I can’t believe it’s been over a week since I’ve posted! Please forgive me! We have had friends, been camping, celebrated Thanksgiving, and gotten ready for our celebration of Christ’s birth. But just you wait, these next few weeks will be catch up time for me.
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I’m getting out of order with pictures but couldn’t resist putting these wonderful pictures up from last week. My friend, Tracy, did these unofficial professional pics! I thought she did an amazing job.
Did I mention we were invaded last week by our good friends from Transueland???
While getting pictures for Christmas cards, I also snuck in some pictures of Bryant to update our wall!
That’s one determined little boy.
chocolate covered kisses,
booboos and band-aids,
tantrums and giggles,
tickle monster and pile on daddy,
pillow diving and learning,
girls’ morning out,
grocery trips with the boys,
tears over toys,
learning to share and be content,
disobedience that shows me my weaknesses,
tiny hands to hold,
the firsts (smiles, rolls, crawls, walks…),
giant hugs,
leaving a legacy…
I’m thankful that God has blessed me with my children.
I’m thankful for…
late night talks,
tag team parenting,
being led and discipled,
thoughtful decision making (even though I want an answer now),
being told I’m beautiful when I feel least like I am,
being loved unconditionally…
I’m thankful that God has blessed me with Mark.
Since Liam is doing phonics and math with me, Josiah has to find ways to occupy his time…
like dressing up in a football helmet and snow boots (Note Liam…camera hog extraordinaire!)
But let’s just face it. It’s a tiring job…coming up with things to do. It can just plumb wear a fella out.
I wish to thank Wal-Mart for putting Halloween costumes on sale for 50% off (and later for 90%).
Or rather my children would like to thank Wal-Mart for their after Halloween sales.
Stylin’ and profilin!
*We also had a special forces operative but he couldn’t appear on camera (it’s top secret…or something).
It’s not late, so I should be a little coherent.
These were taken at the dairy farm we visited in October. They had a huge hay bale and a bunch of hay on the ground for soft landings.
It looks like he’s taking off…but he’s actually about to land! Right after this was when realized that mid air spirals never had soft landings despite what was underneath.
*Not quite sure why the pictures are so small…may have to swap to an online site to get the pictures in and out and up.
UPDATE: Apparently, at eleven o’clock at night, I can’t realize that I’m posting extremely large pictures and no titles…sorry! The pictures will just have to stay large but I did put a title in.
Posting for me two days in a row! This is a new record 🙂
Waaay back in October. Among our other adventures, we headed to a dairy farm that has just started a corn maze. It’s only twenty minutes from our home, which is amazing considering that we live in the middle of a city (a small city but still not full of cow farms!). We all had a great time. Not only did they have a maze but they had other activities too. Like…
Yep, we had fun at the dairy and can’t wait to go back next year! The goal is for them to create their own creamery to process and sell milk from the farm. They are also renovating the dairy so that it can be toured. It’ll be fun to see what all they do next year!
So, after returning from our friends’ home in Kentucky we ventured on another trip…this time back in time. A local living history park puts on an event twice a year called Colonial Days. It’s an amazing event! They had all sorts of entertainment and merchants set up like it was during the colonial time period. Storytellers and dancing and entertainers were all around. This was our first time to attend and we are set for this to be a family tradition from here on out. Everyone has requested period costumes as well.
The Indians going to help with a “skirmish.” We’re not quite sure what all involved but we know it had something to do with those “rebel” patriots and some Hessian mercenaries (I sure hope I spelled that right).
This guy was amazing. He was a lace merchant. Not a lace maker…that’s what those peasants are for. He imitated a french lace merchant who had fleed France because of the revolution over there. He would talk and work on the lace. It was amazing to see how lace was made. Although, he said it was not very time consuming, it sure looked like it. He’s known as the annoying Frenchman and he played it to a ‘t!’
I’m not sure if these are regulars there but there were turkeys and chickens all around. And they were pet turkeys and chickens. The kids were able to go right up to them and pet them. *Note Ace’s notebook…yep, we’re homeschoolers!
Ceili Rain was amazed at the tame turkey (I’m guessing he thought if he behaved he wouldn’t end up on a plate this year!).
And yes, we are still stuck in October. I’m almost through with the month though. If Bryant keeps on napping as he did this past Friday, well, I’ll be caught up by the end of the week!
To pass the time and buy me more time editing photos…here’s a few shots of my little B. Saying he’s little is a bit oxymoronic in that he’s quite tall! My rough measurements put him at 27 inches (and he was a bit squirmy as I was trying to measure him). His head is almost at the top of the infant carrier so his new car seat should be here soon. He celebrated his third month by moving from 3 to 6 month clothes into 6 to 9 month ones. “Little” doesn’t really describe this guy!
But cute and cuddly does! He’s so sweet and loves to be held. And I find it a little stressful for this protective mama to see that he gets thrilled when his brothers bounce him in the bouncy seat. Really high bounces. His greatest laughs come when we bounce him on our knee or make a sudden movement with him.
And he’s the first of the crew to actually enjoy tummy time! I think it’s because he can see what his siblings are doing around him.
No doubt about it. I love this little guy as much as I love his brothers and sisters! They are a wonderful gift to us!
