Allowance Begins

We found out Jonathan's assignment this year (since he's not going to Afghanistan) will be.....to stay on Condoleezza's detail for one more year! We are thrilled he's back on the detail, as he would not have enjoyed a desk job in the Washington field office for a year. Yeah! So continue to look for him on TV with her. He just got back from Lisbon, Portugal (where he served his mission). He told me he wanted me to cook the pastries and meats that they cook over there. I told him I wanted the househelp that lots of people have over there....the debate quickly stopped.


How is eggnog made? What's on Mars? How are books made? Why? How? Why? How? Austin is constantly pondering things. He also is enjoying CTR 5 class at church as he's been doing great and getting all three stickers (sharing time, singing time and class). He loves his new teacher and shows us the correct way to pray and remembers scripture stories quite well. We also went to a new pediatric Gastroenterologist this week and are thrilled with the new doctor. In September Austin will be admitted for a 24 ph probe in his belly through his nose and will have another upper endoscopy performed. We are very thankful for the time and care this doctor has put into our little buddy. Austin has also enjoyed sending letters and phone calls with his cousin Ryan who's been visiting Chris and Jodi for the past month. It's cute to hear a 4 year old engaged in a phone conversation. We just started an allowance this week for Ausitn. He now loves to do chores. He gets $2/week with 10% going to tithing and 10% to missionary fund. He loves having "money". He puts it in a special bag that's hidden from Ashley. He also has a special lucky penny that he puts in his special agent wallet that holds his credentials as well (badge, id, etc. just like Daddy)!



Ashley is so CRAZY. She is a real dare-devil! She gets on the edge of the bed and you'd better be right there to catch her, because she's jumping! She also jumps off the bottom two stairs and wants to go higher like her brother. She handles playgrounds with no fear, which instills a lot of fear in me as I'm running around after her. I went to take the kids to see Ratatouille this past week and Ash was out of control. No matter how much food I brought, she wanted to get down and walk up the stairs in the theatre and if not, she shrieked like a teradactyl. I was in out and of that theatre over 12 times. Never again will we go to the movies until she's over 3 years old. Yikes. We've started time-outs for Ash. She likes to hit her brother (and mom). Daddy is okay in her book. But the time-outs are working well. She's so funny though-she has started sticking her tongue out and now she's dancing more than ever. She loves to mimic sounds/songs on the radio. And still loves to have her toenails painted, and gets into mommy's makeup bag. Bare Escentuals powder covered our bathroom rug last week along with a large spill of fingernail polish...the rug was dunzo.

I just signed up for the Baltimore Half-marathon on October 13th. Duane is going to run it too! It's fun training again.

Have a great week!
Angie