J continues to be bothered with abandonment issues and telling lies. We are thankful that he isn't experiencing attachment issues. The lying is getting very old. The whining and complaining are getting very old. The fear of being left or left out continues to show itself. I think his lying stems from 5 years of living in an O where they all yelled in unison, "Not me! Not me!!" when asked, who did this. He's so afraid to admit the truth that he'll lie about something as simple as, "Did you change your underwear?" Sigh...
I wonder about the future with J. What will he be like as a teenager? What effect does parenting him have on our marriage relationship? What affect does it have on A? What affect does it have on him? Lord, help us.
He does continually crack us up with the things he says. He was reading with his babysitter extraordinaire yesterday and complaining often about how long this book was and that it was taking forever to read it. She pointed out to him often that if he'd just quit whining he'd be done already. He kept looking through the book to see how many pages there were and huffing loudly about it. She finally told him to look at the page numbers and that there were 63 pages (of mostly pictures). She said he finally got to page 60 and realized he was close to the end and he said, "Praise God!" She was probably thinking the same thing.
He was doing dishes the other night and kept coming to me with, "Can dis go in de dishwasher?" over and over. He exalted over things that could go in the dishwasher and "oh manned" over things that couldn't. Then he brought me a strainer and said it didn't even look dirty and did he have to wash it. I told him to wash it. He asked if he could wear it on his head while he washed the other dishes and I said sure. So, he danced around, put things in the dishwasher, and washed dishes all while wearing an aluminum strainer on his head and declaring himself, "Hellious. Ha, ha, ha. I'm just so hellious." He never has been able to say hilarious.
Here are a few pix. This is Misty. Her head and shoulders are in the window and her bottom is on the entertainment center.
Her belly is jelled down between the two.
I love this picture. The boy really enjoys baseball. Can you tell? He was funny because he was worried about people being able to see his underwear through his pants.
J got baptized the other evening along with another little guy. He is the son of J's babysitter. This is the interim pastor talking before the baptism. He asked for people to say some words of encouragement to these boys and it was very touching.
"A's" baptism.
T got in to assist with J's baptism. Apparently the water was cold.
He had his nose plugged and he was ready.
And up he came!
I like my job. How many people can honestly say that? I work in an antique mall and there are lots of interesting things in there. Every once in a while you come across some really unique things. This is one of them.
It's a Howdy Doody doll from the 40's or 50's. I have a Howdy Doody ventriloquist doll from the 70's that A can't stand. It gives her the creeps. This one is just a doll, not a working ventriloquist doll, but I took a pic of it on my cell phone and sent it to R because she used to work there and would appreciate it. There is something wrong with my cell phone camera so the pic was a little distorted. She told me A would hate that pic. I asked R if I should send it to A and she said yeah, lol. I sent it to A and she texted me back, "Scary". I happen to think this doll is precious. Not cute, precious. And two people are in line to buy it, so it's already taken.
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