Snuggles!

We like some Sunday afternoon snuggles on the couch!

I love Lily's sweetness to Mike  :)

messy after-nap hair

 Peter's affection to Mike below

(yes, everyone in our house esp wants to snuggle Mike!)

haircut

Mike and Lily got haircuts last weekend.  It was Lily's first.

(only a mother's heart could think back of the head pics are precious, right?!)

before

after

 

Its Peter's turn this weekend!

Travels

The girl on our way to get Peter from preschool... she's a little sleepy by then so the thumb is in.  She's my sweetie!

 Peter had a suprise at preschool pickup last Friday... Gram was there!!

 and he got to ride with her in "Pop's car" to lunch at the mall :)

Then we headed to the Catskill Mountains of upstate NY for my cousin's wedding. It was an 11 hr drive each way.  God was so good in giving us a green patch of grass at our big stops.  The weather was beautiful so we enjoyed eating outside.

There was lots of roughhousing and playing to get some energy out... my heart was happy at the site of my sweets at play!

 Peter gets a takedown!

 Lily gets a takedown!

 ...and she's back up in all of her fancy, cute, girly-outfit glory!

We arrived at 1am to our hotel.  I love staying at hotels so it was a big treat for me.  I love not being responsible for any housework.  It was fun to have breakfast at the hotel with all of my aunts and uncles.  Then we headed to Matt and Joanna's for the wedding.

Justin (my cousin, bestman), Matt (the groom!), Aunt Bettie and Uncle Ray

*such a pretty family! *

 Lily went for a stroll with Grandma

 **the beautiful bride and groom**

 Peter did NOT sit down the whole time we were there!

 Lily had a sweet friend in cousin Loulie

Lily played peekaboo with Paw

Where's Lily?!

There she is!

Silly girl!

 Mom and Uncle Henry

 This was the ONLY time Peter sat still- to watch a movie on Mike's iPhone...

 more love from sweet Loulie

And the drive home went smoothly too... some reading, sleeping...

  

Once again, the was a great green area to play on- so fun!! how cute are they?!

look closely- i LOVE this one of the three of them running up the hill!

Daddy won ;)

 Ring around the rosie

all fall down

Lily starting singing "Ashes, ashes, all fall down!"- not perfectly clear but SO cute!

It was a fun little weekend together.  I wish we had gotten a family pic of us all dressed up- oh well.

Whew, that was a long post!!

my dear ones

I have been snuggling into my sweet ones.  They are just so beautiful, inside and out.  Its the change of seasons and the new clothes to wear, they are all fresh and new (to us).  Lily has worn the most precious little fall rompers and I just can't get enough of her.  I am loving seeing her upright, walking.  :)  She's too cute & her sweet little baby chub, I can't kiss or snuggle it enough.  Peter's world is probably getting a little challenged with being in a structured environment 3 mornings a week and so I've gotten some reports of him having difficulty following instructions.  I hope he will learn to do so (but I also consider that he's just a boy, energetic and not always wanting to do what others want him to... some of that is OK.)  At times, I am tempted to have adult expectations of him.  He's shown me that he can do a little so I jump to expecting a lot of him.  Then he gives me a cackle about something like peek-a-boo (that we've played 600 times but its still as funny as the first) and I realize, oh, he is just a child... why have I grown him up in my mind?  I realize that these days are passing too soon- it just takes me seeing Peter's elongating body and I wonder how its happening so fast.  Oh, and I can't even speak the words fifteen months out loud so I can pretend its not true.  Moments test my patience often.  This week I found myself praying Lord help me to love these children (sometimes I've just got nothing!) with the love and dignity you've made them worthy of and created them for.  They are so precious and I am so weak and frail.  Oh, I hope they see Your love cause I've got nothin'.  I love them so much but so inadequately.  Lord, please love on them strongly!  I am so glad they are in my care for these years.  I can't get enough of them.  
I've had to take lots of mental pics b/c I am waiting for my new camera battery charger to arrive.  Hurry!  :)