Outside

The kids enjoyed playing in the snow

and building a fort with sticks and the trees

(not sure if you can see from the picture the 

fort they built, but they had fun)

Baby enjoyed his ride in the stroller.

Baby Dolls

The girls had their baby dolls, so

little brother wanted his too.

Little J with his baby doll who

he named "Uncle John"

Princess

Everything in the Mouth

This little boy puts everything in his mouth.

We really have to keep an eye on him, because

as he crawls around the home, if he finds

anything on the ground he will put it in his mouth.

Basketball

Big J is playing basketball this winter

and dad is his coach.

Chairs

We had several chairs in our family room due

to hosting small group at our home.  The

next morning Big J found a clever way to use the chairs.

Baby J is walking everywhere now. For 11 months old

he is quite sturdy.  But it still makes mom nervous and 

I would prefer he would stay over carpet.

So, Big J found a way to keep him on the carpet.

He seemed to enjoy what brother built

and walked from chair to chair, often giggling

as the kids watched.

What Can You Create with Cardboard?

The kids were giving 

cardboard squares to  create

something with.

Purple Girl made a shark.

Big J  - something from Star Wars.

Bright Day

I walk into her bedroom 

and she is reading like this...

Made me smile!!

Make Me Smile

I left him on the potty,

walk back in and he is doing this...

(I didn't realize there was reading 

material next to the toilet. It made 

me smile!)

Playing in the snow

Grocery Shopping

Grocery shopping with five!

Science Center

 We enjoyed an outing at the science center in town.

The kids even were able to be on the noon local news.

Walker

Baby Boy taking steps.

So excited.

Sweet Smile.

His army crawl.

Helping Shovel

The boys have been out helping 

daddy shovel the snow.

11 Months Old

Our Baby Boy is 11 Months Old today!!   How fast the time goes.

Teething - so hands in the mouth.

Clapping with his big brother 

who is standing behind the camera.

Chilling and giving mom a hard time as

I am asking him to walk to me.

Off he comes, walking to his mama!

Although he is still only army crawling and 

hasn't figured out how to pull himself up on things yet,

he LOVES to have an adult stand him up and then

walk from one sofa or one person to another.

Once we get him walking, he often doesn't

want to stop.  

We love this little boy so much and 

enjoy all his smiles, kisses, hugs,

snuggles, sweet expressions and joyful noises

each and every day.

We thank the Lord for him!

Rookie Mistake

I should know better than to leave the two year old in the bathroom by himself.  

The picture doesn't show the pee all over the floor.

Show

We went to a show downtown with the cousins.

The girls and I - 

Love Ms. Busy Bee, any where with

noise she has her ears plugged.

Boys enjoyed using the phone

to take a selfie

Few More Christmas Photos

More pictures from Christmas

at Grandpa and Grandma's with cousins.

Pool and Rice

These two could not be more excited to play with rice in our pool in the house!

Hot Cocoa

The kids love coming in from

outside playing to a nice warm glass

of hot cocoa.

Walker

I wish I had a better picture to show how

this little guy moves across our carpet.

But this picture will have to do for now.

Baby J picks up his walker using both hands, one

on each side and moves VERY quickly across our carpet.

It is quite funny to watch as he chases us

across the carpet, carrying his walker

and at times almost tipping himself over.

He moves so quickly in this thing and

just LOVES being able to roam.

At times, I will see him pick up speed

and purposefully run into walks or doors.

I am going to miss when he is done using it.

And it may not be long, as just over this past week

he has started to take steps on his own.  I am in

no hurry to have him walking, so I haven't pursued 

teaching him, otherwise I think he would be off.

Smiles and Giggles

Purple Girl and Her Baby

One of the gifts this little girl 

received for Christmas was a snowsuit

for her baby doll.

She couldn't wait to dress up her 

doll and take her out in the snow.

They had fun playing together.

She also brought in some "beautiful sparkling snow"

which we now have in our freezer because 

we just had to keep it!

It is sweet to be reminded by little

eyes just how amazing and beautiful

are the simple things God made!

Fun in the Snow

Love this silly girl.

She tends to enjoy making 

silly faces for the camera.