May 11th Quotes/stories of the week: 1. The boys are continuing to love swim team, but Grant is really jealous. He walks along the edge of the pool and occasionally tries to push me in! 2. Grant’s hair IS getting lighter. I call it GOLD. Believe it or not Derek does NOT start kindergarten this year. He doesn’t turn 5 until September. He will just have to sit at home and read chapter books I’m actually glad I get to keep him home another year because he is very helpful around the house and helps Grant stay entertained as well. 3. This week there was a crazy thunderstorm and Joseph came home and said, “Mom it rained HARD today, we were in art class and everyone was FREAKING OUT!” It was kind of funny to hear him talk like that! 4. So Joseph has been obsessed with “non-fiction”. He is so proud that he always picks out non-fiction books at the library. The other day he came home from school and we had some family videos on. He says, “Mom, this REALLY happened. It’s non-fiction.” It was so cute. 5. For FHE on Monday we were talking about families being sealed for eternity. Somehow Wayne mentioned that his Grandma Nichols was still alive, but that Grandpa Nichols had gone to heaven a few years ago. A little while later we look at Joseph and he has tears in his eyes and is getting emotional. We asked him what was wrong and he says, “ I REALLY miss Grandpa Nichols.” (He died when Wayne was in high school.) We explained to him that is why we are so happy that we can be together forever in heaven. His response was, “ I REALLY hope Grandma Nichols has a friend.” We tried to explain that she actually did remarry someone, but for time only… Who knew FHE could get so deep with a 6 yr old? 6. So we’ve discovered that Grant LOVES avocados. When you put them on his tray his starts giggling! It’s so funny! 7. Yesterday I donated my hair. It is about shoulder length now. Today I showed Joseph my donated hair braids because I realized he hadn’t seen them yet. He says, “What’s that?” I said, “my hair! Didn’t you notice I got a haircut?” Joseph: “NO! I didn’t know they did that to you!” Seriously Jo! I chop 11 inches off my hair and you don’t even notice???