Sheep Bliss

Last weekend we went to Gale Woods Farm in Minnestrista with Aunt Theresa and Uncle Scott. Cole fell in complete love with this sheep. He still wants to go back and see him every day. In this video they show mutual affection by sniffing each other's noses.

He kept stroking the sheep's nose with his finger tips for a long time. The blue egg is from an "Americana Chicken." So beautiful.

That morning, before we left for the farm, Noah asked me what we had planned for the day. I listed the farm, boating with his Aunt and Uncle, and a birthday party that evening. He said, "Mama that is too much, we have to take one thing out."

Above is a picture of the "treehouse" our neighbor built with the boys in his yard nearby. They always climb that tree. Now they have a place to rest.

Little Boy Wisdom #39: Give yourself room to breath and rest. It's okay to say "no" sometimes.

Happy Summer Days

As he said goodnight, Noah politely asked Cole, "Wake up happy tomorrow okay? Then we can play firetrucks!"

Here is Noah trying yet another extreme sport in his fearless fashion. Kind of a bungee cord jumping for kids. It was at the St. Anthony Village Fest.


Little Boy Wisdom #38: Smile in the morning. You have been given another day to play.

Busted!

So Cole says to me at dinner, "Mama, Noah said to try new things and he won't try his green veggie noodles!"

Cole is observant, he really is. For instance, way in the back of an illustration for "The Little Engine That Could" he notices there are no more open doors in the roundhouse for trains to go into. He comments to me, "You know Mama, that next engine that comes is gonna save the toys because he can't go back to the roundhouse like the other ones did." In the picture the roundhouse is about one centimeter wide and it's way back on the horizon.

In another book he points out that the dog named "Tiny" for irony is actually huge compared to the boy in the book.

And yes he has noticed that his toolbox is WAY bigger than his big brother Noah's. :)

Little Boy Wisdom #37: Keep your eyes open...the lesson just might be in the smallest detail.