Ok?!?

If you are around our house for very long you are sure to hear James ask you if you are ok - lately whenever anyone coughs, sneezes or even hiccups he'll ask "ok?" repeatedly until you tell him you are ok. We've all been a bit congested lately and had runny noses and coughs so I honestly hear this hundreds of times a day - but every time it still makes me smile.
He has also added to his list of helpful duties helping empty the dishwasher. He loves to hand all the dishes to us as we put them up and then he'll pull his stool over to the silverware drawer and help sort and put up all the forks and spoons. He is very polite and will say thank you everytime you take a dish from him - I'm trying to teach him you're welcome but so far we just like to say thank you - giving, receiving - it all comes with a thank you or "tank you". :)

James found daddy's shorts this morning and decided he wanted to wear them -

CHEESE!!

As I've posted before my boys are really starting to play more together. Nothing makes my heart smile more than the sound of the two of them laughing together. James loves to throw balls in the air and then have he and John-Mark "race" to see who gets it first - of course he always wins since he's running and John-Mark is crawling. It's funny to watch John-Mark because sometimes James will throw the ball, it will land and they will both just look at it, then John-Mark will look at James to see if he's going to start running but James always waits for John-Mark to make the first move - I guess to give him a little bit of hope he might be able to get it first - then they both take off and just crack up the whole way!A laundry basket always makes for great play time! (Side note - my poor James has his rash on his face back! It doesn't bother him in the least but it looks terrible! We have taken him off of dairy to see if that helps. So far it's improved some but not 100%. I'm praying we can get it figured out on our own before we have to take him to an allergist)