John Henry turned 4 on the 16th! I cannot believe my baby is 4. He is so funny and cracks us up constantly. He finally knows all his letters and letter sounds (he had NO interest in learning them and would tune us out when we started talking about it). He also knows everything there is to know about the ocean and sea creatures; it's amazing to me that he remembers so much stuff! I think that he is very smart b/c he can figure things out that I would never think a 4 year old would think so deeply about. He also asks a lot of deep questions. For example, tonight he asked if Jesus is a man and has a heart, does no one live in Jesus' heart b/c he can't live in his own heart. I had no idea what to say, so I said I guessed that God lived in his heart and Jesus lived in God's heart. (lame I know). John Henry said, "That's not an answer Mommy."
This Easter he was very into learning about Jesus on the cross and him dying for our sins. At school they must have told him that every time he sins it is like Jesus dies again b/c when he gets in trouble, he gets all upset and asks if Jesus just died again. He also had a very hard time understanding that dyeing eggs is not the same as the eggs dying. He asked me if they were going to rise from the dead.
His prayers at night crack me up. Tonight he thanked God for walls b/c if we didn't have wall we would just keep walking and be outside forever.
He and Macey have a love/hate relationship. If he hasn't been around her for a while (like after school, nap, or Sunday school), he is soooo sweet to her and hugs her and talks to her in this funny voice and says, "Hey Macey. Hey Macey. Hey Macey." When they are around each other a lot, it is constant fighting. Today I told him he could sleep in our bed if he were sweet to Macey all day long. He was SO nice to her. In the car she was crying, and he was saying, "It's okay Macey, you're almost to your house. See Macey your house is coming up. Look Macey, we're home! We have bees, wasps, and snakes here." So he got to sleep in our bed tonight. Something I will happily do every few days or week if I can get a day of peace from those two!
For John Henry's birthday we went to the A-day game, so the night before we baked a cake. John Henry helped me with the whole thing. Here are some pics!
He was licking the bowl that the beater was lying on.
He kept asking if he could lick the chocolate when I was making the frosting. The chocolate was unsweetened, so I kept telling him no b/c it was gross. He kept asking over and over and wouldn't listen to me saying no, so I finally just let him taste it. This is the reaction.
He's not sure if it tasted good.
But he loves chocolate so he went back for more.
This time he gagged. Now when he doesn't listen, I say, "Remember when you didn't listen about the chocolate" and he quits asking. :)
