God is Good

Tonight Ivan and his brothers were enjoying their dinner of smoothies and crackers and it was decided that we should call Grandma and Granddaddy since she had called earlier and we weren't able to talk. Ivan asked to talk to them first and his phone skills have improved so much I was happy to let him have his shot at communication. He was into the conversation whole-heartedly and still able to suck down smoothie with a straw while he listened.

After a while his excitement was too much to keep to himself and he pulled the phone away from his ear and yelled to the rest of us at the table that Grandma had said she's coming for a visit! He went back to talking and then pulled the phone away again in excitement to tell us something else that Granddaddy said. I was humored by this reaction. I knew that Grandma and Granddaddy could still hear him well enough to enjoy his enthusiasm as he pulled the phone away.

At one point his excited outburst was met with laughter from me and Owen because after several one sided comments about gifts that were to be brought to him and his brothers he shouted excitedly, "He's going to bring me some dirt!"

Before we could react beyond a chuckle he quickly brought the phone back to his ear and mouth and made a request that any quick thinking boy would make. "Can you bring me a shovel too?"