Saturday, January 24, 2009

Exploring

Yesterday Lucas realized he could reach onto the table and pull things off.  This was after he already pulled the towel off of the oven door.  Nathan and I were eating supper when Lucas reached up to the table and held on with both little hands while standing there.  All you could see were his precious little fingers clinging on and it was just sooo adorable.  Nathan said, "Mommy look, Lucas is holding onto the table.  I've got to go get my camera to take his picture." 

Well today he ventured over to the toilet paper and started unrolling that.  I'm actually ok with him pulling paper and such apart because it's helping him develop fine motor skills so I just watched as he ripped and pulled a bit.  Then he did the inevitable and put some to his mouth.  He didn't put it all the way in and in fact pulled it back quickly and started crying.  He did try it twice though before deciding to stop.  I guess it wasn't as good as some other paper he has tried

 

The Bible

Nathan has moved up to Kindergarten in Sabbath School and did quite well last week.  He was given a bible and his teacher asked him to bring it every week and he would be given a new bookmark.  A nice little incentive to get them use to the habit of bringing their bible to church.  I didn't even realize he was listening but apparently he was taking it all in because during church he couldn't find his bookmark and got very upset.  Mommy where did it go I need my bookmark.  Not that he even knew the purpose of a bookmark, but it meant a lot to him.  We did find it; it was in the bible after all.  That night, I read him his new lesson and he informed me I needed to read his bible too.  I enjoyed reading the first chapter of Genesis to him and he really enjoyed hearing about the beginning of time.  I wasn't sure where this would go but Sunday night he reminded me that it was time to read #2 in the bible.  We have read his bible every night now.  I am so thrilled and just pray that this excitement will continue and blossom into a beautiful love relationship with Christ.