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Jonah got his first busted eye.  He was running on the playground, tripped and fell face first into a railroad tie.

Jonah also started soccer last week.  His coached asked him if he was a “little Joey Yokeley.”  He responded by saying “No, I am Jonah Yokeley.”  Apparently Joey and Jonah’s soccer coach had a fight in the bathroom in middle school.

Puppy was found”died” in Jonah’s bed.  He chocked on grapes.  (statement taken from Jonah)

Joshua had his first baseball game.  He plays on the same fields that Joey played on as a kid.  His team lost their first game 13-11.

Josiah passed a test for the Speech  Therapist last week.  He was able to correctly show that he understands on and off.  He also decided to start walking up the stairs instead of crawling.  This is a goal that he reached for the Physical Therapist.  The picture I took of him last week I took with my phone.  I am not sure how to get it off of there.

Time will only tell what this week brings!

I have spent my morning looking through pictures of Jonah.  He is starting a project at school tomorrow about himself.   Parents were asked to send in pictures who people who are a part of his life.  As I was looking through the pictures it made think about Jonah and his personality.

His Sweet Side:

• He often gives me hugs and kisses just because
• He often tells me I look beautiful
• He often tells me that I smell beautiful
• He likes to sing
• He likes to dress up as a fireman, superman or a police man
• He protects me from fire and is always on the look out for smoke
• He protects me from bad weather and if dark clouds are coming he reminds me to check the radar on the computer

His Devious Side:

• He once threw my facial products along with my toothbrush out the bathroom window
• He used Spray and Wash on his stuffed puppy because he was dirty
• He spayed half a can of Febreeze in my CD clock radio – no longer works
• Cleaned his frog potty with his toothbrush last week
• Put batteries down the sink drain in the bathroom
• Thinks Tums are candy and likes to eat them
• Last night while taking a bubble bath with Josiah he pooped a HUGE poop in the bath and blamed it on Josiah (It was so big I knew it didn’t come out of Josiah)
• This morning at 5:45 am I found Q-Tips all over the floor of  my shower
• This morning at breakfast he told that at school last week two kids vomited, two kids got sick and died, and then the school caught on fire
• He often shows me what he has done by saying, “Mommy, I have a surprise for you . . .  Ta Da!”

I keep reminding myself that these “creative” acts that he does implies a high IQ.

At then end of the day I love Jonah exactly how God made him!  There is no other like him!

Yesterday was Joshua’s first day of school.  He was placed in a K-1 class which we are excited about.  There are 9 kindergartners and 15 first graders in his class.  We have nicknamed him Dr. Smarty and Joey is Senior Smarty.

Below is the picture I took of Joshua on the way to school.  The school bus stops by our house at 6:45 am yet school starts at 8:00.  We live 3-4 minutes from the school and felt it ridiculous to put him on the bus that early when we live so close.

We had talked the night before that I would drive him and walk him in on the first day.  When we get to the school, I pull into the turn lane that would take me to where I could park so I could go in with him.  He suddenly changes his mind and wants to walk in by himself.  I made sure he understood once I pulled out of the turn lane that I was in and got in the next that I couldn’t park my car.  I had to drive through the drop off.  He said he was sure.  So I followed the drop off  line winding through the parking lot and dropped him off.   He assured me he knew how to get to his class,that he knew to sit and read in the hallway until the 7:50 bell rang, and that the 8:00 bell means he should be in his seat ready to go.  When I pulled out of the parking lot I teared up.  I was kinda of mad that he robbed me the experience of walking him in on the first day but I was proud that he felt confident enough to go by himself.

When I got home I told Joey that I couldn’t sit in the house all day waiting for 2:40 when he would be home.  Since this was Jonah’s first day of being the big brother in the house I let him chose what he wanted to do.  He decided he wanted to go to the Children’s Museum.  Fortunately it was Joey’s day off and he got to go too.  It was a lot of fun to get to see Jonah without his big brother around.  He is a different child.  Below are some pictures I took of Jonah and Josiah in the fishing boat and I had to get a picture of Joey teaching Jonah how to milk a cow.

We decided to allow Joshua to ride the bus home.  School gets out at 2:30 which is  in the middle of nap time at our house and Joshua is the second stop as well.  He gets home at approx 2:45.  I was worried all day about him finding someone to sit with on the bus or sitting in someone’s seat.  The older grades had been in school since Tuesday.  Fortunately the bus driver had assigned seats to the kids.  We had asked him repeatedly what his bus number was to he wouldn’t get on the wrong bus either.  Needless to say I was counting down the minutes from 2:00 until 2:45.

I thought is was cool that I heard kids and the bus driver telling him by.  One of the boys who gets off at his stop told me that their bus was the lamest bus at the school because everyone is so quiet.  That made me feel good!

Since this day was so special for Josh we let him pick the menu for dinner.  His favorite meal is chicken Parmesan, green beans, garlic bread and for desert ice cream with chocolate syrup and sprinkles.

Next Tuesday is Jonah’s first day at his new preschool and he is excited to have his special day like Joshua did.

Today Jonah decided he didn’t want to take a nap.  Instead he decided to cause a little trouble.

I was sitting downstairs and a strange noise caught my attention.  I muted the TV to listen and didn’t recognize the sound.  I went upstairs and found him leaning over the floor vent for the AC and Joshua’s piggy bank was sitting beside him opened and upside down.  He was emptying out the money and putting down the vent.  The following is a picture of all that I pulled out.  Obviously this has been happening for some time because he did not have all these items in his room when I put him down for a nap.