High King Jack and other happenings...

Well, our Jack has fallen in love with the Narnia movies. In an effort to steer him away from his two favorite Pixar films (CARS and Toy Story 3), I plugged in the first Narnia movie (careful to skip all of the truly scary parts) and Jack was hooked. He LOVES Aslan and when the lion leaves the scene, Jack says, "Where'd he go?" He also loves Peter...could this be his protective big brother side coming out?! Today, while watching Peter in a sword fight, he grabbed an empty wrapping paper roll, asked for a hat (I gave him his fire helmet) and away he went, defending all things good! He kept trying to put the helmet over his face, because the Telmarine characters wear armor on their face! So cute!

He also likes to use pieces of driftwood as swords....but, George is not amused.

People may question why we allow him to play "swords" - in today's world, many think that it is too violent. But we believe God has already placed a desire in him as a boy to be protective and fight for God's truth and justice! Of course, we also teach him to be gentle and kind...which he does every day with his little brother.

In a not-so-warrior looking picture...here is Jack with his golden locks! We are going to let his hair grow until the summer when Jake and Sarah come! The humidity helps it curl in that adorable way.

Another love of Jack's is to help me in the kitchen. His skills of stirring, shaking, mixing and tasting are so advanced...he actually impressed all the moms in our Friday play group when they did a baking activity! He is the youngest, yet knew just what to do! Today, I came out after laying George down for a nap and Jack had on two oven mits, had taken the muffin pan out from the drawer under the oven and had filled the cups with popcorn! I snapped a picture after the mits came off....but you get the idea!

Here is a Jack creation....soy flour, sugar, blue food coloring and ....yum....parsley! :-)

We had a fun visit from our adopted Auntie Deborah from Arizona last week! George immediately melted her heart with a smile at the airport, and pretty much smiled the rest of her visit! She is moving to Maui this spring, so we hope to see lots more of her!

Our George is getting cuter by the day. Despite having a pretty bad two-day cold (passed along by big brother), he remained smiley and sweet. Waking up to his smiles in the morning is one of the Lord's biggest blessings to me.

And....as an addendum to our last post on local wildlife, we caught a glimpse of the gecko that frequents our porch and runs through my shoes! These guys are diurnal and stay outside, so I don't mind them. Jack LOVES to watch him crawl around. (It is the nocturnal, transparent, dark-eyed lizards that come out at night that I don't like!)

Love and hugs from the Garden Isle!