love thyself

1. The other day I caught the tail end of a conversation between Luke and Isaac:
Luke: I love myself.
Isaac: You can't love yourself (said in a 'your crazy!' tone).
I jumped in: Yes you can. It's important to love yourself. If you don't love yourself, then you can't love other people.
Isaac: I do. I just think it's weird.

2. As Isaac was saying a family prayer, he said his usual, "I love you Heavenly Father and I love Jesus and all he's done for us and I love the Holy Ghost." Then he added, "Please bless you guys to be safe up there." Seriously, it is so hard not to laugh during prayers sometimes.

3. This last Sunday both Isaac and Luke got up and bore their testimonies at church for the first time. It was definitely a proud parent moment - I was a total goober soaking it all up. Of course it was the only Sunday that Adam has had to miss in months... lame. Isaac got up first and said something like, "I know that Jesus died for us... I love my family and Jesus". Then he gave the bishop and 2nd counselor a high five as he passed them on his way down... very appropriate. I'm actually surprised that Isaac hasn't asked to go up before now - since other kids do - but I guess he hadn't noticed until now. Once Luke saw Isaac get up there, he wanted a turn, so he got up and said, "I love Jesus", and ran back down beaming. I was quite surprised that he went up there all by himself. I'm so extremely glad that my boys don't suffer from the debilitating shyness that I experienced as a child.

4. A few things that I love about Asa right now: 1) How he pats me on the back while he is giving me a big ol' hug. 2) How he squeezes his eyes shut and laughs and cheeses it, thinking that I can't see him. 3) His powerful nod and 'uh-huh' to tell you what he wants. For example: he'll say 'nana', then do a big ol' nod of the head (almost knocking him off his feet) and say 'uh-huh'. 4) And, surprisingly, I love when he says "no,no". He says it in the cutest tone, while exaggerating the 'o' with his mouth. I don't necessarily encourage him to say no, but I still think it's super cute when he does. I wonder how long before I'm changing my tune on that one.

5. Now for the big one.... Isaac is no longer a thumb sucker! A few nights ago he asked me to take his blanket away because he wanted to try to sleep without sucking his thumb (blanket = thumb sucking). Well, he made it. He came out the next morning so excited that he didn't suck his thumb. Good job, little dude!!! Now Luke is the only remaining thumb sucker in the family. Just a note: I was once a thumb sucker, myself. So far 2 of my 3 have also been thumb suckers... I wonder what number four will be. Of course, I was also awkwardly shy (as previously mentioned), and 0 out of my 3 have been dealt that hand. Interesting... or is it?

A few pics:

Silly batman, don't you know that you don't wear socks with heels.

Mmmmm... pie.


While going through old boxes I discovered my old school discman. Isaac immediately dug out some CD's. This is Isaac winding down to a little Enya.