Well another month has flown by and I've not really documented much of anything for April so this will be a long one.
During the Easter season, Judah learned all about Jesus dying on the cross to take our punishment. He also had fun searching for eggs in the back yard at Grammy and Grandad's with his cousins.
Steve's parents came and picked Judah up to take him to their house for a few days. That was the longest Judah has been away from us and we weren't sure how he would do but he had a GREAT time with Grandma and Poppy and didn't seem to miss us at all. He seemed like such a big, mature boy when he came back home. I guess a little independence away from us was good for him. It sure was good for Steve and I to have some alone time together...lingering over a cup of coffee at the book store, uninterrupted talks, relaxing dinners... THANK YOU GRANDMA & POPPY for taking such good care of our little guy and giving us some time alone. Below are pictures of our visit to the John Deere Tractor Museum and The Machine Shed restaurant with Steve's parents.
Steve took Judah fishing the other day at Hennepin Canal off of the Rock River here in Rock Island, IL. Below are a couple of pictures of Judah's first fishing outing. They gathered worms together after an overnight rain and spent about an hour fishing. They didn't catch anything but Judah sure got dirty and had a blast. Notice that he is holding the pole with his left hand and crossing over the pole with his right hand to turn the reel.
Judah and I also went to the local zoo one day with my sister Becki and her 4 kids. It was a short visit right before they closed for the evening but we all had a great time. I forgot to take the camera so no pictures on that outing but my sister was
prepared.
Today, Judah and his cousin Will were playing with little dinosaur figures. My mom asked them if one of them was Tyrannosaurus Rex. The following is what happened next. 
The other day at the gym, Judah and I walked by the little "announcements" chalkboard that we walk by every day. This time, though, Judah noticed a lower-case "t" written in the message. When he saw it he said to me, "Mommy, that's what Jesus died on!" I guess to his little eyes, the "t" looked like a cross. As I looked more closely at it, he was right. I thank God that I sometimes have the opportunity to see the world around me through the eyes of a little child.
Lately, during our car rides around town, Judah and I have been talking about stoplights and what each light color tells us to do. Yesterday, on our way to the grocery store, I came to a red light, stopped to look for traffic coming from the left and proceeded to turn when I saw no one was coming. Immediately after I turned, Judah yelled from the back seat, "Mom, you can't go on a red light! A red light means STOP!" I then had to tell Judah that he was right but explain that it was okay to turn right on red when there weren't any cars coming from the other direction. A pretty deep concept for a 3 year old to grasp!
