Where Did November Go?

Here's what has been happening in this small corner of the world...

 At the beginning of November my parents came for a couple days to visit.

Jetlag finally caught up with him.

Brandon had a chance to show Grandpa and Grandma around his classroom.  He was very proud!

Bryan had an overnight lay-over in Seattle so we went down and spent the day with him.

One of the things he wanted to see was Pikes Place Market so we walked around there for a little while.  Somehow it came about that Micah should kiss the pig.  The first time he did it I didn't get it on camera so I asked him to do it again. However, by that point, Brandon had already climbed up on the snout.  And I present to you a future wedding picture...

Little Miss Lisa has been changing quickly.  She is now rolling from front to back and back to front and getting herself into trouble.  Yesterday she rolled herself into the mantle twice and got a couple scrapes on her head.  She didn't think that was such a fun game.  Today I heard, "Mom, come quick.  Lisa is so cute--she's playing with my duplo."  Somehow I don't think it will be so "cute" in a couple days when she starts taking said duplo and Thomas tracks apart.  And a couple times now she has flipped her jungle gym over on herself and played with it this way...

 

 

And she turned 5 MONTHS old.  Where did that time go?

 



The other day Brandon was at school and the house was REALLY quiet so I went on a hunt to find Micah.  I found him on the floor coloring away, perfectly content.  He had taken everything off the table and made himself comfortable in a way that Brandon had never thought to do.  It was fun to see him take charge of his own play.

Blessings

Happenings

Last night about 9:30 Brandon was crying about an ear ache and I heard Micah give that raspy barky cough that never fails to send bone chilling shivers down my whole skeleton.  Needless to say I've been praying protection around Lisa and Brandon against croup and healing for Micah without hospitalization.  Thankfully he slept well last night but is coughing more today.   Pretty sure he'll be on the neb this afternoon a couple times.

In other news, here are some pictures of what's been happening around here lately:

Brandon has been off school since last Thursday for teacher's convention and curriculum day.  He missed it so much he coerced his brother into playing school with him.  Here Micah is taking a turn being the teacher and Brandon is having "snack" time.  ;)

The boys love taking turns holding Lisa and playing with her.  So precious to see them growing closer together as siblings.

Lisa has had some big changes.  She moved into the crib in the boy's room this week (and was promptly moved back out last night after I heard Micah's cough).  She's also loving the jumper!  This week she will be starting on solids too.  Growing up way too fast!

Saturday Bryan helped the boys carve pumpkins.  We didn't say anything about it but Brandon asked to carve one (must have heard about it at school or something).

And finally, Miss Lisa is four months old this week!  Where has the time gone?

I thought it would be fun to compare her poof pictures:

2 weeks

1 month

2 months

3 months

 4 months

She's also almost sitting up on her own already!

Blessings on the rest of your week.

Going Way Back--Brandon's Birthday Party

Yep, still working through my pile up of pictures, but I'm almost through.  At the beginning of September we had Brandon's friends over for a birthday party.  It was a gorgeous day.  I had planned games that could be either inside or out because the weather was supposed to be rainy, but God blessed us with some beautiful sunshine so we were able to stay outside for the majority of the time.

The scavenger hunt at the end was the biggest hit of the day I think.  Unfortunately I was too busy following kids around to take any pictures and I forgot to ask the other three adults to take them too.  Oops.

Blessings

Preciousness

My favorite picture of the evening!

Wednesday evening I also captured a couple of all the kids together.  Must say they are pretty cute, but I am biased!  ;)

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3c

Grandparents let me know if you would like any of these.

Blessings on your weekend!

Precious Moments: Lisa is 3 Months Old

Wow!  My baby is already three months old!  And what a cutie-pie she is becoming...

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This is her giggle face!

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And she is officially a thumb-sucker.

Grandparents, if you'd like some of these pictures printed let me know numbers and sizes.  I'll be printing next week Monday.

Blessings

2013 Fair

Micah was big enough to ride all the kiddy rides this time and he was thrilled!  Brandon didn't want to do anything but ride the rides, as expected.  And for the first time in several years, Bumpa and Daddy both joined us in the late afternoon.  It was a fun and much anticipated day all the way around.  The boys are already asking when next year's fair is going to be and can we go to it?

Love Brandon's excitement in this picture!

For lunch we stopped and watched a "professional cowgirl roper".

Micah saw the propellers weren't turning during the ride, so he stood up to do the job.  Oops.  :)

Love watching the sheer excitement on the boys' faces.

Brandon really wanted to do this obstacle course.  This bridge was quite wobbly but Brandon was very sure footed and ran right across the thing.

Micah of course had to go on it as well, but panicked in the middle so I had to go up there and do it with him.



We, however, were not as sure footed on the bridge.  Two times through that thing was plenty for me!

My all time favorite picture of the day!

It was a delightful day and a wonderful tradition.

Blessings