For Jenn:

Klassy. That's all I've got to say about that.

Oops.

You'll NEVER guess how this happened:
Man, our carpet is gross. This beautiful embellishment is right inside the front door to greet any visitors to our humble (and getting humbler) home! And to you problem solvers: it is not in a place that can be covered. Trust me, I tried to figure out a way.

All Boy

Right now I'm watching Nathan writhe around on the floor in the throes of death. I have no idea what he's dying of, but there are a popsicle stick sword and and an acorn involved. Also, much moaning and groaning and flailing. It's a slow death. Oops, I guess death is overrated; moving on to piracy.

Nothing To Show For It

This last weekend Brian took a tree out of our side yard. Check out my manly man!

He did have some help. We're all about child labor.

Pay no attention to Brenna's hand up her skirt, hard work gives her a wedgie.

Alas, the work force deserted him. Time to cowboy up.

Oooh. Muscles!

Brian insisted I put this picture in here. Look at those skillz!

I totally underestimated how heavy that thing was. I asked him to hoist it over his head and he looked at me like I was crazy.

Gross. Man sweat.

And nothing to show for all his hard work! But I guess that was the point.

Big Mouth

Isaac is teething... screeching and grabbing everything in sight to gnaw on. Sitting on my lap during Nathan's gymnastics class, Brenna's head was at the perfect level. Each time she came to me, he would lunge for her head and try to gum her.

I told Brenna, "he's trying to eat you!" Oops.

This week we switched to a new class to make our schedule a little easier, and met a whole new group of parents and their little ones, probably a dozen people. It was much tighter in the little room than it was in our old class.

So the other parents were watching and laughing at our little display.

Now that she knows he's hungry, Brenna can solve the problem! She turns to me and yells (to be louder than Isaac), " He wants b**by, mama, he wants b**by! Give him b**by, mama!"

And for the first time, I wondered if I should have chosen a more discreet word for nursing. :)

My Favorite Smell

I love when the lemon trees bloom. Walking by, you might catch a hint of the smell of these blossoms; but in a few days, when they're all open, they fill our yard with the sweetest scent.

He Gets It

When Nathan asks a complicated question, I can generally assume we’ll cover several subjects in just a few minutes! Today he asked why people go in different doors at Bible Study. Pretty simple, right? Well, I answered that the women who have kids go in one door, and the women who don’t bring children go straight into the meeting room.

So how come those other ladies don’t bring their children?

So we talked about women who don’t have children and moms with older kids and grandmas. The idea that grandmas have lives apart from their grandkids was new for my little guy! When kids grow up and move into their own houses, grandmas get to do what they like.

When Nathan grows up and moves into his own house, it’s going to be a great house!

So I asked him if he knew that different houses cost different amounts to live in. Big houses cost more than little houses. I asked what kind of house he thought he would live in someday.

His response was awesome! He said that he would need money to get a house, so he’ll have to get a job. Then he added that he’ll have to work at that job for awhile, because he’ll need to save up some money first in order to be able to buy a house! I was floored. My four year old gets it! I love finding out what he understands. I think I’ll wait ‘til he’s a little older before I explain just how long he’ll have to work to save up for a house…