Rocky Turtles & Squeaking Mice

Last week, I had to take T to the dr. for a check up in Houston.  So I loaded up all 3 boys and headed in during the morning rush hour.  Sounds fun huh?!? 
The boys did great, but as we were cruising Levi requested a song.  His exact words were "Mom I want to listen to the mouse squeaks song." 
Currently in our CD player are 3 Veggie tales CDs and a CD called Seeds Family Worship.  The worship CD is simply Scripture put to music.  Now, these same four CDs have been in our van for months (I'm really bad at changing them out), and as far as I could tell there was no song about a squeaking mouse on any of them.  So I asked what song he was talking about, and Luke quickly responded that it was after the "Rocky Turtle" song. 
It was at this moment that I began to understand how their little three year old minds were working.  Let me give you two verses of Scripture and see if you can figure it out.
Matthew 12:34  "Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." (Mouse squeaks)
Isaiah 26:4 "Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself is the rock eternal." (Rocky Turtle)
I laughed so hard and now, much to my dismay hear those words every time the songs come on.  I guess in my attempt to hide God's Word in the hearts of my kids, I can't just rely on what they are hearing even when it is Scripture itself.  As funny as it was, I was quickly reminded that "training a child in the way he should go" requires work.  Training never is and never will be as simple as popping a CD in the car and letting it transform the hearts of my kids.  Needless to say, I know a couple of verses we need to work on memorizing correctly!  :)

Zoo Day

Our zoo passes are set to expire at the end of the month, and we haven't utilized them like we should.  So we took a family day last week to go check out the zoo before the spring break rush.

Checking out the sleeping tigers with Dad! 

My budding musicians showing off their drumming skills.  They look so serious about their performance.  :)

This was Titus' first trip to the zoo.  He rode along in style and loved the animals.  I think the fish were his favorite, but he didn't really say for sure.

Before we headed home we all rode on the carousel together.  The boys loved picking out their animals to ride.  We had a great time, and the big boys really enjoyed the animals and even wanted to draw zoo pictures in their "journals" when we got home.  It was such a fun morning for all 5 of us! 

Picnic weather

Days like today almost make the Houston summers worth it (someone please remind I said that in August)!  It was a  perfect today, high in the mid 70s and not a cloud in the sky. 

As spring begins to arrive I try to have as many picnics as possible.  My reasoning is simply this...it cuts down on the number of times I have to clean the kitchen oh and the kids think it is so much fun!  :)  Here's our first picnic in months & T's first picnic ever. 

And what better way to end a picnic than on the swings?  The twins are so excited they have learned to swing themselves on the double swing.  They are just so big!  Little man still loves to hang in his swing too, although the way things are going he'll want to swing with his big brothers in no time.

Here's to many more "spring" days in Houston!