So sweet. So difficult. That pretty much sums up Joel. He is four now, and I am amazed at how many ways he appears to be so much more grown up, but then continually shocked at how he can act so much like a baby still. 4 is an interesting age.
He's been especially challening lately. Lots of tantrums and crying. It's hard for me to watch him struggle to control his emotions and react to things appropriately. He and Zac had a long talk in bed the other night after an especially difficult day. I wasn't sure exactly what they talked and prayed about, but at dinner the next night (Zac was at work) Joel added to his usual prayer, a request for "Jesus to please clean my dirty heart". How funny, and true. Please, Jesus, do that.
Still, we just love him so much. And part of the fun of the boys growing up is that they are playing together even better. I found them, without clothes, riding their "horses" the other day while I was trying to clean. Too cute.
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