It Starts...

As we were coming home from the pool the other day:

Andrew: You know, I used to swim in the ocean all the time when I was a little boy...

Leah: Yeah, 90 million years ago!

Jammin' with the Rockin' Band

Leah got this cute ballerina outfit from her grandma this summer and then her eagle eyes spied the ballet slippers at Payless, so this is how she has been spending most of her afternoons since that time...

The Rockin' Band is her name for Journey... the current favorite.

Leah and her mom

Here's a different kind of tag-it's for your kids instead of you... I've written Leah's answers exactly as she gave them and have refrained from commenting...

1. What is something that Mom always says to you?
Eat your smashed potatoes

2.What makes Mom happy?
Making my room stay clean

3.What makes Mom sad?
Not doing the right things and following the law

4.How does Mom make you laugh?
By tickling me with my dad and my mom and my baby brothers

5. What was your Mom like as a child?
A big tomboy

6. How old is your Mom?
47

7. How tall is your mom?
67

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
Play with me

9. What does your mom like to do when you're not around?
Cook with the stove

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
getting married

11. What is your mom really good at?
Cooking on the stove - she's a great cooker

12. What is your mom not so good at?
cutting down trees

13.What does your mom do for her job?
Works on the computer

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
Smashed potatoes

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
that she plays games with me and daddy and Lincoln

16.If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
a ballerina

17. What do you and your mom do together?
play hide and seek

18. How are you and your mom the same?
by our hair

19. How are you and your mom different?
by our clothes

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
by hugging her

And we tag: Rachel, Alden, and Sophie

New Baby

"Mom we really like having a new baby"

And we will hug him and kiss him and give him lots of love...

even when he doesn't really want it.

Even Lincoln, who isn't much into snuggling with the baby

will occasionally sacrifice his favorite yellow blanket for the cause

Ask and Ye Shall Receive

Andrew has been jonesing to landscape our backyard for some time now, but the rocks/bricks we needed in order to terrace our back slope just haven't made it into the budget yet. However, he was discussing his plans with some friends at church last week and before he knew it he had offers from 3 different people who had rocks they had been trying to get rid of! It really is amazing to see the little ways that the Lord will bless us if we are trying our hardest to follow Him. We now have about 200 landscaping bricks and a truckload of limestone rock and Andrew is in heaven - Dragonfly pond here we come!

Little Bear

We've been trying to get Peter's bear crawl on video for quite some time - then last Sunday we realized we could use the refrigerator as bait! I think he has an internal refrigerator radar because he makes a beeline for it as soon as someone opens it, regardless of where in the house he is. At any rate, after a couple of months of "normal" crawling behavior, Peter decided it was either easier or faster or both for him to crawl on hands and feet - so here's the cute boy in action!