on her way

lyla was just sitting here talking herself, when she ask, "do you know what pee pee sounds like?" meaning do you know what letter it starts with. "it's p p p (making the p sound)." then she said, "it starts with P!" thank you super y and eli's homeschooling!

nothing new

not a whole lot going on around here. just life. time spent with friends, church, homeschooling, bible study, awana, refinishing furniture (i know, we don't have a house, but I couldn't pass it up!), sunshine, a taste of early spring, snow and watching the friendship between our kids grow daily. all in all, good things.

some highlights as of late:
~ lyla is sooo sick. yesterday she was throwing up. while adam and i were tending her, eli had gone and gotten a cup, ice and water and brought it to her. she received the cup just as she was finishing her encounter with the mixing bowl. after taking a drink, in a totally normal and upbeat voice, said "thanks eli." it was the sweetest thing. and she's certainly gotten her fair share of "awww....ba-by" from him when she has a coughing fit.

~the weather has been fun these last few days. flurries of snow in the midst of sunshine. rain. super cold wind and cloudy sky. then sunny sky. then cloudy sky...

~eli is doing a bang up job with his kindergarten curriculum. he is also really loving drawing (mostly things with spikes, fire and guns). he drew this picture of adam, lyla and me. notice the hearts...

so, that's what we've been up to this week:)

oh happy day

winter is loosing its grip...today was b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l. after church we went to military reserve to enjoy the day. the kids were loving it...especially lyla, who walked/ran almost the whole hike. she could be heard yelling, "wahooooo!" "yeahhhhh!" and "go, lyla, go!" at any given time. she LOVED being outside...i wonder if she remembers being outside. happy, happy sixty degree day!

showing off his moves, hi-ya

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she wore her hiking outfit...particularly her knee protectors. they were well used. she fell at least four or five times, but never cried. thank you baby legs!

eli playing photographer

skipping the river

happy kids

cuttin' off the curls

every time i cut eli's hair lyla asks me to cut her hair too. her baby hair was getting uneven, so i finally gave in...it's official, she's a big girl.

bowlin'

adam took the kids bowling today. lyla won! (using the ball roller and bumpers:) eli and adam tied. eli got a strike without even using the bumpers, go him!