He’s not tied to mama’s apron strings – he’s got his own (or rather, his sister’s)!
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Becky’s dragon (she had some assistance with her letter “G,” but otherwise she did it herself!):
Susie’s self-portrait:
When I asked Susie what it was, she answered matter-of-factly: “Me as a dog.” This kid is all boy. He wanted his hat, his ball, and his plane with him at all times the other day.
But then again, he does like to sport his sisters’ sunglasses from time to time. Hey, it’s not his fault I’ve yet to buy him his own pair!
Danny’s excuse? Well, his mama just wanted a laugh!
Where’d my kiddos go?
Peek-a-boo!
“Aren’t I stealthy?”
What do you get when you ask your 4-year-old to help your almost-2-year-old wash his hands?
Nothing clean, I’m afraid! You know it’s time to take your kids to an aquarium when they start squealing with excitement at seeing the lobsters in the grocery store!
Becky drew this picture after her Sunday School lesson last week. She explained that she had drawn Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. They’re each holding an apple, and they both have “messy mouths.” And God (the floating head at the top of the page) is telling them, “Don’t eat any more apples!”
Any guesses as to what the kids are doing in this picture?
They’re curtsying! All three of them. I haven’t broken the news to Jimmy that it’s tough to curtsy without a skirt! Since the girls are in preschool this year, this was the first time they exchanged Valentines with their classmates. The girls thought they had hit the jackpot. First they got to make a craft (which included taste-testing the candy), then they got to give them to their friends, and finally they got to receive oodles of cards and sweets. What could be better?! I had seen this easy craft on the internet where you cut out wings and attach them to lollipops to make butterflies. If I had been feeling more ambitious, we could have gone the extra mile and added googly eyes, but since Jimmy was very hands-on in this project, I didn’t think it was worth the hassle to add glue and small objects to the mix! Here is Becky decorating her wings:
Here’s some Susie wings:
And a Susie smile:
And here’s a pile of the finished butterflies:
A sweet treat by my sweets! Ever since my girls became infatuated with The Little Mermaid and saw that Ariel had a collection of memorabilia in her underwater grotto, Becky has been insistent on keeping her own “collection.” This collection consists of everything Becky values most: namely, her princess dolls, shiny plastic jewels, and an assortment of random toys and books she adores. She puts them in specially-selected buckets and bags right next to her bed. The thing is, once something enters her collection, she doesn’t want to disturb the arrangement, so she seldom plays with it. But she takes great pride in knowing her prized belongings are just where she wants them. As she explained to me recently: “I want everything the way I want it to be.” Makes perfect sense to me!
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