Moving

Bubba has been hearing about how the cousins are moving and that people are looking at their house to possibly buy it. Well the other day, Grammy took him and Charli over to the cousins to see their new dog, Betsy Johnson. Grammy accidentally pulled into the neighbor's driveway without even realizing it and so Jack said, "Is this the cousins new house?"

I do wish it was their new house, but God in His kindness is sending the Reyes clan to Akron, OH where they can be a true blessing to a church in need. We will cherish each day that we get to hang out with "the cousins" and we are looking forward to many long trips in the car that we will take for years and years to come when we get to visit them at their new home.

Play "Family"

One of Jack's favorite things to play is "Family".

I'll over hear him talking to Charli... "Come on Baby, let's play Family. You be the mom and I'll be the child".

Bubba is such a good big brother and he always includes Charli in his little games of make believe.

Nicknames

Bubba loves his baby sister soooo much. He still thinks she's a baby I think, even though she's 2. He typically calls her baby, baby girl, and his newest favorite is baby darling. I'm not sure where he got that one from. He still calls her Monkeysue at times also.

Well during Christmas time, one of Jack's favorite songs was "Feliz Navidad". He would sing at the top of his lungs, "Fayleece Nohbeedon my mercy bellies..." and I don't remember what else he sang after that. So recently, I told Bubba that Charli's real name was Charlize. So then he broke out in song singing Charlize Nohbeedon! That's his newest nickname for her!

Buds!

Some pics of Bubba and his buds!

God Speaks

The other day, I was down at Meemaw and Peepaw's house and my dad and I decided to take Bubba on a short ride to the home of our favorite idol...Starbucks, of course. :)

So, we get to the parking lot, and I started to tease Bubba. He asked me if he could get of the car and come into Starbucks with us. I said, "No, I think you need to stay in here and wait for us".

Then my dad started to join in the fun and said, "I think we should pray about it and see what the Lord says".

Immediately we heard Jack say, "He said YES!"

Brotherly Love

Bubba's so sweet with his baby sister. And she just adores him! :)

This Is No Fairy Tale

Jimmy brought home a book called "This Is No Fairy Tale". It is a precious children's book with beautiful illustrations. Basically the book is the story of Jesus' life, but with each page there is a contrast between what really happened and what would have happened if Jesus' life was a fairy tale.

So I decided to read it to Bubba and he really seemed to be interested and enjoying it. We went through the beginning of Jesus' life and written were things like, "If this were a fairy tale, Jesus would have been born in a big castle in a great kingdom...The truth is, Jesus was born to a poor family in a small country..." So you can see how gripping it is to see how humble Christ was and how He chose a lowly, simple life.

So the story goes on and talks about how Jesus allowed Himself to be arrested instead of commanding the soldiers to bow to Him. And then it shows how He was wrongfully accused and could have rode into battle on a mighty horse, but was beaten and mocked and stood before a crowd that cheered for Him to be crucified.

Well by this point in the book I am really starting to get broken up and feeling so aware of Christ's humility and seeing how He chose to obey and die in my place and I'm thinking that my little, sweet boy is being affected in the same way. The thought actually crossed my mind, "I wonder if today's the day of salvation for him!"

Well, let's just say I was wrong, because as we were looking at the page that had a picture of Jesus on trial, being guarded by the soldiers, Jack said to me, "Mom, can I have that sword and helmet for my birthday?"