Tadpoles and Pollywog's

The girls have discovered the world of pollywog's and tadpoles. We were "given" a jar of pollywog's (who are currently living outside, just in case), and we discovered tadpoles living in our pool (which is really more like a swamp right now!)

I just recovered a few tadpoles from the pool (really from their future death, death by chlorine!) We put them in our water table. It is so fun to see the girls excited about creation and the wonders of it. They know God created everything, but seeing life change and form is a awesome opportunity! The girls love "Cutie, and Bully" and all the "babies" too!

Playset

We were recently given a playset from a family at church. The girls were so excited, of course... It was set up on a Wednesday night, so they weren't able to play until the next day. Thursday morning they woke up got dressed for school as fast as they could so they could go play. When Georgia got up she said, "I am so thankful for my slide." The older two had only a few minutes to play that morning since they had to go to school. When they came home from school they were so excited to play again. Usually on Thursday's they have to come home and rest because we have AWANA. But I let them play instead. That night at church Ella told the girl from the family who gave us the playset, "Thank you for the playground! We didn't even have to take a nap today!"

Adam Timothy

Adam will be 6 months old next week. It is amazing how quick half a year goes! Adam is cuteness personified. He is so happy, almost always smiles, and has the greatest giggle. He loves people. The girls run to his every cry, he has lots of little mama's. He is rolling and starting to get stuck in strange positions in his crib. He is 28" and 20lbs. No doubt he will be a big boy!

Georgia Grace

Georgia is 2.75 and FULL of life. She lights up the room when she enters it. Her smile and laugh are infectious. She is always into something, usually candy, nail polish, or anything forbidden. She to be outside and loves her "skewter" (scooter). She says the funniest things. The other day she asked me to play "hong chew". Ella had to interpret that she meant pretend to be asleep and snore. She is definitely ready to go to school, and thinks if she gets ready in the morning she will get to go.

Annalee Joy

Annalee is 4.75. She has been going to pre-k this year. Her favorite thing about school is, "Seeing Ella at school." She loves to play with her horses and little princesses, and hates when she has to share them with Georgia. She too loves dress-up, riding bikes, and helping in the kitchen. She is a great big sister, always wants to hold Adam, feed him and will sing to him and play with him to calm him down. She is a great "little mommy."

Ella Mae

Ella is 6 now. She loves school, and is in Kindergarten now. She has learned to read this year. We can no longer "spell" what we are saying without her figuring it out. She is very artistic and loves to paint, draw and color as much as I will let her. And as long as Georgia doesn't get into it.
She loves her sister's and brother and is a true "big sister" taking care of the little ones. She loves to be outside, garden, and catch bugs and snails. But is still very girly and is usually wearing dress-up.

It's about time!

Well, I guess we have finally entered the 21st century... we are blogger's. Never thought I would be one, especially since I don't really read anyone else's. I know Phil keeps up with a few. It seems to be the best way for me to keep up with daily life around here. Since I don't scrapbook, journal, and rarely remember what my kids say or do, I thought it would be best to start a blog, at least to keep some record of their lives!
Here we go!!!!