The mind of a child

Annabel is constantly amazing me with her creativity. not only does she love to paint and draw, but she always wants to cut paste and create. One day she took a flower that she picked from the yard, glued it to a piece of paper and painted over it. surprisingly, it turned out pretty neat. another thing she likes to do is take flower pots and fill them with dirt and then arrange rocks, sticks, flowers and leaves to make a work of art. The other day I caught her cutting a straw into several small pieces, then she put the pieces on the cat's back and said that the cat was a dinosaur. How great is that!! The more my kids grow, the more vivid their imagination becomes. Annabel can have conversations with her barbies for hours while Wesley lines his plastic dinosaurs up for battle. I love to ease drop on my kids and watch them before they notice I'm looking.

Just a mess

As a parent, there are times when your child does something that makes you so mad, but instead of getting angry you end up laughing at them instead. I had one of those times today. Annabel and Wesley were eating ice cream sandwiches and, as usual, wesley decided to get more on the floor and table than in his mouth. I walked away only for a few minutes to come back to his ice cream splattered across the floor and him spitting his juice all over the table. not to mention he had ice cream sandwich all over his face, hands, and body. my first thought was to scold him for making a mess, but when I went to pick him up he stuck his tongue out and started laughing hysterically. okay, if anyone out there could resist laughing back at a chocolate covered two-year-old with a huge smile, then you have way more self control than I do. so, we all had a good laugh and then he went straight to the tub. I should have gotten a picture to post but I wanted to get him to the bath tub before he went running around the house covered in ice cream sandwich, which I know was next on his mind. so, we are still working on controlling wesley's food throwing and spitting, but sometimes I have to say to myself, "he's a boy and it's just a mess".

August Updates

I am so proud of Lillian! She is falling asleep for naps on her own. She will almost never fall alseep when I walk with her or rock her, so I just lay her down and she goes to sleep sucking her thumb. It's awesome and so very cute. I still lay down with her at bed time, but overall she is sleeping so good, much earlier than Annabel and Wesley. At first, I thought she was going to be the "hardest" of the three, but she is turning out to be the easiest. Annabel and Wesley start pre-school in September. I waited until the last minute to get them enrolled, but luckily I got the last 2 year old spot. I am soooo glad they get to go to pre-school and I got them in somewhere we can afford!! I am anticipating getting everyone into a good routine once school starts. This summer has flown by for us. Nicholas starts the first grade in the next couple of weeks, it doesn't seem like summer vacation lasts as long as it used to.



Summer days


Kids love to climb this tree. I think
we have only lost one limb!