I have always loved pictures of my sleeping babies. They are just so darn cute (and QUIET) when they're asleep!
At what age is it no longer kosher to take pictures of one's children sleeping? :) I've still got time, right?
Alex hates his bed. We are unsure of the reason and I don't think he even knows. Regardless of the reason(s), he ends up sleeping in one of the following places every night: on the floor by my bed, on the couch in the family room, on the recliner, or on any other piece of carpet not in his bedroom.
Last week Olivia created a representation of an animal cell out of various foods. The graham cracker crust is the cell membrane, the grape Jello is the cytoplasm, she used Gobstoppers to create a nucleus, mints for vacuoles, broken pieces of spaghetti for chromosomes, sunflower seeds are mitochondria.
She had a fun time creating this cell and learning to make Jello!
I have been wanting to re-paint the family room for some time now. And by "I", I mean that I wanted someone else to paint the family room for me! Well, as luck would have it, my dad was willing to fix the ceiling cracks and repaint the family room last month! Yay!!! I love the color we ended up with; it just feels so much more friendly and happy than the color we used to have. I still haven't bought the fabric for new curtains, but wanted to post the pictures of the painting project before too long had passed. Thanks, Dad!
This is my dad's super awesome power sander for sheetrocking. He and his dad developed it years ago and with a duct tape repair on the hose now and then it still works! If I understand correctly, it sands the drywall or repaired part of the wall, then collects the majority of the dust in that handy canvas bag. He says that as far as he knows it's the only one like it in the world. My dad learned the art of sheet rocking and wall repair from his father, whom he worked with and for every day after school when he was a teenager.
Look at these handsome boys before church! This is the first time Avery has worn a tie and he LOVED it. I couldn't get Alex to give me a normal smile, but at least the picture captures who he really is!
And here are my beautiful girls before church on the same day.
Avery took a nap with me the other day and he just looked so cute with his blankie and Mario, so I risked waking him so I could get a picture.
Avery on his favorite warm-weather toy
Alex hates that we have no sidewalks in our neighborhood. I really wish we had sidewalks and/or didn't live on a hill. These factors make me really worry about the kids riding their bikes.
Olivia on her scooter. She likes to make roads with sidewalk chalk on the driveway.
