Josh often asks for music to be put on, but his taste is becoming more defined, and along with that comes bossiness! So, if we are listening to one track which he doesnt like we need to go to - citi (another!) or if he likes it and needs it again, the instruction is - more!
He is saying more and more words - seems to me that most of them are English, although I always speak to him in English... so maybe that is why! He still hasnt really got the idea of stringing a few words together to make a sentence! But anyway...
Ok, we just have to have a potty update.. we are nearly there - well, when he is up he doesnt have a nappy on and he is sorting himself out - even getting toilet paper and washing hands! (well, not always washing hands, but this morning he did and then he decided he needed to do mute (Mouth) as well! Yes, he is getting the hang of many things.
There were some more things I wanted to post.. but if you dont write them down when you think of them, you forget... So will try and be back soon. There are a few clips to download too - so I will try and get them up on dropshots....
Thursday 23 August 2007
Saturday 18 August 2007
Josh the evangelist - starting early!
Josh and Aivis were in the countryside this week visiting Aivis' mum. Beta also went with them.
Aivis noticed an interesting evangelistic technique that Josh has got into. As I mentioned on the last entry, Josh is into grace before meals... So, while he was in the countryside, he was also insistant that grace should be said. Aivis' mum and Beta are not accustomed to this tradition, but they were nicely pressurised to conform! Beta tried to avoid it, but Josh would stop the prayer - seeing that Beta was not joining in, say Beta, Beta and show his praying hands and then when she was ready the prayer could continue! Not sure what Mudite and Beta made of it - but God was invading their space in the form of Josh!
Josh and Aivis were in the countryside this week visiting Aivis' mum. Beta also went with them.
Aivis noticed an interesting evangelistic technique that Josh has got into. As I mentioned on the last entry, Josh is into grace before meals... So, while he was in the countryside, he was also insistant that grace should be said. Aivis' mum and Beta are not accustomed to this tradition, but they were nicely pressurised to conform! Beta tried to avoid it, but Josh would stop the prayer - seeing that Beta was not joining in, say Beta, Beta and show his praying hands and then when she was ready the prayer could continue! Not sure what Mudite and Beta made of it - but God was invading their space in the form of Josh!
Thursday 2 August 2007
Puzzling, very puzzling
Today Josh has been into puzzles - we have a number of these wooden puzzles that you have to put the pieces back in the right places. He has never really been into them - not really figured out what you have to do. Aivis said that yesterday he suddenly got into doing the farmyard animals one - and today it was the food one. He had to pretend he was eating each piece before putting it in the right place. He was better with the ones that had distinct shapes, as opposed to the ones that were nearly round with a few bits sticking out - making them harder to place.
He is really into a book about a shepherd too. We have to have it every evening when I put him to bed. The boy in the book looks a bit like him... We have to go through where the crook is, the cap, the whistle and the boots every night.
He helped me with some cleaning today - a bit of hoovering. He is also very good at pushing the button to make the wire go back into the hoover.
Tonight we were coming home together on the tram and when we got off, he insisted on walking through the grassy area by the school - the back way to our flat (even though I had said no!). He likes the quieter route, just like his dad!
Josh is also quite into praying! He sometimes reminds us when we are eating that we havent said grace - or maybe he just missed it! He suddenly stops eating, put his hands together and closes his eyes. I have started praying with him before he goes to sleep at night, and he always wants to do it - in fact he has never said no to prayer! He is becoming good at saying Amen at the end. In fact, at the wedding on Sunday in the Lutheran church, the pastor said Amen in one of his prayers and suddenly there was a big resounding Amen coming out of Josh's mouth! Another pastor in the making?
Today Josh has been into puzzles - we have a number of these wooden puzzles that you have to put the pieces back in the right places. He has never really been into them - not really figured out what you have to do. Aivis said that yesterday he suddenly got into doing the farmyard animals one - and today it was the food one. He had to pretend he was eating each piece before putting it in the right place. He was better with the ones that had distinct shapes, as opposed to the ones that were nearly round with a few bits sticking out - making them harder to place.
He is really into a book about a shepherd too. We have to have it every evening when I put him to bed. The boy in the book looks a bit like him... We have to go through where the crook is, the cap, the whistle and the boots every night.
He helped me with some cleaning today - a bit of hoovering. He is also very good at pushing the button to make the wire go back into the hoover.
Tonight we were coming home together on the tram and when we got off, he insisted on walking through the grassy area by the school - the back way to our flat (even though I had said no!). He likes the quieter route, just like his dad!
Josh is also quite into praying! He sometimes reminds us when we are eating that we havent said grace - or maybe he just missed it! He suddenly stops eating, put his hands together and closes his eyes. I have started praying with him before he goes to sleep at night, and he always wants to do it - in fact he has never said no to prayer! He is becoming good at saying Amen at the end. In fact, at the wedding on Sunday in the Lutheran church, the pastor said Amen in one of his prayers and suddenly there was a big resounding Amen coming out of Josh's mouth! Another pastor in the making?
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