I walked down the hall and found James throwing a colored shoe lace at Gracie. He explained that he was being a cowboy. I guess the stuffed animals didn’t move enough for him to gain adequate roping skills.

Last night as we were reading books before bed James was “reading” his Curious George book quietly. He kept moving his head from side to side as if he were really reading the words on each page, quite adorable.

The primary chorister mentioned to me that James is a very good singer in nursery. This was welcome news especially taking into consideration that his big brother has never been enthusiastic about singing in church. Yesterday was the second time Jonathan actually “sang” with the primary kids in sacrament meeting, and that included Mike kneeling next to him as he was “too scared”. James was quite flattered by the compliment and now feels that he is an expert singer of Itsy, Bitsy Spider, Once there was a Snowman and I Love to See the Temple. He also has pointed out several times that he shared cars in nursery and is a good “peace maker”. The boys’ current favorite church songs are Scripture Power and Nephi’s Courage.

James likes to randomly tell us how “Daddy is a boy. James is a boy and Joshfin is a boy. Mommy and Gracie are girls.” He likes to run around the house and get Gracie any doll or soft item he can find. It isn’t uncommon for me to find her in her bed covered in five blankets. What a helper.