A Call From Home

So I was at work, yesterday, I think. This last week or two has been something of a blur. Anyway, like I said, I was at work and my cell phone rings with a call from home. I answer. As expected, it is Megan. "Eli has something he's concerned about and wants to tell you." "Wait," I hear in the background (its Eli), "I have to wash my hands." A minute later, after the scamper of feet to and fro, Eli's on the line. "Dad, I'm concerned that a bad guy who doesn't listen to Jesus is gonna point a gun at you and shoot you." "What else?" Megan says in the background. "Dad," he continues, "I'm concerned a rock will fall from the sky and hit your plan and make it crash." "Eli, wow. You know that won't happen. Do you know who will protect me?" A quick "Jesus" is shouted before he runs off. Interesting. We're praying for Eli. He's been a little irritable all week and now we realize that he's probably just concerned and doesn't really know how to express it. We're trying to help him talk about it and I know Meg is praying with him too.

They grow so fast

I know it is cheesy, but it is sort of true. Kids do grow fast, don't they? I mean, you don't really notice it for a while, and then, all of sudden, there it is. For me that happened the other day. Eli has this favorite pastime we call "Climb the Mountain." I'm the mountain. I grab his hands with my outstretched arms and he then walks up me. It is fun. Well, only maybe six months ago, he could climb all the way up me and stand straight up on my shoulders and not touch his head on the ceiling of our kitchen. Now, just the other day, he couldn't even stand up straight on my shoulders and his head was banging the ceiling! My how they grow.

Wrestlemania

One of the favorite after-dinner past-times at the Pool Party is wrestlemania. Eli and I love to wrestle on the green couch after dinner almost every day. And now Esther and Eden are starting to get in on the action too. We took some pictures of a particularly awesome wrestling match this past week, but I'm having trouble downloading them from the camera to computer, so this is the only one I've got to share. Eli's best move in that match was called the Kiss of Death, which involved him sitting on my face ... I'll leave the rest to your imagination.