Roar!

We decided to go to the dino museum for family night- we haven't used our membership for a while and Asher was a tiny baby the last time we went. As usual Asher LOVED everything! He wanted to see and touch it all. Thankfully this museum has lots and lots of things that are ok for him to touch. The kids had a good time.

My mom had her 2nd chemo treatment on Thursday. She had done really well considering everything. She is expecting her hair to fall out in a day or two. The waiting for something like that to happen is almost as hard as the event it self. She is keeping in good spirits most of the time.

Asher and Hannah have lately become the best of friends. Asher is never far from his "ahh aww" (think of the sound a donkey makes!) They play quietly all morning long with the stuffed animals, dolls and dishes. Asher has taken to holding Hannah's hand when we are at the grocery store. The only person Hannah will share the blue recliner with these days is Asher. They also like to snuggle up together in Hannah's bed and giggle. Asher wanders around a little lost while she is gone to school and asks "Where ahhh aww?" If he wakes up before her he has to throw open her door and yell her name until she wakes up. I am so glad to see a wonderful sibling relationship blooming.

At this Thanksgiving time of course my mind turned to all the things I'm grateful for. My next thought was how can I help my kids to recognize all the little things that they have to be grateful for in thier lives. So we instituted the Thanksgiving Love jar. We all put a kernal of corn into the jar when we notice someone doing something for us that we are thankful for. For example - JJ is grateful when I make a dinner that he really enjoys. Hannah is thankful when Asher brings her her favorite toy. You get the idea. It has been fun to see all the things they notice that they are thankful for. On the flip side we also remove kernals for bad behavior. This has been really effective so far because they DO NOT want to take kernals out. This is a good reminder to us all to say thank you to the people around us that do little things everyday to help us.