JR has been shuttling a lot of cars to and from the airport for work. Just about every night the boys and I load up the car to go get him or take him somewhere. They are often in their pajamas and I make them put on shoes, just in case. Recently we got back home and B could not get his shoes off. He had grabbed a pair of J's boots. I told him so after the fact and he said 'but the boots said they were for an 8 year old on the bottom.' That is when I explained to him shoe sizes.

One of the things we do these days is tell each other how much we love them. J's favorite right now is "I love you all the way up to Alaska".

B was eating a chip recently and part of it broke off. He said "Look Mom, it looks like Cousin Larry's state (Idaho)". I still remember the pancake piece he said looked like California.

I am embarrased to say that B tried, for the first time, an orange yesterday. Not that he has never been offered oranges. I guess when you grow up eating mandarin oranges out of a can, you (B) can't deviate. He thought it was okay but did not really care for the 'flesh' part. Thanks to my friend Beth (thanks BA) and her recent success/breakthrough with veggies with her kids, I have started giving them 2-3 veggies on their plate at least once a day. You know what, they often times have eaten them without too much complaining. I have even started eating some of them too! Really looking forward to spring and summer so we can have all the great fresh fruits too. (Hopefully things will survive in Florida).

JB is now big enough to sit up in the playroom swing comfortably. Recently, I grabbed a blanket, pillow and book and curled up in a corner while the boys played/swung. Sure was nice!

I have just looked at the calendar for the rest of January and it is OPEN. Other than school and AWANA, there is nothing on the calendar, at least not at this point. That means lots of pajama mornings, naps, playing games with the boys, reading and cleaning/sorting things.

A recent picture of J and JB. You can still see the faint black eye that J has. It actually is more noticable than it was when it first happened.