More Joelisims.

"i has to go to work now. don't cry."

"umm, i seenk so."

Pointing to Jared's chest hair:
"Dad, you's gots weeds here. Dry weeds!"

Evie was crying. Joel enters room:
"She misses his dad." ::pats on head:: "It's ok Evie."

Me: "what movie do you want to watch?"
Joel: "i seenk.. ummm... i seeenk... ummm.... Credbows ( The Incredibles)"

"Don't sing that song!"

"NO kissing, ok!"

He often repeats movie scenes and plot lines.

We like having him around :)

The Toney Family Photo-shoot, 2011

Well, this was an interesting time to say the least. I knew the memory would be a funny one considering in December when we tried to get a family picture taken, it took us THREE separate appointments for only two decent shots.

So this is how THIS photo-shoot went down.

First and foremost, we had to wear white. It looked awesome, don't get me wrong, but... come on. we should have know better. Second of all, we had to wake Joel up from a nap. Anyone who has been in a five mile radius knows what happens when you wake him up mid-sleep. He's not a happy camper. After much screaming, we finally convinced him to go outside with us when Evie spit up carrots on not only herself, but on poor Aunt Amber as well. We finally got outside and Joel would not sit still. (hence none of our immediate family pictures came out well. no fault to Lori. ) I convinced Joel to blow on a dandelion for a while and then he was done. He saw the wheelbarrow and proceeded to take rides. Want to know why the "boys only" pic was weird? Because Jared walked in circles, stopped for a picture, then kept going. We moved on to other pictures until IT happened. Joel, in his lovely white shirt, fell into the fire pit. He was no longer his previous white, but now a lovely shade of gray. Nice. So, Grandma Toney gets the awesome idea to turn his shirt inside out and finally someone gets the idea to bribe him with candy!! (we're all a little slow for not picking up on that one sooner.) We finally got a few shots of Joel smiling at the very end.

so there you have it. taking pictures with children is HARD.

My awesome sister-in-law took on this task and did a fantastic job once again. Thank you so much

Joelisms

He's got more "sayings". Joelisms, if you will. (i kinda stole this from you, Naomi. Thanks :))

Like,

If you ask him any question these days, the answer is typically, "I think so."

Or,

if he's tired? He always says "momma, scratch-a-back.", points to his back, and expects you to rub his back.

Or,

He's started to draw things. Like Daddy, mommy, a bunny, a snake, a panda stuck in a hole... a knife... you know. the usual. ahaha.

Park

We finally are having great weather! Last week i took the kids out four days in a row! It was amazing. I tried Evie in the swing, and she LOVED it.




She loved looking at her feet and the shadows.

I didn't get any of joel. He was too busy "finding friends."

Siblings.

Doesn't every sibling feel the way these two are feeling?

Sweetie.

Evie is the best baby ever. Seriously. That girl doesn't cry unless she needs something, and it's awesome. Sometime I take advantage of the fact she is so nice. Like the other day. She was ready to get up from nap... i wasn't. so i just let her be by herself for a while. i went in to check on her and she fell asleep again mid play. What a good girl.

Before I Forget...

I need to start blogging all the cute things Joel says now-a-days.

Like this morning.

After being sent to his room for some debacle at breakfast, Joel stomps into the bathroom where i'm getting ready for church. He states the following in the most upset voice he can muster.

"Mom! My mom and dad won't let me eat my cereal for breakfast!"

I respond, "Do you need to tell your daddy sorry?"

"Oh."

He walks to the kitchen and says,
"Daddy, I'm uhh...."

I yell across the house, "SORRY!"

.....

He responds, "SORRY!"

He's just too funny. He'll come up to me and he'll say,
"mom, you have princess hair today."

Or,
"QUICK! TO THE TIME MACHINE!"

oh or,
"Mom, happy birthday. It's my birthday cake time!"

He's starting to pretend. He'll come up and ask for a pizza, or hamburger. I quickly "make" some and he carefully shares it with us. Or we guess what's inside of semi trucks. Lately the guess is candy. Or tires.

Or we'll be reading his scriptures and he'll tell me where Jesus is and where John the Baptist is. Or he'll explain how the Liahona works. Now that is fun to listen to.

He often will ask for his special friends at the park or any of his cousins.

He's so funny and smart and a brat and such a little boy. We love him so much.