Paint Swingsets Baking

Today we played outside on the swingset, I watched Cameron and Zaid do their "tricks" on the swing, then I listed some items on ebay while they played in the tent and on the swingset. When I went to talk to the neighbor, they both wanted me to pick them up at the same time, I did for a moment, but they got too big and I had to put them down. I wonder why they run over whenever I am talking to someone? I guess they want to be seen also. We painted wrapping paper for some gifts for Ms. Jane, their Sunday School teacher and a little boy. It is their birthday, then they made cards, I have to let Zaid make the birthday person's card first before I give him a card for himself or he will not color the recipent's card. I did not learn that until recently. He loves cards, he loves to color them and paint cards, he adores cards. Turquoise, Zaid loves the color turquoise, he learned in art class that turquoise is a turcichary color. He LOVED art class and continues to ask me when he can go back, he went for four weeks on Tuesdays. The first class Tamer said he cried but the other three classes he did not even look back, he said the art teacher's husband shared his fries with him. :) The way to a baby toot's heart through the tummy. Too bad art class was only during the summer, I hope she does something over Christmas break.
We also made an apple cake for Ms. Jane and Nathan, we hope they like it, the boys picked out to cook that, they helped a little before their bedtime baths. Zaid loves apples, Cameron also. We are going to the apple orchard soon to get some apples because at preschool, they are doing a unit on apples.

We went upstairs and painted wrapping paper and cards for birthday people. Zaid painted a scuba diver, a moon with clouds and water. Cameron painted a boat. They both stamped the cards with a stamper and put construction stickers on the birthday cards. Painting is a favorite activity.

Yesterday we kept Jacob for Carrie because he had an ear infection, he is a good baby. So sweet. I woke Zaid up and he was so happy, he tapped Jacob on the shoulder and asked him if he liked his Yoda shirt. Then he measured to see if the Yoda shirt would fit him. They played with the drum sticks with Jacob and he crawled around and they shared their toys with him. Jacob is 10 months old now.

Prayers

Zaid prays for the people in Mississippi and Louisiana, he prays that God will put all the water in a cage and never let the water out. Sweet prayers from my four year old. I never imagined loving someone as much as I love him. He has so much empathy, compassion, love for others.

Yesterday we went to the park and fed the ducks and ate lunch, we found a white squirrel and Zaid found a ladybug on the trash can. He thought it was so cool. It took him 20 minutes to feed the ducks two pieces of bread. I fed them a lot more. He did not want to leave, but it was time to preschool. I stayed for ten minutes and watched him at preschool. I do not want to leave him anymore, I want him right here beside me. All the time. I feel like Mother Duck with my baby. I wish I never had to send him into the world all alone. But eventually all ducks want to swim on their own. After school, I got Zaid an ice-cream cone, he asked if Cameron could get one too, I explained that it would melt by the time we got back, he said okay. We played at the park for awhile, it was hot, I pushed him on the swings and played with him in the pirate ship. He went down the "cool slide", we had the park to ourselves for awhile.

Today, we went to storytime, we were the only ones there until it was painting time, then a little girl came in to paint with us. She read about colors and rainbows and we watched a movie "How the Leopard Got His Spots", it was fun. Zaid counted and told Ms. Gail what color all of the colors in the rainbow book were, then Cameron wanted to also. We sponge painted, Zaid drew a boat, then he said it was a puppet show. It is really pretty.

When we got home from preschool, Cameron was asleep, so I pushed Zaid on the swings and played with him outside, when I first saw him swinging my heart felt so sad at how big he was and how much I loved him and needed some one on one time with my little bear. I watched him on the swing set, then we went into the tent and I read him about Thomas and the Breakfast Trip and a book about Jam and Jelly. He adores the Breakfast Thomas book. We read for a long time. Then we cooked dinner, hot dogs, corn and macaroni and cheese. Popscicles for dessert. Zaid ADORES popscicles.

Tomorrow Zaid wants to take his Mickey Mouse backpack to Show and Tell, he is going to tell the class how we are going to Disney World. We are all incrediby excited.