A Moment for the Boys

This time of year Aliza and Anna have lots of events that end up getting written about here. Here is what the boys are up to!

 Josiah: The most recent picture I have of Josiah is him playing with his cousin Ronan. Josiah plays with Ronan tirelessly and understands a lot of what Ronan says. Josiah's attentiveness to Ronan impresses his sisters. Josiah is kind, respectful and smart. He's the best friend to Isaiah and Aliza and Anna declare they would date him if he wasn't their brother. If I crack his bedroom door in the morning to make sure he is awake, I find him sitting in bed, reading his Bible. He uses words sparingly, chooses to go with the flow rather than expressing a strong opinion and can make us all laugh. Josiah does sound at church almost every Sunday. He plays soccer or pickleball with friends almost every week. I'm excited to see what the future holds for Josiah!

 Isaiah can convince Josiah to do most anything. Isaiah makes sure they go outside every afternoon and regularly distracts Josiah from school. Isaiah started taking piano lessons. He takes his lessons very seriously!

In January, Isaiah started a homeschool gym class with a friend and has decided to continue this spring even though his friend isn't able to attend this session. He enjoyed trying different sports and playing games. It's fun to have some driving time just me and Isaiah. He is usually chatty and chooses the rap music playlist to listen to. (Anna makes all the playlists on my phone.) Isaiah skips all the NF songs and mostly lands on KB songs.

Isaiah and I still have a bedtime routine. He loves listening to these--
https://teddekker.com/collections/youth -- books by Ted Dekker. I've even been buying these books because they have so captured his attention. It is fun to watch Isaiah grow up and develop his own interests.