Catching Up, Again

 It's been a week since I've blogged.  Which means I have a lot of catching up to do.   I've been needing to post this picture of Jonathan with his "pup cakes" he had for his birthday at the beginning of this month. 

One of these days, I will have to make cupcakes that look like pups. 

The last time I blogged I posted pictures of an 18 wheeler accident.  It took two or three days for it to be cleaned up and there is still an orange plastic border around the area.  I have no idea how long they will leave that up.

The same day that happened, I took the kids to the park for our homeschool group's park day.  Elijah liked going down the slide.  He also wanted to eat the slide but I didn't quite let him go that far. 

 Speaking of which, he now has his third tooth.  We're now getting a little break from teething until that fourth tooth starts making it's appearance.  He isn't fussy right now but he sure wants to chew on everything.

This last picture was of Elijah crawling at our church.  He doesn't go very far yet but he will crawl a few steps for something he wants.  He does get a little upset with us expecting him to crawl when we're sitting right there able to hand it to him.  But I'm sure once he realizes  the joys of mobility he'll thank us for it. 

Well...at least maybe he'll think to thank me when he's in his thirties.  (Thanks, Mom, for encouraging me to crawl when I was a baby!  Love, Stacie)

An Accident

 This morning I had a dream that a bomb exploded at our neighbors.  It turned out that the bomb was actually an 18 wheeler that had an accident in front of our home.

Scott was cooking oatmeal this morning when he heard the explosions.  The man that was driving the truck had to climb out through the window.  Scott said he seemed okay but very shaken.  After calling 911 Scott came in to tell me about it then headed for work.

I have no clue how it happened, but it looks pretty bad.  I'm amazed that the church sign wasn't hit.  He may have run off the road and tried to dodge the church sign.  I'm just thankful no one was hurt.

This is why I don't let the kids play in the ditch in front of our yard. 

I'm also thankful that it wasn't my husband driving his school bus full of kids..

The Big Three

Today is Jonathan's birthday!  He is three years old today.  I took this picture of him practicing holding up three fingers.  Of course he says he's five.  Five is easier to say than three and it's easier to hold five fingers up than three fingers.  So this has me wondering, why can't a child turn five before three.  In a couple more years it will be a lot easier to say three. 

I know, I know, I'm a very deep thinker. 

We'll be having cake and ice cream and opening presents when Scott gets home.     I'll be taking more pictures.  So check back soon.  :)

Building Memories

Joshua, Ruth, and Hannah were invited to play over at their friends' house yesterday after church.  Scott and I decided that we would use that opportunity to take Elijah and Jonathan to the store.  We let Jonathan ride a bicycle around the toy section.  He was doing fairly well with it.  Then we let him try several toys.  We bought him a small school bus that he liked rolling on the floor.  He likes school buses because they are "just like what Daddy drives!" 

Then we let him pick the ice cream and we went home to make milk shakes.  

Jonathan is getting so big.  He will be turning three on Thursday.  Time goes by fast.  I don't want Jonathan and Elijah to feel like they are living in the shadows of their elder siblings.  So we use any opportunity we can to build happy memories for all of our children. 


This week will be another busy week full of memory building opportunities.  We will be doing a lot of fall cleaning in preparation for some furniture we will be receiving from my sister and her husband.  We have a field trip this week with some other families in our homeschool group.  I'll try to remember my camera and post some pictures.  We will be voting tomorrow.  Then there will be Jonathan's birthday on Thursday.  And our karate class will be meeting in a new location.

I should be able to find time to blog though.  Be watching for updates and pictures.