My silly kids
My new favorite thing to do is to come and check the computer and see what silly pictures the kids have taken. And today… Abby figured out that she can also record video of herself. They are so goofy!
Are you sick of these pictures yet??
The kids have so much fun over at the farm with Bruce. Sarah especially loves watching the cows and climbing fences!
Cousins…
Krista and Ava spent the night this past weekend and we had a blast. The weekend sleepover was postponed first because all the kids were sick and then almost derailed because of a possible broken nose. (All is well, no worries!) After WEEKS of Abby and Krista e-mailing, calling and writing letters about their sleepover plans, I’m so happy that it actually came to pass! It was so fun having them all under one roof.
Here are some pictures of our visit to the farm:
I think they had a fun time! 
Every morning…
This child eats oatmeal every single morning without fail. Sometimes two or three bowls. Much of it ends up on her sweet little face. I love this little girl.
And while I’m posting adorable pictures of Miss Say-ruh – here’s a cow one for good measure!
Random things…
I am CONSTANTLY picking up scraps of paper that the kids have drawn or written on. Sarah’s scraps always involve a cat in one form or another, Nathan never draws anything without signing his name, but Abby’s are a bit more unpredictable.
Here are two that I found today:
She’s a funny girl! She has been carrying around a notebook and keeping notes of everything we do. (Can’t imagine where she would get a habit like that! )
When it’s too hot to play outside…
…just let the kids have free reign over Photo Booth! (It helps to have a few friends over, too!)
Mama Mondays: Family Portrait
It’s been ages since I put up a mama monday post, hasn’t it? Probably because I have felt like a sack of, um, potatoes recently and today was the first day that I was brave enough to take a picture of myself and post it on-line!
So….This year with the economy being as it is, we decided to forgo the photographer and just sit on the couch and play with Photo Booth.
Whaddayathink?
Some pics from the farming adventures
COWS…
COWS…
SNAKE!!!
“Wunnie E-ow!!”
Oh my precious little Sarah Anne is TALKING UP A STORM lately!
She loves drawing with markers and whenever they are allowed to be used (under close supervision – she likes to draw on things other than paper – such as her legs, the carpet or the walls!) she immediately asks for “WUNNIE E-OW!” which means “Draw me a cat!” Everyone in the family has become proficient at drawing cats because if a cat is not on the paper within a matter of seconds, LOOK OUT! You will hear “Wunnie E-Ow!” until she wears you down!
This morning while I was eating toast she said, “Mama – I want toast!” When I started to cut mine in half to share with her she said, “No, Mama! I want my *OWN* toast!” She wasn’t mad or demanding. She was just so serious and she wanted me to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that she was not up for sharing a piece of toast!
If we call for her in the house (she likes to wander off and play up in the loft or with her dollhouse) she will answer back and say “I tummin’ Mama!”
She’s very sure of what she wants and now that she is forming complete sentences, she’s even more articulate about her needs. (Yes, I said NEEDS.) Often, she will tell us what she wants but lately she has starting telling us that she NEEDS things.
“Daddy – I need mo oatmeal!” “I NEED MO MOTE!” (milk) “I NEED MY JUICIE!” At bedtime after we leave the room she always hollers after us and says “I NEED MO WAHDOO!” (Water)
She’s also good about telling you when she does NOT want something.
Yesterday I put a bowl of soup down in front of her at dinnertime and she said, “I not eat dat soup, Mama.”
When she wants to be held she will say “Hold me me!”
When she is cold she will say “Hoo Hoo!”
When she was feeling under the weather and was running a fever she crawled up in my lap and said, “Hoh me me, Mama – I so Hoo Hoo!”
She also likes to say her ABC’s! (She will say “NO” or “Uh uh!” when she gets to a letter she does not want to say. She’s a hoot!)
I could listen to her ALL DAY LONG!!!!!!!!!!!
(In the event that you could also listen to her talk all day – Here’s a 5 minute clip of her talking about markers. )
“Don’t look, Mama!”
We’ve had a rough week around here. Nathan and Abby have both been ill with Hand Foot and Mouth Disease. (Sounds horrible, doesn’t it?)
Nathan had it BAD (that poor boy always gets EVERYTHING bad! He doesn’t just run a little fever when he gets sick, his fevers are always in the 104′s and he’s DOWN for at least a few days.) They both have had blisters in their mouths and that has made eating an adventure. They’ve had popsicles, blueberries and ice cream with a little Gatorade and chocolate milk thrown in for hydration. That’s about all of the food they have eaten in a week.
Today was a better day. Nathan was in very good spirits and is getting back to his “old self.” this afternoon when I walked into the schoolroom, he was sitting at the table with his favorite blue marker working hard on a piece of art. When he saw me walk in he said, “Don’t look, Mama! I’m making this for YOU!”
