thankful

These are pictures that I took at our Micah Morning at the park.
He loved this thing...
You will notice it looks like I am taking pictures of Wilson from Home Improvement...I can't get the boy to slow down for a minute. Finally I remembered this was supposed to be fun for Micah so I went and put the camera away and played with my bird.
This is what I see of Micah all day long...him running away!

So this week has been a long week. Monday and Tuesday were terrible days for Micah. He just couldn't quite get himself together. He was in constant trouble and even his friends at the chicken house noticed his ornery behavior. Thursday I decided that I would make the morning all about Micah. While I am only working a few hours a day...dealing with other things takes up the rest of that time and keeps me on the phone constantly. I decided Micah, while he in no way is neglected might be in need of some undivided attention. It was just what he wanted. It was also what I needed to. I had gotten so busy that I was missing the little things he does. Here are some funny and neat things I have seen this week:

~ We are still running every day and yesterday we ran in the afternoon because it was to cold in the morning. I asked Micah how it felt outside, because he headed out of the garage while I was putting on my shoes. He looked at me and then put his hands on the ground to see how it "felt". My very own Amelia Bedelia...brought laughter to me.

~Micah has tee teed in the potty at least once every day this week. He still tee teed in his diaper lots more than that no doubt. But at least he is getting used to riding the porcelin pony! (That is how I am doing it with him, I turn him facing the pot and have him straddle it)

~His main reason for getting in trouble this week is hitting. (swatting, slapping..all of the above.) He hits random people that are within his reach, small babies at playgrounds and cute girls in his gymnastics class. So, I was trying to talk to him about it yesterday. I was telling him we love other people we don't hit them. I was reaffirming by patting or rubbing his arm. We were sitting on the stairs having this conversation and it was like he all of the sudden got it. He jumped up and hugged me all the while patting my back. Now I am sure there will be no more hitting since I explained it so clearly...yeah right.

~It's no secret my life isn't what I want it to be right now and I struggle keeping it all together myself. But at one point I was on the phone(again) this week and usually Micah whines for me to get off. But I was trying to get something accomplished and he was playing so well. I started to get upset and he just came over, didn't try to grab the phone or any of his normal disturbances and he just layed his sweet little head on my shoulder and hugged me. He did this two or three times during the conversation. My little boy just reaching out and being Jesus to me and he didn't even know it. Thank you, Jesus!