Frogs, Snails and puppy dog tails............

Well frogs anyway--it's Joe's turn again so here it goes!

We were cleaning up the back yard the other day and I found a frog. I put it up on the deck so the boys could play with it. It was so cute to watch them try to hop after it and find it. We tried to take a video but didn't have the battery power. We'll have to make sure to keep it charged. Chase was very afraid at first but later turned into the perfect little frog. He would get down and hop just like his little froggie friend. Another cute happening last week was Thursday. I was bringing in the trash cans from the road and James wanted to help. He looked up at me and said "I hep da'ey." Since there were two cans I let him bring one back to the house. When we got back to the house I put the can I had next to the house and went to grab the other from James. He quickly told me "no I do it." He tried 2 or 3 times before finally looking up at me with a look of utter humility and said "okay Da'ey hep pease." It was the cutest little face I've ever seen and the little voice that came along with it was priceless. One of my favorite attributes that both of the boys have is their willingness to help. They usually pick up after themselves and put their toys away. They'll happily put things in the trash, which sometimes isn't the best thing. They put shoes away or put dishes in the sink. They just love to help. We couldn't ask for two better boys. They bring so much joy and laughter to our home, and they really are helpful.