buzz

"i'm buzz lightyear."

it's what sweet boy says when he wakes up in the morning. sometimes the very first thing he says. same thing with naps.

it's occasionally what he says when i tell him that he isn't supposed to be doing something.

as in, "hey joseph, it's too early to play the piano."
"i'm buzz lightyear."
"hey buzz, it's too early to play the piano."

also, the rest of buzz's family has been assigned our respective characters. jeremy is mr. potato head. jude is rex the dinosaur. i'm woody. (i'm kind of glad i'm not jessie)

sometimes, joseph will tell a story, and i'll have to decipher what part of toy story he's telling me about in first person as buzz. he will seriously stay in character the entire day.

sometimes, i'll say "that wasn't flying; that was falling. with style."

and he'll say "that actually was flying."

i love buzz lightyear. :)

these days

such a good needed wonderful i can breathe day. i feel like i'm literally (lit'rally) breathing more deeply after this day. it wasn't anything revolutionary, just staying home. because we've been going. a lot. and we've been tired. our weeks have been full -- full of good things really -- but we've been tired.

yesterday, we spent the whole post-nap until dinner time playing basketball in the front yard and with the sand and water table in the backyard. today, we played in the pool and sat on a blanket with our friends next door and another dear friend who lives (for now) just down the street, friends i cannot believe God put this close to us -- just like that -- here you go, heart-friends. oh, and boys the same age as yours. next door! down the street!

i'm thankful. because days at home don't necessarily or even usually feel this refreshing, but the Lord decided to bless us with it. ditto with the friends.

from the past couple of weeks:

muffin date with this handsome

our new (craiglist find!) backyard favorite

sigh.

oh, jude.

the (joseph dramatic voice) rhinocerooooos!

the babes. big babes, really.

p.s. if you don't watch parks and rec, please do. we just finished our netflix cue until another season is released. jeremy's response to this (horrible & shocking) news: "well, did they have another suggestion? for sustaining a marriage?" :)