Calendar time!

Braden is a funny kid with some funny habits.

One of those funny habits is that he marks off a day on his calendar every night before going to bed. He doesn't mark off the day that just happened though, he marks off the following day. He also marks special days with what appears to me to be an erupting volcano. This month, the celebratory volcano marks Easter, Garrett's birthday, and Braden's birthday. Notice the collection of stickers that also mark Braden's birthday. Notice, too, that he did not share the stickers with Brother's birthday. On April Fools Day, he has drawn two faces that are smiling and the words "OH HO." I think that is laughter. My favorite thing: On Good Friday he drew a face with X's for the eyes. That would be the face of dead Jesus.

(that reminds me a funny story my friend Susan told about her four year old niece. The sweet girl was in the car with her mother discussing the reason for Easter. "Jesus died..." mom began. "WHAAAT?" shrieked the little girl. "WHEN? YESTERDAY? WHyyy didn't you telllll me?" )