love going deeper

i was reading the Bible to Levi this morning, a little quiet time with Jesus together. Genesis 2 and 3 took on a whole new meaning. Adam and Eve must have been so sad. To not have God walk with them anymore in the evenings? To taste that closeness and be left behind in a sense? So who would rescue them from this sadness? Last night I asked Levi how I could pray for him and he said, "pray for me because I am so sad because I need Jesus." Wow. where did that come from? he's really in touch with his feelings. i mean REALLY in touch with them. I think it helps to have a counselor for a Dad... Levi is always using these words to describe himself or his day like sad, frustrated, wonderful, beautiful, angry, so happy, and so on... anyways, i am seeing more of his heart as his vocabulary picks up and it is just amazing. he feels and thinks and processes and reacts and, well, tries to make himself happy with anything else but God. And so do I. And so did Adam and Eve. So, God is going to need to set my son free. That is an amazing announcement in my brain today. It's got to be Him.

not doing too well

yea, i'm not doing too well with that cleaning the house bit. i am busy playing with Della and soaking in this alone time with her. it's all good.

okay, so, let's talk about how unbelievably exhilarating the 4x1 men's free was sunday night. i was so pumped, i mean, come on. it was like you blink and the race changed right at the end. watching olympics=feeling like a slug. o well. anyways, that race was just phenomenal. i read that the anchor had the best 100 split of all time. is that true? sheesh.

my dad sent me this pic of Levi playing on construction equipment in their neighborhood. probably not the safest activity for a 3 year old and yet i know Levi is thoroughly enjoying this. anything which has to do with being a "man at work", he loves to imitate. mailman, fireman, trashman, construction worker, doctor, manager, drummer, chef, shelf stocker at target... it doesn't matter he does it. he even swings his arms and does this wide-stride strut. it's hilarious.

ready or not

here we come, vacation. i'm not quite sure what to expect for a 12 hour car ride with a 6 month old. she travels well but i mean, come on, how much can we expect of her? we are headed to lake michigan on thursday. and i am ready to go. Levi is going to "camp wienken" this week, he heads to my folks house to spend time with that side of the family while i pack us up here and clean the house before we leave. this is my mission: to come home to a CLEAN house after vacation. that to me is one of the worst feelings, to come back all sad that the vacation is over to a cluttered, dusty, crazy house. so we're trying to avoid post vaca depression.

Levi plays with his play mobil castle right now with Todd. he likes to intertwine the david and goliath story into the king and queen scenario. it's pretty cute. his other serious interest is space ships/astronauts. other than a drummer, he wants to be an astronaut. we're pretty excited about that, set your aspirations high, little man. we're working on a few things with him, one being his constant drumming and beatboxing. he's got a rhythm in his head a lot of the time, and becomes quite focused at church whenever the musicians are playing. he's in the zone. but we're trying to teach him that people are more important than music and drumming. it seems ridiculous, but we're also working on self control with him. self control for a 3 year old? yea, i don't think so. but when he drums on anything other than a drum, he has to hold his arms up above his head as discipline. it just was becoming too excessive. since we started doing this, his accessory drumming has slowed down quite a bit and his capacity to play (other things) has taken off. pretty funny. i write this now as I hear todd saying, "no drumming" to Levi in the kitchen. are we brutal parents? is this too harsh? i don't know, we're giving it a try. poor little Levi, he just has the rhythm in his head and fingers.

Della started cereal in the evenings, but i'm not pushing solids, what a pain. she's pretty big for being strictly on fluids. and she's very, very sweet. and beautiful. but i'm partial, i know. her hair is still all crazy, you try to tame it but you can't. just starting to pull it up in the front for now. she is looking forward to sitting up, just trying to a little, but not quite there.

okay, gotta go pack some more. i'm simply ecstatic.