Comments from the kids

John wrote this on his blog, but I didn't know if you all read his, so I thought I'd post it here.

Comments from Abigail:
The other morning she was looking out the window. She turns to Mom and asks: "Mom, why do we name things?"During family worship, we read a passage where God says He's going to do what He has said He will do, and that He will not "repent". Abigail interupts and says, "He doesn't need to repent--He never does anything wrong."Finally, Abigail remarks: "God is everywhere. He's by the bookshelf, He's by the couch, He's everywhere. It makes you think there's more than one God--but there isn't! That's kind of crazy."

Comments from Samuel:
Upon hearing me make one of my attempts at humor with Abigail, Samuel pauses while doing the dishes for a few seconds, and then laughs to himself and says, "Dad's a funny dad." Any time we talk about something good, Samuel cheerfully interjects: "[That thing] is good."Any time we talk about something bad, Samuel interjects with a deep, angry voice: "[That thing] is baaaad." He does this so much now, that Seth--who is one year old--says "baaaad" the same way.

Comments from Seth:
Seth is an unusually thankful child. Everytime we hand him something, he says "thank you." The other day, Seth is playing by himself. He comes across his chew toy on the floor (near nobody!) and, as he reaches down to pick it up, says "thank you."

Sorry I haven't updated for a while! I have been really busy with all the duties that life requires. Abigail just finished her second semester in kindergarten, so that's exciting! She's now able to read easier verses in the KJV Bible, with a little help. She reads everything she can and loves to type on the computer. Samuel is learning what Abigail learns, only at a slower pace. I hope he'll be ready for kindergarten when she finishes kindergarten...it's his attention span that's more of a concern. He's such a wiggler! Seth is one year old now - birthday Dec. 31st. He is starting to really repeat a lot of things he hears. Samuel has made it a habit to say "that's bad" as he passes every house with Christmas lights on it. One night, as we were driving in the van, he was doing this and Seth said, "baaaad...baaaad." We got a big kick out of it. Seth just started saying "whoa" too. He'll see something and he'll say, "whoa!" Adorable! John has been slaving away on a paper. He's got one more week of break left and then he's back in the classroom. He's trying to finish up his paper before going back. He found out that he has a stigmatism in his eyes, which was making it really hard to see clearly. He broke down and finally got some glasses to help him. They look pretty nice. I'll have to get a picture of him. The weather here has been unusually warm lately - in the 50's. I love it! You can't beat the 50's in December/January! Well, Seth is awake and wanting out of his bed. I must be going. God's blessings to you!