They only stayed like this for a split second, but it was cute while it lasted!
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She lost tooth #4 a week or so ago! This one came out while eating lunch at Panera’s. After trying pretzels, apples, and any other crunchy food I could get her to eat in an attempt to dislodge the stubborn wiggler, all it took was a bowl of soup to finish the job! These rods and connectors may have been marketed as building blocks for forts and structures, but they’re also building blocks of the imagination for these kids! Check out their creations: A campfire:
Crutches and a snowflake:
Ski poles: A fishing rod: And a kayak (he’s rowing with the oar): One recent Sunday afternoon, the boys realized they could use our long hallway as a race track. And race they did! Over and over and over they raced down the hall, around the kitchen, and back again. Danny never got tired of chasing his big brother, and Jimmy never got tired of winning!
We were thrilled to have a dear family stay with us last weekend who blessed us with their encouragement and company. Unfortunately, I completely forgot to get a picture of them! What I DID get a picture of, though, was one of our wonderful friends being his normal wonderful self with our kids! Chris, you are welcome to sweep the floor with our children anytime!
And Sarah, you guys make a great team!
One recent morning, I came out of my bedroom to find this scene – both girls contentedly reading aloud to themselves. It was music to my ears! And although it’s a new development to have them actually reading the books correctly, I’ve been finding them immersed in stories for many years (here’s photographic proof). I love my bookworms! I’ve heard of “curly eyes and laughing hair,” but I guess Danny is using my eyelash curler to try for a curly nose! Just because this picture (taken at a local dollar store) cracks me up…here’s Becky dressing up her brother in a dinosaur mask and helping him perfect his “roar”: Danny was adamant he did NOT want to purchase the dinosaur mask with his hard-earned (or rather, Grammie-gifted) dollar. He had his eye on a toy four-wheeler, and hasn’t stopped playing with it since! Here’s a paper Susie brought home from school the other day. I don’t know what the assignment was, but I liked what she wrote! Translation: “I am thankful for toys. I am thankful for a house. I am thankful for a mom and Dad. I am thankful for a sister and two brothers. Turkeys. November. Pumpkin Pie.” Jimmy: “There’s no reason to be scared of hard work…only wolves.” ***** I was trying to steal a piece of Danny’s dessert, but he shooed me away and said, “No Mommy eat mine.” Then he gestured across the table at his brother’s plate and suggested, “Mommy eat Jimmy’s!” ****** Susie, after glimpsing a leaf as it blew by: “I think I saw a flying squirrel!!” ****** Jimmy, randomly turning to Susie in the middle of a restaurant: “Your feet smell like vanilla.” ***** Me, pointing myself out in a picture: “I was paddleboarding.” Susie: “You were kayaking?” Jimmy: “No, she was paddle-whacking!” |
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