Li'l sister

Little sisters of big brothers get taken on big adventures when mom isn't looking.  And mom of course does not go to rescue, but runs for the camera :}

Father's Day 2013

Happy Father's Day 2013 to my kids' Daddy and to our Dad's here and departed for all you have done for us and for the love you have sacrificially given for many, many years.

Absolutely impossible to get a family picture of these wigglers!

Best Father's Day present for Reuel:

Asher, when asked what he would like to be when he grows up, always says, "A dragon."  On Father's Day this year, he paused pensively at one point and said, "No, I want to be a Daddy."  I said, "What Asher?  What are you talking about?"  He said, "I wanted to be a dragon, but now I want to be a Daddy."

Last soccer game

17 month milestones

Let's see, Eden is a busy girl these days.  She is finally a full-time walker, and getting a bit steadier on her feet, but still careening out of control a lot of the time.  She is saying a whole lot, but her favorite word is still 'AT!' which can mean just about anything.  She's a cuddler, hugger and kisser...when she wants to be...and can throw one heck of a dramatic tantrum.  Good thing mama's a seasoned ignorer the 3rd time around.  If only I'd been able to do that the first time around :}  I do have to protect her from crashing her head into walls, corners and hard floors as she throws herself down on the floor repeatedly when she's *really* steamed. She is now devoted to climbing, crackers and anything involving her brothers.  Speaking of having two older brothers, another 17 month milestone is noticing during sibling bath time what it is that makes a boy a boy, assuming she must be one too, but failing to find the evidence of it.  Did I say that delicately enough for a blog?  It is quite adorably hilarious.  At first she would land on her belly button, realize it wasn't what she was looking for, and keep on hunting.  Now she's resigned herself to figuring she must have just been looking for her bellybutton.  Luckily the boys have not noticed this whole process, at which point it would have become obnoxious I guarantee, so I imagine her interests will move on in short order and she will someday, at a more timely age, learn what a bellybutton is, and what it isn't :)

Tiling Day

Reuel got the tile down in the new entry room.  He's getting downright good at this!  Only a half-bath left to tile and we hope that will be the last round of it!

Mortar mixers are well worth the rental fee.  We've never gotten one before...oops.

 Owen's end of day concert?  No idea, just snapped a picture.

First piggies

So cute!!  This is going to take some skill-building on the parents' part...

Food faces

Since very early on, Eden had a liking for chili.  Sometimes I would buy Trader Joe's turkey chili in a can and mix it with rice and it was my go-to convenience dinner for Eden around 8 months (?).  She has not lost her taste for chili powder, tomato and beans.  She devoured two bowls of leftover chili from supper last night when she missed out on a get together with Moo, Bunky, Nancy and Ben.  (What a rousing couple of games of Uno we had!)

Owen got to spend some birthday money at the store today and I gave Asher found this for $2.50 and wants to be Batman for Halloween, so mom couldn't resist.  He wore it the entire rest of the day, pretty much.  Batman could use some work on keeping the yogurt in his mouth.

Some moments...

...of life are unforgettable, like when your 3.75 year old comes up to you and asks you to draw a star on his forehead.  Then, he comes back with a roll of duct tape and asks you to rip off two big pieces.  You want to see where this is going, so you do.  He wraps the duct tape around his wrists and declares, "I'm Superwoman!"  (He meant Wonderwoman)

HAHA!!  This is the stuff of future blackmail, right?

Stripes done!!

Well.  That was much more labor intensive than I had predicted!!