and I planted away. We placed them on our balcony and watered them regularly. Josiah would literally wake up in the morning and head to the balcony to check on his plants and then would flow the questions of why they weren't growing and then oft times, he would pray that Jesus would help them grow =). Well, then finally, one day, we saw green sprouting through and our little man jumped up and down, thanking Jesus for letting them grow. It was wonderful! A little three year old, praising the Lord, what music to Mommy's ears and most definitely music to our Father's ears! As of now, the tomato plants are "TALL" as Amelia likes to describe them and there are several blooms which I understand to mean that actual tomatoes are next! THAT will be exciting for Josiah-to be able to eat what he has planted. As far as the flower seeds we planted goes, well, we must have purchased some duds because only weeds came up in one pot so out the door those went. But just this week, Josiah had his first flower bloom and how excited he was. The next morning he went to check on it and was a bit disappointed to find it closed and not yet open, but none the less, he has enjoyed watering and checking on his dear little garden. And as sisters would be, Amelia has had a few moments of being disciplined after I would find her picking the leaves off of her brother's tomato plants or digging in the dirt =). Oh how much I missed out on in not having any siblings =)! Please enjoy the pictures of our little farmer and his garden. =)

The picture of Amelia is her posing with her first flowers from a gentleman...yes, at one and a half, she has already been given flowers...of course the gentleman was her wonderful father =) and Amelia loved her pretty pink "faurs!"

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