Why is it the little kids that come up with the best ideas? It was their idea to toast marshmallows and their idea to set the tent up. We had a small bonfire in our driveway a couple of times over the weekend. Matt slept out in the tent with the boys Saturday night and he thought to bring the camera out. Thomas is counting on his fingers the number of pictures his dad is taking. Nathan told me the next morning about the little smile he did for the camera, the no-teeth version. We have such fun with the boys. Somedays I get taken-up with the jobs that come with owning a house and then have this vision of them 10 years old and not wanting to be with us....I usually hurry up and finish and find something to do with them. They keep busy playing together most of the time, but I can hear it in their temperament and voices when it's time for us to get involved. Sometimes all it is is to sit on the swings with them or take a 4-wheeler ride or just read a book together. We have been splitting wood together. The boys use a small 4 pound sludge hammer. Nathan is very impressive with it. Thomas is quite careful with it. They sit out on top of the wood pile waiting for me to show up. I guess when you have boys, you do boy things!
The boys have been asking to go down to our little Berlin library, so this morning we did. We packed a little picnic for after to eat down in the middle of town. We walked to a ancient cemetery in the center of town afterwards and had a look around. Of interest, I found a few headstones with the name Howe on it. Cemeteries sure remind us of our mortality. Thomas asked if he would be buried under the dirt. And then he reminded me that God would take care of him. What a sweet thought.
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