A few milestones:
Ellie has 19 teeth (27 months).
Clara has 18 teeth (27 months).
Coleman has 8 teeth (14 months).
Ellie counts to 11 all by herself.
Clara can count too, but she's not as forceful with being heard.
Clara loves to sing the ABC's, though I haven't heard her get very far in the alphabet without a certain older sister that chimes in to finish it off for her.
All of my girls love to sing "Peace Like a River" and "Jesus Loves Me".
Clara and Ellie love to watch Veggie Tales (Coleman does too). They love the beginning song, and when it goes off, someone is ALWAYS asking me for "two times, mama??"
Coleman is an excellent stair-climber, and will sit on the step until you come get him off instead of trying to climb back down by himself.
Eve says her favorite mommy show is "Cupcake Wars" and her favorite daddy show is "Golf".
Clara and Ellie love to ask daddy for a "hug, kiss, daddy!"
Clara will ALWAYS choose to wear her stinky pink slide on shoes, while Ellie prefers flip flops.
Eve loves Angelina Ballerina and dances all over the house.
Clara loves bows, Ellie does not.
Clara loves babies, Ellie loves to dress up.
All of my girls love bags, purses, and anything they can store stuff in.
They all love to read books, and be read to.
Eve loves to help in the kitchen. Just last night, she helped me make my lima beans, and was so proud of herself. She also loves to refill the girls cups with water. She has done a great job cleaning up her mess if/when she makes one.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Random Pictures
This was taken at Grace's Spring Fling. Clara climbed to the top of this massive slide ALL BY HERSELF, multiple times. Ellie would only go if someone took her (me, Yaya, and Uncle Bill all had turns lugging her up the ladder).
"Ellie is GUSHING me" is a common phrase heard at our house. Mostly because Ellie thinks she is the size of a caterpillar and can fit into the tiniest of spaces. If she sees the slightest bit of a lap unoccupied, she will take it. This night, she booted Coleman from my lap and he was forced to stand up and hold on to my shoulder while sucking his thumb, though he didn't seem to mind. He and Ellie have a cute little head-butting relationship. We are a cuddly bunch!
We love road trips! And our kids are awesome car-riders. This particular day, Eric and I drove to Charlotte to buy a new vehicle. We left about 1, and came home around 9...with a few stops to get out and run around and a dinner break at Ryan's. Eve was tired!
They Are Twins....
... and pictures like this make me laugh. They are so opposite. This night, at Chick-fil-A, Clara ate all of her french fries, and Ellie ate all of her chicken. I am finding it hard to find meals that they will eat ALL of. The troubles of having more than one kid, I guess :)
Simply Rotten
This boy.
I took this picture on our way to Blackshear over Spring Break...and I was driving (Eric was in the suburban). Coleman was only happy when I was touching him. As soon as I moved my hand away to make a turn or change the radio or scratch my nose, he was fussing. Seems he knew what the title of this post was going to be ... based on the face he's making. Such a sweet, rotten thing.
Growing and Changing
Eve is a joy. She is growing up so fast and I want to be sure to treasure every milestone and memory with her. She knows just what to say to make me laugh. Eve has become very artsy! She is very good at drawing flowers, hearts, and animals. She loves to draw pictures of our family and write everyone's name on top of their face. She can now spell Eve, Love, Mom, Dad, and Ellie without asking for help. One day this week, I was having a pretty bad allergy attack. I couldn't stop sneezing, my eyes were watering, and my nose running. It was awful. Unprompted, Eve brought me a wad of paper towels and dabbed off my eyes. She said, "let me help you, mama!" Right after that, she brought me a cup of water and said, "this'll do ya some good. you'll be as good as new!" Immediately, she got started on an art project. She told me she was working on something for her very best friend, but she couldn't tell me who that was. She needed a card and an envelope. In a matter of ten minutes, she walked up to me with the most beautiful smile on her face, I could tell she was proud of what she had worked on. She held it out towards me and said, "I made this for you ... it should cheer you right up!"
She came home from school a few weeks ago and announced to us that she had a new boy in her class and she "did not like him because he was not very nice." She went on to say that this boy uses bad words and does not obey the teacher. Eric and I have been trying to help her understand that not everyone is nice, but that she should do her best to be kind even when someone doesn't return the favor. Yesterday, Eve came home to tell me, "I talked to ____ today." "You did?" I asked. "Yes ma'am. I was walking behind him in line outside and I said, '____, I like your shirt and your shorts.'" I was so proud of her for taking that step and I said, "That's awesome, Eve. What did he say back to you?" She was so blunt and straight to the point. "Zero. Nothing." I was so disappointed. At least she tried. Eric and I celebrated that with her, and then she said, "Maybe he was just too shy to talk back to me." Such a sweet innocence.
Here is a picture from Katie Mae's birthday party. Eve and her friends (Amara, Katie Mae, Lydia, Violet, and Allie).
She came home from school a few weeks ago and announced to us that she had a new boy in her class and she "did not like him because he was not very nice." She went on to say that this boy uses bad words and does not obey the teacher. Eric and I have been trying to help her understand that not everyone is nice, but that she should do her best to be kind even when someone doesn't return the favor. Yesterday, Eve came home to tell me, "I talked to ____ today." "You did?" I asked. "Yes ma'am. I was walking behind him in line outside and I said, '____, I like your shirt and your shorts.'" I was so proud of her for taking that step and I said, "That's awesome, Eve. What did he say back to you?" She was so blunt and straight to the point. "Zero. Nothing." I was so disappointed. At least she tried. Eric and I celebrated that with her, and then she said, "Maybe he was just too shy to talk back to me." Such a sweet innocence.
