It doesn't happen often, but I've recently gotten out the ol' sewing machine. Jonah is so pleased with his Wild Kratts outfits (I made him two since I anticipate him wearing them often).
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And after 6 years of Levi having his own "special covers" (that I made before he was even 2 years old, I think)...
Jonah has finally requested "special covers" for himself. ---That couldn't have anything to do with the fact that Levi is majorly attached to his (the covers above, on the right) and makes a big deal about not wanting anyone to touch them and now the two boys are actually in the same bed and Jonah gets fussed at if he touches them!! (For those who don't know, Levi has always slept on the floor under the bed and now he's IN the bed. YES, I said UNDER the bed (the boys have a big captain's bed that is high off the floor and Levi has always slept underneath and never in the bed with Jonah, but has now been in the bed with Jonah for a month or two maybe). ANYWAY... now Jonah has his own special covers to love and cuddle with.
Two happy boys! And they're even happier when they think about the fact that when the carport is closed in they'll each have their own room! I'm so excited to be getting a new room myself (with a WALK-IN CLOSET)! And maybe just as excited to be getting a school room (which is what our bedroom now will be)! I know we're way behind the times, but that's okay. We're happy and we knew when we decided for me to stay home and homeschool the boys that there would be sacrifices to make. We're okay with that :). God has given us way more than we deserve already!
In other news... I know Jonah is the one you're used to hearing about with ailments (and make no mistake, he's always got bites that are on the verge of infection because he won't leave them alone), but this time it's Levi. He has bites that he's scratched and now they look horrible (similar to the last one that the doc said was staff). But we took him to the doctor on Friday and he said he saw no sign of infection. My self-diagnosis was apparently right again... eczema (which I thought he had outgrown years ago). The doctor said it looked like they began as some sort of bite (probably mosquito) with eczema being a factor (or however he said it). I'm getting pretty good at diagnosing things around here. It just sometimes takes me a week or so to figure it out.
On the school-front, we've just finished up our second six weeks, took a week off, and are excited about the fact that we will finish the first semester before hunting season (we always take all of hunting season off since Levi goes hunting with Jake every day--and Jonah goes many days). Both boys are doing very well in school (even though I just discovered that I had Levi doing more work than he was "supposed" to--Science was to be part of a semester and Health the other part and then History was to be second semester. We're almost done with all three! Won't he be excited next semester to learn 3 subjects are completely done?!) Shhhhh.... don't tell him!
We're all excited about this cool, crisp air, and the anticipation of finishing up our first semester and taking a long, deserved break! I hope your life is as blessed as ours. I'll leave you with another one of Jonah's wise moments.
We were getting ready to put Jonah to bed when he said he wanted to preach. And, while I love that he loves the Lord and knows His Word, I felt that it was just a tactic to stay up later so I told him, "That's great that you want to preach, but right now it's bedtime."
He answered with, "What's more important... sleep or preaching?"
I told him that preaching was very important and I hope he will continue to do that, but that right now there's no one here that really needs him to preach to them, so sleep is more important. Without a moment's hesitation Jonah said, "Umm... L, E, V, I." (he spelled Levi's name).
He is still concerned that his brother has not asked Jesus into his. He's a sweet and thoughtful kid and we are blessed to call him our own.
