Arvold Kiddos Updates

Sorry.......since the creation of Facebook I have not been a faithful blogger. But Facebook it giving me issues with posting pictures and videos so I'm Baaaack!

Since it has been awhile....thought I would update everyone on each kiddo. Youngest First!


















Jaron is 6 months old now! Eating some veggies and starting to move. He also sits up and bounces his butt to scoot places. He is still the Happiest baby alive...always smiling, well except the 3 days he had CHICKEN POX! Don't know where that came from but, the other kids were vaccinated and did not get it! He is a cuddler,... soo much that he still gets up a every few hours at night to say hi to Mommy...the booger! He is a little video of him banging away!
























Halle is 2 and definitely acts her age! She sleeps in a big bed now and is very girlie....loves shoes, "necolaces", spin arounds(dresses), and her babies. She talks very well and screams at her brothers a lot too! She is Daddy's little princess and I think she knows it!






















Davis is almost 4 and is totally into Legos. We have the smallest set of Legos thanks to Great Granny from xmass last year and he spends hours putting together and taking apart the few Leogs into different characters or vehicles. He does miss his brother during the day but gets the toys to himself(well mostly until Halle wants to play too then there is a lot of screaming). He still has the cutest smile and killer eyes!



















Aidan is 5 and half and in Kindergarten at Daddy's school. He has only made it to his office 2 times! (well and the principle twice too) But he is reading at the 1st grade level and is a wiz in math! He also does a great rap(think Fresh Prince).




He still loves to role play any and every superhero. And his baby brother still looks just like him!


















Next weekend is Trick or Treating! And having 4 kids to dress up we did Ninja Turtles! Here is a preview!

Updates

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Summer Pictures

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Egg Rolls

Overheard tonight at the dinner table, whilst eating Chinese take-out...

Daddy: You know why they're called egg rolls right? The cooks roll eggs down a hill and then when they get to the bottom they look like that.

(Pause as Grandma and Mommy give Aidan the "he's crazy" look)

Aidan: No, that's not how they do it. You have to cook them after they roll down the hill!

Pro Pitcher

Aidan has picked up the man scratch now at home and in public. This weekend, I (C) was playing baseball with the boys in the backyard. Between pitches Aidan would scratch himself and I (for the 100th time) told him to stop it. He replied, "Daddy, I'm a pitcher. When I do that, it means I am ready to pitch."

Bible + Bed Time

Tonight at bedtime we finished one of our three favorite kids' Bibles, The Step-by-Step Bible. Like any good evangelical kids' Bible it includes a summary page and closes with an invitation to ask Jesus to take away your sins.

The third to last paragraph talks about how Jesus was the promised Messiah for Israel to take away their sins. Davis asks, "Why does God take away our sins?" I explain to Davis that unless God takes away our sins we can't be with God in heaven or live with Him on earth. "Oh," Davis replies.

The next paragraph talked about Jesus' life, death and resurrection and how he has sent his Holy Spirit to guide us. Davis asks, "Why does he guide us?" I explain that we need his help and guidance to live with God and please him and that the Holy Spirit does this by living inside of us.

Davis: "Does he live in our stomachs?"

Daddy: "No, he lives in our hearts, but not..."

Aidan (interrupting): "Yeah, he lives right here." (Pointing to the upper left side of his chest)

Davis (With his shirt now pulled up and pointing to the base of his neck below his adam's apple): "Does he live here?"

Daddy: "No, he doesn't live in our bodies, he lives in your spiritual heart, your, ah, soul."

Davis: "Where is our soul?"

Daddy: "It's inside you. You can't see it."

Aidan: "I can see it."

Daddy: "No one can see their soul."

Aidan: "I can. If I cut myself open right here." (Again pointing to his chest)

Daddy: "No, you can't cut yourself open and see your soul."

Davis (Still with his shirt pulled up): "What if I cut here?" (Pointing somewhere between his neck and stomach)

Daddy: "Nope. You can't cut anywhere and see your soul. It's spiritual and so is the Holy Spirit."

Aidan: "What if I cut my adam's apple open?"

Daddy (Now sensing that this conversation is starting to drift from its original location): "Let's get back to the Bible."

A Couple More...

Last night at bedtime...

Dad: "Hey guys, remember that prayer time is not play time is it?"

Boys: "No."

Pause.

Davis punches Dad in the mouth whilst grinning from ear to ear.

Later...

Aidan: "I don't believe in God."

Dad: "Why not?"
Aidan: "I can't see him."

Dad: "He's real, even though we can't see him. He is Spirit."

Aidan: "Oh, you mean he's the clouds?"

Dad: "No, he's bigger than the clouds, he made the clouds and everything else in the sky."

Aidan: "Where is God?"

Dad: "Well... he's everywhere because he is Spirit."

Aidan (pointing up): "Is he up there?"

Dad: "He's higher than the sky."

Aidan: "Is he in outer space?"
Dad: "Well... he's higher than outer space. Heaven is not on earth, in the sky or outerspace."

Aidan: "Oh, then I don't want to go to heaven."

Dad: "Why?"

Aidan: "To get to heaven I would have to go through outer space and I don't want to go through outer space."

Dad: "Why?"

Aidan: "Aliens."