Sewing Lessons

Talia insisted on sewing with me. So I humored her with some plastic sheeting and some yarn. She was really, really, into it. But extremely independent. I thought these pictured captured the journey from, "Wow, you really go full-speed at everything you try don't you" to "What the heck did you do and how am I going to undo that for you" pretty well.

Also, I love how this child involves her feet in everything she does.

Nothing to See Here

Kayla will NOT wear clothes lately.

So when we don't have anywhere to go I let her be free. And then someone will stop by unexpected and get a shock, but I just figure they should have called ahead.

She knows she's the baby and can get away with whatever she wants.

Growing Up

Talia chose this outfit 100% by herself.

Shirt: too small

Pants: pajamas

Socks: Princesses

Shoes: her fanciest

Coat: duck-taped arm after she ripped it climbing the neighbors pine tree so high she made them panic. . .

And her wonderful new "smile" face. I like this kid, a lot.

Fried Eggs and Messy Hair

Kayla LOVES fried eggs. Usually I just feed her bites of mine, but today I made her her very own and she wolfed down 2 whole eggs! Then came back for a banana about an hour later.

Muffins with Mom

Muffins with Mom at Lydia's school. This is before Kayla dumped the juice over of course.

Also, I was wearing pink too in case you haven't noticed that we live in a VERY pink world. Poor Jude can't see pink though! He thought my pink shirt was gray until I held my gray sweater up next to it. Apparently the only difference is that pink is darker. I find it very funny that Jude can't see the dominant color in his life. Perhaps his color-blindness is a defense mechanism to protect himself from pink over-taking his world too?

100th Day of School

What a cutie! And I love that she is wearing this sweater too. It is her absolute favorite shirt right now :) Also, when did we start celebrating the 100th day of school? It's just another reason to count to 100 I guess.

Pinewood Derby

Last place. He was pretty bummed, but the guy in charge of the race awarded last place with the opportunity for him to fix the car up and get it into winning shape. So after the guy worked his magic Jude had the second fastest car! So next year, we'll pay more attention to making the wheels exactly straight.

Jude was proud of his car though. Uncle Bobby helped him cut it out and get it sanded, then Dad helped him finish it off and they added some weight to get it right at 5 ounces. If it hadn't pulled to the left it would've been a contender :)

Yellow and Black of course- to a color blind boy there really are no other colors.

Jude loved the Pokemon sticker he chose and of course had to be #8.