Imaginations

I love having Clara home for the summer.  I've watched her and Joe play together and feed off of each other's imaginations.

We've had boat rides in the ocean:

A fort big enough for 5 kids to play in:

And a dolphin come to play with us for an evening:

And a funny moment that I want to record, although it wasn't funny at the time: I was desperately trying to get Joe in his PJ's.  He was running away from me and laughing, saying things like "Try to catch me!"  Unfortunately in my exhausted state, I yelled at him.  He came right over and said, "Mom, I want you to be happy."  To which I replied, "I'll be happy as soon as your PJ's are on!"  He looked at me with his huge grin and sparkly eyes and said, "I was just being funny!"

Joe has also found his very own nick name for Jack: Jacka Whacka.  It makes me laugh every time I hear him lovingly say, "It's ok Jacka Wacka, Joe's here."

And this little guy hasn't been able to express his imagination yet, but he's found his hands and LOVES to suck on his fist.

We had his pulmonary specialist appointment this week.  The conclusion is that he's just one of small percentage of babies whose lungs just take several months to fully develop.  So we got a prescription for a steroid that we use twice a day to help speed up his lung development.