Playing Dress-Up

It's been awhile since the kids have played dress-up & I think this is the first time we've had Andrew dressed up as a fairy. They had a lovely time.

Got Socks?

As I was looking through pictures the other day, I noticed that I forgot to post this one from back in September. Andrew loves to wear socks! He often refuses to take them off for days & when he bathes, he will take them off & then promptly put them back on. Hence, this:

Do you think he may need a new pair?

Serenading Baby

For the past few days, Andrew has been singing this song to Eliza all of the time. It makes me laugh. And it makes us smile. She is always so calm when he does it for her. She just loves it when someone sings to her.

Happy Thanksgiving

While Rick was out playing football, Lexie & Joseph wrote stories about the first Thanksgiving. I think they may need a refresher course, but we sure had fun!

The First Thanksgiving by Lexie
One stormy night all the pilgrims and I were sailing across the stormy sea. It was dark and damp inside the little room. Pilgrims were everywhere in the little room. Suddenly kaboom! The ship broke! All the pilgrims had to swim now. All the pilgrims including me swam for at least one year. At last we got to America! We met some Indians. We had a great Thanksgiving. The End!

The First Thanksgiving Gobble by Joseph
One sunny day a lot of people had a Thanksgiving. Suddenly they saw a turkey and they grabbed the turkey and killed the turkey. Gobble!

Reading...

Andrew loves to sound out words lately though blending is still a bit of a trick. He loves to ask, "What does Andrew start with, yes, A." And he will do that for lots of different words. Lexie & Joseph are trying to get him to tell him what different words end with but that is a bit more challenging for him. Yesterday Andrew came up to me & showed me his magna doodle & said, "Look Mom, this says play, laugh, grow!"

It took me a second & then I noticed he was pointing at the Fisher-Price logo...

One Month Old

Eliza is one month old today. She is another dream baby & we love her. Here are just a few things we have grown to love about her this month.

Dad: I'm happy to have someone who is willing to stay up with me to watch football.

Mom: I love that she is so happy & content & has a very calming effect on her siblings.

Lexie: I love that she is so cute & that she's my little sister & no one elses. And that she is so fun to hold.

Joseph: I love that she is so cute & she is silly sometimes & that she's so fun to hold & to play with.

Andrew: I love that she plays trains with me.

Little Assistant

Everyone is pitching in to help Andrew get potty trained. Joseph decided to read a story to Andrew so he didn't get too bored sitting on his little potty. It's great to have such good helpers! (Especially with a little boy who has so strongly resisted giving up the diaper.)

First Snow of the Season

And of course, we had hot chocolate for after school snack.

Stuffy Sleepover

Andrew decided that he was going to "sleep in the crib with the stuffies." He sure looks comfortable.

Milk Hangover

Loving the New Addition

My good friend, Kristin, took some great pictures of the kids & Lil Eliza. Here are just some of our favorites.

Thank you so much, Kristin, for all of the awesome pictures! We love them!

Super Joseph

Joseph received a Super Citizen Award at school for this trimester. We are so glad we have such a super boy who likes to help others.