Happy days and Long Nights

We've been playing outside a lot this week, so not much time for blogging. Joel has finally figured out how to ride his tricycle (yay!), so that keeps him pretty occupied while I work in the garden. Yesterday, he wanted to help me dig, but didn't want to get dirty, so he just watched. What a strange boy. Today we went to visit Av at work and eat lunch with him. (3rd week in a row!). We love those visits (even though they're pretty short:(. The boys are both sick this week, so that has made for a few tough nights, but hopefully not for much longer. I have to say though, that Joel went right back to bed when I told him to the other night. He got up twice in the middle of the night thinking it was morning (even though it was dark outside), but I just brought him back up and tucked him in. If only Evan made it that easy;). Speaking of Evan, he's doing these funny sit-ups now. It's really adorable. If you sit him up, he'll fall over, but if you lay him down (not quite flat) and hold his legs, he will sit up and stay that way for a bit. Still waiting for him to decide to roll over though. Oh yeah, and he tries to feed himself now. He grabs the spoon while I'm trying to feed him, and actually gets it in his mouth just fine. He just gets it everywhere else too. We're probably going to stay away from foods that stain for a while:) So, I actually moved the stove and swept under it yesterday. I think that's a sign that things are getting better around here. I don't know why I usually don't think to do things like that, but it's sure nice when I do.

Joel and I have been having a lot of good spiritual conversations this week. It's so encouraging for me when he listens so intently, asks good questions. I hope I'm answering them well. Yesterday I was trying to explain how Jesus takes our sin and gives us his righteousness. He just kept saying "So we're sinners, but we're just not sinners anymore". Hmm.....I'm starting to see another application of always being ready to "give an answer to anyone who asks of you the hope that is in you." It's a little daunting at times, but so exciting:)