I love when these two play together so sweetly. They can entertain each other for hours, and play SO nicely together, and it's just so sweet for me to see. There was a time not too long ago if this had happened, Christian would have been screaming and whining instead of lying there smiling, holding hands even! What sweet moments.
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This is what I do.
I take pictures. This blog is a way for me to capture the every day moments in this season of my life before it becomes too foggy in my memory for me to recall. This is a tangible reminder of what my life was like, what we did, what was important to us, how we spent our days. These are the every day matters, because to me, every day matters.
Siblings
December 27, 2009
I love when these two play together so sweetly. They can entertain each other for hours, and play SO nicely together, and it's just so sweet for me to see. There was a time not too long ago if this had happened, Christian would have been screaming and whining instead of lying there smiling, holding hands even! What sweet moments.
December 13, 2009
Aren't they sweet? A quick shot before heading out to meet Mimi halfway. She wanted some time with Christian this week, so he is staying with her until Thursday. Ansley was pretty excited for a couple reasons a.) knowing that she had several days of just Mom and Dad attention and b) that means that her turn is next.
And I didn't even Photoshop out the snot. We are all on antibiotics (except John) for sinus infections. Again. But maybe this means we will stay healthy until next year?
November 11, 2009
Today was the first day we could turn on the fire. Can you tell the kids LOVED it? They wanted to eat by the fire, sleep by the fire, play games by the fire, read by the fire. We did almost all of those things. Some days, it seems that it really is the simple things that thrill them. I enjoy these days. I know it won't always be this easy to thrill them.
November 1, 2009
Hello, November!
After church today we decided to go for a drive in the mountains to enjoy the fall color. We went to one of our favorite spots, Look Rock Tower, and hiked up to the tower and enjoyed the view while the kids frolicked along the path. They had a great time finding leaves and acorns, pointing out trees, birds, and meeting lots of dogs along the path. Ansley liked saying hello to all the people walking along the path, which made several people comment on her friendliness.
A beautiful fall day!
October 22, 2009
They each have a scooter now, courtesy of Mimi, and they love to race them around in the driveway. It's great exercise, and they ask to do it all the time. And obviously on this day, they were in two different seasons. But still having fun scooting!
October 19, 2009
Sometimes, a Mama's gotta do what a Mama's gotta do.
About a week ago, I started telling Christian that THIS time, and FOR REAL this time, when we run out of diapers, they are gone. It's time to use the potty. So on Saturday, we ran out of diapers. We informed Christian. He was ready. He pee-peed right away. Sunday we put a pull-up on for church, but he did pretty well. Today, he did GREAT. He was in big boy underwear all day, and he stayed dry. (I put him in a pull up at his nap and he stayed dry the whole time.) He even pee-peed AND pooped! I was so thrilled, but it was a tough day. If he was sitting on the potty, he didnt want to be on it. If he wasn't on it, he wanted to be. In the middle of school, while I'm fixing lunch, on the phone. He wasn't picky, just opinionated. So I pulled the potty to the kitchen. And then maybe turned on the tv for extra motivation. Hey, whatever works at this point.
October 8, 2009
You'd be hard pressed to figure out what was going on in this photo. But it made me laugh so hard, I had to take a picture of it.
Christian's pj's are glow-in-the-dark, so as soon as he got in them, they ran in the bathroom to see. But they didn't work. I said I thought they had to be in the light for a little while. I'm not sure if I totally made that up, but this was their solution - to let Christian lay under the light. Ansley even turned him, so it would be even.
And then they ran in the bathroom and ooooooohhhhed and ahhhhhhhhhed.
August 27, 2009
Ansley has never quite looked the same since joining the Witness Protection Program. Mimi bought them both these hats, and surprisingly Christian wore it quite a bit. And Ansley, who has never been fond of hats, wore hers as well. I thought they looked pretty cute in them!
January 5, 2009
They were eating on the kitchen floor tonight (yep, spilling my deep dark secrets - sometimes my kids snack on the floor) when Christian spontaneously leaned back into Ansley's lap. Ansley was just as surprised as I was, but we were both just as delighted.
Maybe THIS will be the year I can finally get a cute photo of the two of them together!
