Ben is days away from crawling. Go man!
I am sure we are the rare set of parents who are excited to have our "baby" move through motor skills.
She is our fashion designer. She and some friends from class make paper jewelry & accessories for each other. She came home with this. It was quite cute. She is pretty pumped that her favorite holiday is coming up.
She also exhausts me lately. I am not even sure how to pinpoint the reason except that she is just more of her own person and we Dennis-blooded women have strong wills & opinions & lots of determination. And just sin too (call it what it is, speaking for myself) that we war with to not just think of ourself & want our own way.
On the snow ice day last week, we made a heart banner (once again, getting ready for Valentines Day). (We can love the idea of love, without really being able to do it well- speaking for myself again.) She had mentioned wanting to sew, so this what our first step in developing that skill. :)
It was really, really fun to create together, even something so simple. We also made one to hang over the kitchen sink and it makes me happy.
Here it is in her room, along with the flags that were already up from her 4th birthday.
I think it may be fun to add to over time.
With the extra days off recently, there has been lots of pretending, which does my heart good. For the record, their recent favorite ones are "baby love you more than anything", "animal school", & "the marry" (wedding- "We have to get ready for the marry! Jip and Cherry are going to marry!")
She got a Doc McStuffins kit for Christmas and she LOVES it.
Peter... I don't have many good pics to add of him. But he has been surprisingly, shockingly, a fairly easy child lately. He has been home more than he has been at school the last two weeks. He had a fever the first week back. Last week, there were snow days and a very short lived fever. He has been surprisingly so pleasant and even mature at times. And not be missed, after 6 years of waking up in the 5's, he can now sleep in til 7 or later. Now that he has to go to school. But no complaints. It still benefits us on the weekends. Having him home has given me the chance to read more books with him and see the strides he's making in reading. I felt a little concerned at the start of the year, but feel like things are clicking more over the last few weeks.
I think this pic is "baby love you more than anything". But I guess that's obvious.
And we didn't really hit the window to have three in the bath at the same time (that's OK, God is good all the time), but we did it one night last week just to say we had. They all thought it was a hoot.
Storytime with Daddy. Everyone (& cat) had to be there.
I love everyone's intent faces.
And I had to zoom out a little to get all of Peter's books in the pic, that are often scattered in his room (a good problem).
And if there was an update, a critique of me, like all of the kids, it would be that laundry and housework & maintaining everything exhausts me, & I am sure that shows to them. I am so glad I get to do it, but it is no less exhausting. I am hoping that this little creative outlet will somehow make it feel more charming, and less humdrum. And dare I say it except that it reminds me that we will never be satisfied this side of heaven, I love my little man to death and he is as good as a little man can be, but this caring for a baby, family life, parenting, dwelling-maintaining gig is no joke. Whew.
And the bickering after school. Kills me.
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
Romans 8:32
