My kids are cute

and this will be sent to Sister Jackson- since I know she'll appreciate it.

1. Josh. When Jake came home today he asked Josh how his day was, and Josh responded, "Incredible". When Jake asked why Josh said, "Because Katherine and I FINALLY decided to fall in love!" Really? This was news to me. Katherine is one of the neighbor girls close to his age. So then I asked, "And what happens when you fall in love?" He proceeded to tell me that they almost have decided to get married. He said he wasn't sure because Katherine and Gracie (his BEST friend from preschool last year) are both pretty great, but since he doesn't really get to see Gracie anymore Katherine is a little bit "higher"- so "I think I'll marry her". He asked me which one I thought he should marry and I told him that was HIS choice, and he would have to follow his heart, but that I thought he was too young to get married. He quickly corrected me saying they won't get married till they grow up, saying, "Katherine will wait for me. She said." Jake and I were cracking up.

2. Dekker. Yesterday out of NO WHERE Dekker said, "Do you know the bubbles in my mouth have germs, but the bubbles in hot tubs don't?!"
And then today he came in from outside with a purple pansy and gave it to me. "This is for you Mom!" "Thank you!" I responded. "It's because I love you." and then he gave me a big kiss. Doesn't get much sweeter than that.

3. Naomi. Our little one loves to bob her head "yes" and shake her head "no" these days. Mostly it seems to be copying or in agreement to what we say, not as much an answer or opinion of her own- but more and more we're realizing she's got it figured out. Yesterday Jake and I were laughing because he was feeding her snacks in the kitchen. He pulled a bag of dried apricots from the cupboard and asked, "Do you want these?" to which she firmly shook her head "no". Thinking she didn't really know what she wanted he gave her a couple. She took one and put it in her mouth and then promptly spit it out, picked them all up one by one and threw them on the floor. "I guess she did know what she wanted".