Wipe out

Apologies to all for my silence. It was not due to us being in the tropical island of Biak. In case you haven’t figured out by now, that whole email was an April Fool’s joke. My silence was due to lack of writing. Ha Ha. We have had quite the week – our main cook, Poppi was gone all week and we still aren’t sure why, but she is back now so we can get into our normal routine. We have had a family catastrophe, sort of. Sophie has always been very brave, and yesterday was no exception. She is fearless on her bike. Sophie wants to do all of the tricks that Wyatt can do. Yesterday she decided to try riding down our huge hill, and she was successful for about an hour. Then I went inside to work on dinner and she decided to ride some more. Her feet came off the pedals because she was going too fast. So she couldn’t push her brakes and hit the speed bump at the bottom going full speed. This sent her sailing and sliding across the pavement. She has road rash up her back, on both arms and one knee. We thought her thumb might be broken but we had it looked at and it is just really bruised. What a trooper. Once we got all of that cleaned up and covered she was ready to go back out and try it again. However, it was dark, so we told her to wait until tomorrow.
Cale had his longest sentence so far that he put together himself. He said to me, “Mommy, I walk with you that way?” He is putting together so many words. It is hilarious to listen to. Many words sound exactly the same. Like “mattress, crackers, and backwards” – same word. “Daddy” sounds just like “candy”. He will wake up and ask to go on the mattress. We have this extra mattress that we put in the living room for the kids to jump onto from the couch. It is the only soft thing on the floor in all of Sentani. Seeing as every inch of floor space is covered with hard tile, the kids LOVE the mattress. We read books on it, wrestle on it, and jump like crazy banchees onto it. Cale especially loves that feeling of flying so it is one of his favorite pastimes. We have some pictures of this on the blog that you can check out.
I’ll leave you with 2 funny stories.
A little boy was overheard praying: “Lord, if you can’t make me a better boy, don’t worry about it. I am having a real good time like I am.”
A wife invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to their six year old daughter and said, “Would you like to say the blessing?” “I wouldn’t know what to say,” the little girl replied. “Just say what you hear Mommy say,” the wife answered. The daughter bowed her head and said, “Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?”
Hope your laughing.
Love ya,
Rachel