Random pictures

Dominic wanted me to help him "fix" his bike this morning. This bike has been through several owners and it probably does need help. But it works great and Dominic rides it all over the house. Not sure why he felt the need to wear the hard hat. =)

On Sunday we piled all of the dirty clothes by the gate ready to sort and take down stairs to the laundry. Dominic jumped in the pile and wanted to be buried. He'd poke his head out every once in a while and tell us to "ask where's Dominic."

This morning we were running from one end of the house to the other because the monsters were chasing us. I decided to make use of the time and got out my weights. Dominic didn't want to be left out of exercising and got 2 tv remotes and walked beside me. It was so cute. Of course, as soon as I stopped walking to get the camera he put them down.

I was exhausted and plopped myself on the couch w/ a water bottle. Dominic ran and got his water bottle and hit it against mine. "Cheers! Mom!" and then started drinking. Now where in the world did he learn that?

Sabbath morning my entire family was asleep and I couldn't get them to wake up. So I started taking pictures hoping the flash would move them. It didn't but I love this picture of Jon and Caitlin sleeping in the same position. I'd fed Caitlin and was changing her when I realized I didn't have anything to put back on her. So I put her in our bed and pulled up the covers while I went to get some more clothes. When I came back she was asleep like this.

This next picture is so cute. Dominic is playing the guitar while we sing. We sing every night for worship and he wanted to take a turn at playing. He's pretty good at strumming. If you look closely you can see Caitlin sucking her thumb in the back ground.

All attempts at getting her to take a pacifier are in vain. She loves her thumb and has sucked it so much there's a little blister on it. I was hoping she'd take a pacifier so I could take it away from her when I was ready to wean her from it. It's kind of hard to take a thumb away. But kids never do what you want, so she's a thumb sucker. Sigh!

My cute kids

Friday we were at Walmart and I had put Dominic in the cart w/ a book because I was in a hurry. I usually let him run around the cart and "help" me shop. Caitlin was in her car seat which was resting on the cart. It actually locks onto the shopping cart which is convenient.

An elderly lady came up behind me and said "Oh, how beautiful. It must be a girl because no boy baby could be that beautiful."

Pause

"It is a girl, isn't it." I laughed and assured her that Caitlin was a girl. Then she walked around the side of the cart and saw Dominic sitting there.

"Oh, I'm wrong! He's gorgeous too."

Dominic looked up at her and said "No, I'm not. I'm handsome!"

Whenever Dominic is tired and is crying I'll ask him why he's so sad. His answer when he doesn't really know is "It's because I lost my friends."

Caitlin was crying on the way home and I asked Dominic if she was crying because the sun was in her eyes. He said "No Mommy, she's crying because she lost her little tiny friends."

Jon is playing the guitar while I type. He was driving by a yard sale this week and saw the guitar laying there. He'd been wanting to get another one so he stopped.(He'd had one years ago and sold it to my mom.) The guy sold it to him for $45. We felt like this was a great deal, but didn't realize how good until Jon went to the music store to pick up a tuner. They had the same ones there for $400. We looked online for a used one and the cheapest was $200. So I guess he got a better deal then we'd first thought. It's a nice guitar and I've enjoyed listening to Jon play it this week.