New Vehicle and More Dirt

We had round two between kids and dirt again today with a bit of water down the boots for good measure (Leah's boots, courtesy of Sam). I'm thankful to report that by most indications, aka amount of laundry, the kids seemed to win this round. Man am I ever glad for rubber boots, Sam had mud slopped to the very top! For those of you who missed the initial round via email, the mud was clearly the victor that time.

And this is our newest vehicle purchase. It is best compared to a stretch limo in size minus all extra doo dads. I hope I have the muscle power required to move it:) While it may not be compact or beautiful, it does represent the seats and wheels necessary to take the kids for walks by myself whenever scheduling, weather and energy allow it. Some may ask, why don't you just call someone up to help you out? The biggest hindrance is the fact that Cara and Cody aren't on the same day schedule and so I find pre-planning something like a walk quite difficult to do. For me, spur of the moment, whenever it works best is not quite as stressful.

Well, a few Saturday night things to do yet (couple more loads of laundry and some general ongoing clean up :) I wish you all a blessed Sunday. As a note, at times I may refer to the children, the work, the house or whatever as simply "mine" I do not mean any disrespect to Steve by saying "my kids" etc., this blog is just going to be mostly written from my point of view.

The missed photos

The Dr. Suess gang and a special Cam & Nana moment.

A Full Thursday

I hope you can bear with me. I hope to not only use this as a way to let you in on our lives but also as a way for me to "journal" our day to day life for my own memory's sake.


This is the Lego house Sam and Mom made yesterday while Leah was at school and everyone else was sleeping. Lego is a favorite around here, especially with Sam. This afternoon Mom needed a nap so Leah and Sam played on the computer instead. The house is sitting on the shelf waiting for an other good Lego moment.









This morning we were welcomed (with 2 other new babies) at the Ladies Bible Study at church for a baby shower for Cara and Cody. Not quite understanding the shower concept, Leah asked if she could please come see the babies' shower! So, what am I to tell her? Showers of this type are for a raining down of gifts? We are so spoiled. We received two matching pewter picture frames.

Thankfully Wieska stopped by to help us get out of the door. It is quite the project to get everyone out of the house by myself. I have done it a time or two but usually find myself with less energy than required for this undertaking. Even more work than getting everyone out of the door is getting them all back in, especially at lunch time. Thankfully, Wieska came back and helped make some jam and cheeze whiz breads.



While I was preparing supper this afternoon Leah and Sam played an old game with a new twist. "Mom and Dad" is a popular game here but today they played with real babies! I was trying to figure out why they kept switching places from the kitchen table (where Cara was) to the living room couch (where Cody WAS laying). Apparently, they were each looking after a baby but everytime Cody would cry Sam would call Leah to come take over, lay Cody back down on the couch and take his turn talking to Cara until Leah had quieted Cody again. What a bunch of goofs!



This evening Opa and Nana came for supper. Opa had Cara giggling quite nicely. It is the first time we heard her giggle like that. Pretty special. We also had some yummy icecream bars from Nana that Cam enjoyed quite immensely. I know it doesn't look like it but it takes a lot of talent and concentration to hold an icecream bar upside down between your teeth. After supper Sam and Leah enjoyed a few Dr. Suess stories. I don't know why the last couple of pictures didn't load but I will try again.

Real Smiles

I have finally decided to join the blogging world. I couldn't think of a nicer way to start than with the sweet smiles of two of my precious, healthy children. I hope you enjoy keeping up with our day to day happenings on your own time, at your own pleasure. Cara and Cody are both starting to enjoy their time of keeping up on the business around them from their bumbo chair throne. What a wonderful gift it was!

I'll have to fine tune this another day, it's time to get back to family.

Love, Leanne