Just stuff

My Internet connection gets the hiccups whenever I try to upload video these past couple days. Until I can figure out the proper raindance to restore the Internet's good humor, I'll do some photoless updates.

Ben's big news is that he's in a big boy bed. He goes to bed at night just fine, but he's not convinced he still needs to take naps, now that he can escape his bed. I still put him in his room for "quiet time" in the afternoon, but judging by the amount of bumps and thumps I can hear, Ben considers it "jump off the bed time."

Ben's first sentence was, "I'm social" pronounced 'soshow'. He loves his little friends, and his day is perfect when it turns out there are other kids at the park to play with.

Yesterday, we went to a BBQ at the neighbor's. They had a little play house. Ben parked himself in the play house for nearly two hours. Occasionally he would come out on the porch, announce "house!" and go back inside. To make his evening even more perfect, there were three other little boys there too.

Simon's big news is that he rolls over. He goes from his back to his tummy, which is different. Most kids start out going from tummy to back. He will get himself on his tummy and then holler because he doesn't like it as much and he can't get himself back on his back.

Simon is also thrilled to have inherited Ben's crib. Simon outgrew his travel crib, and when he wiggled himself sideways, there wasn't room to stretch out.

I'm doing the mom thing, and liking it a lot.

On the non-mom stuff, I went and saw the movie, "The Errand of Angels" last week. It was about sister missionaries, and was really good. While I liked the "God's Army" movies, they were so dramatic as to be unbelievable. This movie was more authentic, and really caught the flavor of being a missionary. I highly recommend it.

A friend in the ward introduced me to Georgette Heyer novels. She writes Regency romances that are a lot like Jane Austen's romances. The characters are interesting, the plots are fun, and they're just good to read. So if you've been lamenting that Jane Austen didn't write more books, you should check out Georgette Heyer's books.

I also got my craft table set back up, and can finish the Christmas stockings I started last year.

Dirk has passed the halfway point on his deployment! He will be home on his leave in about five weeks. I am not going to count days, because that would be too exciting. I'll start counting days when we get to the one-week mark.

That's us without pictures. Nothing too exciting, just the enjoyment of everyday life.