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The Three Musketeers

danielle — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:22:03 -0400

My children have something very special. Something few children have
these days. Each has two siblings very close to them in age with whom
they spend 99% of every waking hour. They have two built in BFFs...
not just this year in school, or for most of their childhood, but, God
willing, for the next 80+ years. Yes, sometimes it is hard having three
young children with only 29 months difference in age from eldest to
youngest. Yes, it would be easier to send them all away to preschool
rather then to keep them with me (but I don't believe for a minute that
that would be in their best interest). And yes, they do fight and tease
each other, but far more often they love each other deeply, watch out
for each other, and play together well. Yes, they really do have
something wonderful and special, and I am so blessed to be their mother!

A Trip to the Farm

danielle — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:09:45 -0400

We just got back from a week at the farm visiting Mimmi. The kids had a wonderful time.

Plenty of water play...

Lots of swinging...

Plenty of playing with Taffy, the dog...

Lots of popsicles gave their lives....

Some people took mud bathes...

There was lots of running free in open spaces...

And Katie got lots of wagon rides...

There was playing at a couple of parks...

There was bike and trike riding...

Cuteness abounded...

There was a zoo trip with giraffe feeding...

and train riding and playing on the toy train...

and goat petting and brushing...

and water pumping...

and play exploring....

and carousel riding...

and some people came out of their shell!

There were other adventures as well, like an airshow and a festival
with carnival rides plus 4th of July fireworks. Might have been too
much fun actually. :)

Strawberries and Gardening

danielle — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:16:58 -0400

I'm running a bit late this year but I did get around to putting out a garden. I've got tomatoes, peppers, corn, sunflowers, cabbage, lettuce, and egg plant in it. Here is a pic from right after Brian tilled it up.

I'm very happy to report we got quite a few black raspberries this year. They are my favorite. Miss Katie's too! :)

We also had a good amount of strawberries from our patch to eat fresh. But I found a GREAT u-pick place and ended up with 11 gallon of strawberries. As you can see, I was busy with them!

A Girl and Her Boots

danielle — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:38:08 -0400

Katie found a pair of boots a friend's son left at our house. She's too cute not to share!

The Tale of the Egg Cartons

danielle — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:52:53 -0400

Oh, NO we have a MONSTER in the MUDROOM!!! And it made a huge MESS of the egg cartons!!

Oh, look, it's just Katie. :)

Better pick up that mess girlie!

Boy is this hard work!!

Look, help is coming! Super Evan and Princess Miriam to the rescue!

Many hands make light work!

All done!

Spring has sprung ... and so have the kids!

danielle — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:39:42 -0400

Spring is here in our neck of the woods and the kids are outside as much as possible.

Here are some recent shots.

Belated Easter Pictures

danielle — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:18:52 -0400

Here are some pictures from Easter. First, all three children, had a hard time getting this picture. Then the girls let me get a good picture.

Then we went for Easter dinner and the Egg Hunt.

The First Anniversary of Faith becoming Sight

danielle — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400

One year ago today, I began the long journey home from China with Miss
Katie in my arms to unite our family for the first time. One year ago on
the 16th, we first laid eyes on a quite little girl with soulful eyes
and a thumb embedded deep in her mouth. It was such a long journey from
the seed planned in 2004 to the first piece of paperwork started in 2006
to that day March 16th, 2009. It was a rough road full of obstacles but
we held on to our Pure Complete Faith and one year ago it was made
sight. And she was truly beautiful!

And she is even more beautiful today. Full of life. Full of
mischief. Full of love. Full of laughs. Smart, stubborn, and silly. She
was worth every minute of the wait and ever bump in the road. Love you,
baby girl!

She's Got Something To Say!

danielle — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:27:10 -0500

Who? That would be Miss Katie. Talk, talk, talk. My girls love to talk!
Katie's language has really taken another leap forward this last month.
She talks in sentences now most of the time. I hear "Momma, I see a
train/car/truck/etc" all the time. I hear "LEAF me LOOOONE!" (Leave me
alone) and "MOMMA!! Evan hit me 'GAIN (again)" way too often. I also
hear "Jesus love you", "A-A-Apple, B-B-Butterfly", and "one, two,
three, nine, twelve" (her counting is coming right along! LOL). I also
hear her standard greeting of "Hi ya, Momma!" on a regular basis. But
the sentence of the week is "Who dat?" by which she means "what is
that?" She does this about EVERYTHING in sight over the last few days.
The sentence of the week last week as "NEEEED potty!!" followed by
clothing flying off, but that's another post. :)

And just for fun a picture of Miss K-K after her new haircut.

If the Sock fits...

danielle — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:31:37 -0500

Share it??

The octopus strikes again! Katie still takes her naps in our bedroom
since Miriam usually does not nap during rest time. In there her crib is
next to Brian's dresser. Apparently today she rocked the crib over a
few inches to it and reached around and opened the top drawer. She then
helped herself to a pair of Daddy's dress socks. When I walked into the
room to get her after nap, she was sitting in the crib wearing one of
the socks pulled all the way up past her knee! She looked up at me and
smiled and said, "Daddy share sock!". Um, is that what we call it now?