Today Joshy learned to say all the names in his family. He learned to say Joshy just a few days ago in the mirror. He already new Mommy and Daddy but Friday he said Cecily and pointed to her. Today he said Shell for Rachelle. He can say and point to the whole family now. He also loves to make messes and will take all the pens out of the bucket and then start singing the clean up song to pick just a few up.
Today inbetween General Conference we took a walk around the Provo temple. (By the way, I was inspired by President Eyring's talk about writing about his children in a journal each night so later they could see the ways the Lord had blessed them in their lives. Maybe this blog will help me in that area). As we got Josh situated in the stroller he pointed to the angel Moroni on the top of the temple and said "Jesus". Then as we walked closer to the front of the temple by the fountains he pointed to the temple and said "Jesus" again. It was one of those "out of the mouth of babes" moments.
Cecily wanted to walk at the temple and got out of the stroller, took two steps and said "boy, I'm tired out" just as a couple was passing by and laughed. Her voice is just so cute.
Later we took another walk and ended up by a little stream located at a nearby apartment complex. The girls enjoyed throwing leaves into the waterfall and watching the leaves move down each cascade. A little duck came too and Cecily immediatly said/sang: "and one little duck came waddling back" as she waddled in her little jacket with her hands out like a penguin. She was wearing her winter coat. (It's already snowing in the tops of the mountains here, burrrr). Rachelle also found a stick and had fun with that until she hit my foot one too may times.
After we got home and ate dinner Rachelle and Daddy were joking around and Daddy made a loud noise to scare Rachelle who started laughing continuously for about 10 minutes. Then Eric said Ho, ho, ho and Rachelle said, "you sound like Santa Daddy" but he said, "no, I'm like the Jolly green Giant". They got into a discussion about who he is and Eric convinced her he is at the grocery store. She's a little nervous but she wants to see who this guy is for herself. He also related that you can find elves and animals there too.
