Humor Compliments of CaLeB...

  Teaching two year olds Bible stories can be quite humorous at times.  They either don't hear what we say clearly or their childhood thoughts figure it means something else:)  I've been trying to explain to Caleb about getting saved, why we need to, what sin is, etc...  He tells me that he's going to Heaven, Unca Peston is going to Heaven, Daddy, Garrison, Mommy and Leesie are going to Heaven.  Garrison tells him that he's not going to Heaven and it usually starts one of those "are not" , "are too" arguments.  So, the other night I was talking to Caleb about the garden on Eden.  What he took away from it was, "I not eat the fruit, it makes God sad.  Mommy and Daddy too".  So, we haven't really been able to move past that.  Then one night at prayer meeting Scott was talking about Uzzah touching the Ark of the Covenant and that there were consequences for his disobedience even though he thought he was helping.  What Caleb heard was, "Don't touch the (markers) Uzzah!  So, the whole evening Caleb was saying, "I gotta tell you somepin Daddy, Uzzah touched the Marker! God said don't touch the marker, shaking his head."  We couldn't help laughing and I figured that it was blogworthy:). 
  His latest obsession is puzzles and coloring.  He could do them for most of the day.  The only thing with coloring is that he likes to hear me praise his coloring so much that he usually ends up coloring 6- 10 pics in ONE sitting!  We're going to have A LOT of artwork on display:)))
  He's been sitting on the potty off and on over the last month.  Sometimes taking himself.  I don't think he's quite recognized the feeling yet before he has to go, so I'm not pushing for it full time yet.  He's about 29 months right now, not yet 2 and a half and I'm quite sure he'll be potty trained by 3.  Garrison is very advanced, but he was 3 before it became a "success story".  The Lord provided a while back for the diapers, and it's not really any more trouble to change his diaper since I'm doing Kiersten's around the same time.  What would be funny is if Kiersten potty trained at 18 months like Elyssia and they both finished at the same time, thus eliminating the need to do any diaper changes for who knows how long:).  Not pushing for it though.  Kiersten saw him sit on the potty and was actually trying to push him over:) 
  Caleb loves to sing and was quite vocal on Sunday. The thing is there aren't that many words making sense.  When we sing O Canada or the ABC song I can at least understand the majority. He figures he should sing loud like Daddy, not understanding that Daddy is the song leader:)  We sound like we have a large congregation though:)  A couple months ago Scott took Garrison and Elyssia with him the the rest home.  Apparently Garrison was singing quite loud because the lady next to him asked him to sing quieter.  He does seem to pick up on the words faster though. I think that's all for Caleb right now.  He is still climbing, falling, sitting on my table and countertops, no matter how many times I correct him.  He even says, "I put my bum on my chair!"  He is a big helper when it comes to cleaning up or cooking though.  He likes to be in the middle of the action.  He's still a HUGE meat eater, but always has a good variety and doesn't seem to be too picky.  He's not big on certain pastas, but his grandad, whom he seems to resemble in features, expressions, etc, is also not overly fond of pasta.  Time will tell, but right now he's definitely a Holloway.