memories

found this picture the other day and laughed just as much as i laugh every time i see this pic. sunriver family vacation 1997. sweet sweet memories of those trips to oregon as a teenager. especially love the expression on my darling little brothers face!

growing up

so, i am one of those people who is notorious for running late. always scurrying around at the last minute, trying to get out the door. this was the case on monday as i was getting addy and i ready to go to w's class. i asked him to go into the other room and find something quiet to do. after about 30 minutes of showering, feeding, blow-drying, i realized there had not been a peep from the other room. panic began to set in as i briefly imagined all the things that could have been going on in the other room with my normally very loud and active boy, but when i ventured into the living room, this is what i found:

he had gone into the kitchen, gotten himself a snack, and was quietly sitting on the couch reading a book. amazing. my little guy is getting so grown up!

necessity is the mother of invention

i've been wanting to do a turkey project with w this month, but have been perplexed about where to buy feathers. i was on my way to w's class the other day and i passed one of these shops that i have passed hundreds of times.

you can't see it well in the picture but inside i spotted big feather duster. i had an epiphany... feathers. turkey. that's it.

so we bought it, went home, and got busy.

not bad, ey? it's not michael's, but it'll do. the only downfall is that w has been using what's left of the duster for a hockey stick and my living room is covered in chicken feathers.

my latest goal

-learn how to cook with tofu.

any suggestions?

bath-time

i was feeding addy the other night and i overheard this conversation between weston and kev:

(weston's in the bath... fyi- he loves his bath)

kev: "west- 5 more minutes and you need to get out."

w: "it's ten minutes on my watch!"

thanksgiving alphabet

this month we are doing a "thankful alphabet." everyday we do a letter and every letter w tells me something he is thankful for. i helped him with A. kev bought a huge bag of apples (30 cents a pound btw) and we made applesauce together so A was for applesauce:

for B i let w try to figure out how to sound something out, so i said "B buh buh B." W said, "B is for bubby, like amelia's bubby! i am thankful for wyatt." so there you have it... B is for wyatt:).

"oh give thanks to the Lord for He is good." Psalm 118:1

addy- our preschool fan club

something to ponder

"it is  mysterious dance of love in the christian community as we lay down our rights and our demands and seek to outdo one another not in what we can get but in what we can give." -john piper