Sunday Six

A few memories from this last week:

1. Jack has this thing he does that melts my heart. When he is in the middle of playing, he'll stop what he is doing and come crawling straight to me for a hug and snuggle. He'll sit with me for a little bit before he'll get down and again go on his way.
2. One of Shawn's favorite pastimes is to put all his toys out the doggie door that leads to the garage. He tells stories about each of the toys as he's putting them through the door. Sometimes, he'll ask me to rescue them once he's finished putting them all through so he can do it all again. lol.
3. Jason is on a painting kick this week. His favorite subject is a rainbow and he loves to mix his colors. The only problem is after a while, all of his colors look exactly the same so his rainbows don't look like rainbows to anyone else but him. (He thinks they look beautiful!)
4. Jack has discovered our cat. Annie. Anytime Jack sets eyes on her, he laughs and chases her all over the house. I swear the cat knows what is going on, too, because she goes out of her way to get his attention when she enters the room.
5. Shawn loves, loves, loves talking on the phone to grandma. He always knows when I am talking to her, and INSISTS on talking to her, too. He tells her what he is doing, what Jason is doing, and then ends with a routine about her taking dirt off of his hand. It's hilarious. Once this week I tried to convince him that I was talking to a salesman instead of my mom. He insisted on the phone anyway and had the funniest conversation with the "salesman/grandma." He knew it was her, but kept calling her "salesman" anyway. We still crack up when we think about it.
6. Jason has become very protective of his brothers over the last few weeks. It is one thing if he does something to his brothers, but he is the first to their defense if he thinks Isaac or I are doing something to them they don't like (like giving Shawn medicine for example). He'll rush over and tell us over and over again, "Shawn doesn't like that, mommy!" until we stop the "injustice." He'll sometimes even give alternatives for us to do instead of whatever is causing his brother's stress. Perhaps he has a future as a lawyer?