the Last Supper... belated

So... I know that it's against tradition, but our very young children just took their first communion.  We have been reading the story of the Last Supper this week and we celebrated it tonight (at least a day late, I know).  Along with the reading, the three babes took their first communion by intinction and then they had a dinner of bread, although leavened (Wow!  I am really taking liberties, aren't I?), and "wine."  BubU has declared that he likes vino (organic Concord grape juice) very much.  And with each and every sip, that sweet child said, "Thank you, God."  Mission accomplished, I'd say. 

I think that those boys could teach me a thing or two!

*from Beautiful Sun Montessori's blog

Out of the mouths of babes

Ty: "My butt hurts."
G:  "Do you have hemorrhoids?"
Ty: "Yes."
G: "Oh, I'm sorry."

*I will not disclose from which family member the children learned about hemorrhoids.
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G (via Heathcliff Huxtable):  "It's a hair-like fracture of the proximal phalanx of the fourth toe.  Do you understand?"

(He just burst out with this the other day and has been repeating it frequently.  Oy!)

Instead of napping...

Today, G spent his nap time talking.  I could hear him from the other room and just left him for some time.  When I decided that he was never going to knock off to sleep, however, I went to get him and heard:

-Dios, te amo mucho.
-Dios, ayUdanos.
-Dios, te amo mucho, mucho.
-Dios, ayuda a Mita a no decir mAs mentiras.
etc.

When I opened the door, he said, "MamA!  Hablaba con Dios!"  Ugh.  How can I be mad at that?  So, I hugged him and we "Aleluia-ed" for a while. 

An African Palm Sunday!

"Amesegenalo, Tati!"

Ty is so excited that he just can't hide it!

... at least they're all looking at the camera?

a typical family photo

The kids all did so well this long, oh-so-very long Palm Sunday weekend.  They waved palms, they danced, they sat almost-quietly in the pews, they made new African friends.  We are so blessed to be a part of Eastbrook Church.  God protect it!

The many faces of Miss Ethiopia

She's still "laughing like a maniac!"

Attack on MatMat!