Here is a picture from Katie Mae's birthday party. Eve and her friends (Amara, Katie Mae, Lydia, Violet, and Allie).
Easter 2013
Eve is 4, Clara and Ellie are 2, and Coleman is 1.
Coleman did not have an Easter Egg Hunt this year .. which is a good thing ... because chunky isn't walking yet :) well, he isn't walking ALONE yet. Ha. He LOVES to walk around holding your fingers... he'll walk and walk and walk doing that, but the second I take your hand away, he plops himself in the floor and starts screaming. He does NOT want me to pressure him to go off on his own and is offended by the thought that I could have something else to do around the house rather than hold his fat fingers all day long. But ... who could be upset with Coleman ??? Not this girl. He's my manny.
Clara and Ellie really loved Easter this year. They are at a fun, exploring age. They ran all over the playground filling up their baskets. They were egg-hunting beasts :) i had to dump their baskets out and give back some eggs a few times because they were overloaded! At Grace's Spring Fling, Mrs. Lisa announced the beginning of the race with a megaphone. Ellie was NOT happy about that. The crowd of kids rushing out to the field to get eggs wasn't her favorite either, but once she got going, she was ok. The Spring Fling also had tons of jumpy houses and a big slide that the kids loved. Ellie said she wanted to "watch it, mama" ... She was quite content watching Clara and Eve play, while sitting on the sidelines with mama. Clara was a champ. She climbed to the top of the jumpy slide (HUGE), all by herself. Ellie did eventually go down the slide three times, once with me, once with YaYa, and once with Uncle Bill. She loved it!
Eve only wanted to gather the pretty colored eggs. She did NOT like the boy colors, and would skip over tons of perfectly good eggs to get to the pink and purple ones. Totally a girl. She still loves spin-ny dresses best, but will wear blue jeans IF NECESSARY. She still loves to model a new outfit or hairstyle for her dad. She loves when I straighten her hair. I obliged her over Easter Weekend. The wet weather paired with having to be rinsed off by a water hose at the Spring Fling after having sand dumped all over her, left her hair looking as if I didn't even try at all! Yuck. Oh well. Her curls are beautiful!
Coleman did not have an Easter Egg Hunt this year .. which is a good thing ... because chunky isn't walking yet :) well, he isn't walking ALONE yet. Ha. He LOVES to walk around holding your fingers... he'll walk and walk and walk doing that, but the second I take your hand away, he plops himself in the floor and starts screaming. He does NOT want me to pressure him to go off on his own and is offended by the thought that I could have something else to do around the house rather than hold his fat fingers all day long. But ... who could be upset with Coleman ??? Not this girl. He's my manny.
Clara and Ellie really loved Easter this year. They are at a fun, exploring age. They ran all over the playground filling up their baskets. They were egg-hunting beasts :) i had to dump their baskets out and give back some eggs a few times because they were overloaded! At Grace's Spring Fling, Mrs. Lisa announced the beginning of the race with a megaphone. Ellie was NOT happy about that. The crowd of kids rushing out to the field to get eggs wasn't her favorite either, but once she got going, she was ok. The Spring Fling also had tons of jumpy houses and a big slide that the kids loved. Ellie said she wanted to "watch it, mama" ... She was quite content watching Clara and Eve play, while sitting on the sidelines with mama. Clara was a champ. She climbed to the top of the jumpy slide (HUGE), all by herself. Ellie did eventually go down the slide three times, once with me, once with YaYa, and once with Uncle Bill. She loved it!
Eve only wanted to gather the pretty colored eggs. She did NOT like the boy colors, and would skip over tons of perfectly good eggs to get to the pink and purple ones. Totally a girl. She still loves spin-ny dresses best, but will wear blue jeans IF NECESSARY. She still loves to model a new outfit or hairstyle for her dad. She loves when I straighten her hair. I obliged her over Easter Weekend. The wet weather paired with having to be rinsed off by a water hose at the Spring Fling after having sand dumped all over her, left her hair looking as if I didn't even try at all! Yuck. Oh well. Her curls are beautiful!
Thursday, April 4, 2013
God is Speaking...
... am I listening?
Things God is putting on my heart now-a-days:
*how much influence i have over my 4 kids
*how i spend my time matters
*will I homeschool?
*what role do I play in rescuing unborn babies and placing them in the right adoptive arms?
*am i being the teacher to my 6th and 8th graders that HE gave me the job to be?
*do my youth girls "get it" ... more than just in words, but in deeds?
*am I accomplishing all I can for HIM?
*my words have the power of LIFE or death, i need to use them carefully
*i need to exhibit more self control ... something i never thought i would struggle with!
I am in a season of life where God is filling me up ... I want to soak up every last drop, so I can adequately pour it out on others. Lord, I want to be sensitive. I want to hear every word. I want to answer every.single.call YOU put on my life. Use me.
Things God is putting on my heart now-a-days:
*how much influence i have over my 4 kids
*how i spend my time matters
*will I homeschool?
*what role do I play in rescuing unborn babies and placing them in the right adoptive arms?
*am i being the teacher to my 6th and 8th graders that HE gave me the job to be?
*do my youth girls "get it" ... more than just in words, but in deeds?
*am I accomplishing all I can for HIM?
*my words have the power of LIFE or death, i need to use them carefully
*i need to exhibit more self control ... something i never thought i would struggle with!
I am in a season of life where God is filling me up ... I want to soak up every last drop, so I can adequately pour it out on others. Lord, I want to be sensitive. I want to hear every word. I want to answer every.single.call YOU put on my life. Use me.
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