Joel

Big sister has gotten a few posts, but what about Joel? Poor second child...!

Joel really has been growing up and has amazing abilities to communicate and make us laugh...if Faith lets him! So here's a few quotes from Joel this week.

Monday night, Faith fell out of the loft bed and got quite the bloody nose. She was pretty hysterical, and we wanted to know how she fell so that we could check for other bruises and such. We didn't get much information out of her, so Jim asked Joel where she fell.

Joel says "Sissy fall Joel's bed. Sissy fall Joel." I guess she landed on him, but he didn't put up a fuss. He was actually quite concerned for his hurt sister. What a nice (helpful) guy!

And Thursday night, as usual, Jim was saying bedtime prayers with the kids. Joel has recently picked up on the ritual which used to be Daddy and sister, and now he wants to be a part of it. Which is great! He even knocked our socks off saying a prayer on his own Thursday! This is how it went:

"Dear Jesus. Thank you for mommy. Thank you for cars. Amen."

I'm so glad to know I'm at the top of his list!