There are a few things I want to remember & One thing I want to share.
One thing I want to remember is this: Keagan is at THE BEST stage right now. I know I’ve talked a lot about his “whiny-ness” and called him “sir whines-a-lot” and all… but he’s grown out of it. There is no more whining (well, very little) and he is a JOY and a DELIGHT to my heart. I like him so much it literally pulls at my heart – now I know why they say “heartstrings” and Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester refer to it.. you can literally FEEL the pull.
One thing he says that I just HAVE to document is this: If he asks for something & we say “no,” he’ll tilt his head to the side and say, “maybe later?” And we’ll say “no” and he’ll say, “tonight?” and we’ll say “no” and he’ll say, “maybe to-mario?”(meaning:tomorrow). It is the most adorable thing & I need to get it on video. Printed words just don’t do it justice. I love this boy.
Every morning around 10am, Miss Emily comes to take Keagan on a walk. We love Miss Emily (Keagan calls her Emmy). She takes him around the neighborhood and as soon as they come back he RUNS to me & says, “Mommy! Mommy! You!” Meaning “for you.” and he hands me all the treasures he’s found on his little walk. Usually consisting of a flower, some leaves and a few rocks or sticks. I love them all.
And the one thing I want to share is this: PROJECT LIFE if Fun. We had a GREAT turn-out! Thanks girls for joining me. I’ll set it up again for February and MAYBE my floors will be fixed?
January 24, 2011 - 4:51 pm
Ahhhh LOVE! I loved seeing you Friday night – can’t we do it every Friday?? And I loved seeing you this morning – the next morning though we must do Mimis :). xoxo
January 25, 2011 - 12:19 am
So, so jealous of your scrappy night – so glad you had a great time. And I really like Keagan too…..maybe you should bring him here for a visit.
January 25, 2011 - 8:54 pm
Thank you, friend…..VERY fun evening. Love you!
A little look at what we’ve been up to. You remember the water situation, right? With the floors and all.. yep. Nothing has happened. Still looks exactly the same with no forward progress. Delay of game.. wait. I’ve been watching WAY too much football. Moving on… James made Cade’s birthday so fun! He made an Amazing Race game for the boys.. it was awesome.
One team member had to build an exact replica of James’ creation… without touching it. All the while, the other 2 team members had to count the number of legos in a separate bag. It was tricky. He’s so good at coming up with the clues!
Then he took them all out for donuts the next morning. Such an awesome dad- our kids are so blessed.
We really miss grandma 🙁 Not sure what happened in this photo that’s making them laugh so hard, but I’m pretty sure it has something to do with bodily functions & noises 🙂
We made some YUMMY cookies with Andes mints this year. Below you see James cracking an egg on Kennedy’s head 🙂 Then they all wanted him to do it!
Suckered er.. talked James into giving me an early present (or 2 or 3). My new Williams Sonoma mixing bowls and cookie sheets. I always thought I was really BAD at baking cookies, but it turns out it was my cookie sheet!
Every year our Bible Study (oops! “Life Group”) does a book exchange for the kids. They love it & I love that we get new fun books to read! Cade got the Mouse and the Motorcycle. He was really excited!
We had a little visit from Santa. 🙂
I made a little wreath (Thank you for the link Dena & Cari!)
The kids got new pjs from Aunt Abby and Uncle Mike- Thank you!!! We LOVE them. Every year we let them open their new pjs and one board game (present) on Christmas Eve (A tradition we learned from the Gardners). They opened the game of Life this year and we all played. I had never played before- it was awesome.
Somebody found a lollipop 🙂
Their cousin, Heidi, made them all pillows- so cute!! We love them Heidi!!! She made me a blue & brown one- it’s beautiful.
It snowed a little… well, a LOT actually for Southern California.
I snapped this one today. I just couldn’t resist. James bought him this little t-shirt for his stocking. I love it on him.
And..my friend Christine thinks maybe all the owl outfits I put on Chloe might have a little something to do with her lack of sleep? Have I created a “night owl” just by dressing her as one?
Wow! That was a lot of information. Sorry about the lull. Time to get back to the normal schedule now, I guess. Vacation’s over.
January 4, 2011 - 2:35 am
I LOVE how hard Cade is laughing in that picture! And, UH, I want that wreath for my birthday!
January 4, 2011 - 6:37 pm
Ya, I want one for my birthday too. I don’t think I gave you that link…but You’re Welcome.
January 5, 2011 - 5:47 pm
I love that your mom is laughing right along with the kids being kids… I am trying to figure out how to let my kids be kids.. it is hard for me.
Your wreath is amazing…
January 6, 2011 - 3:46 pm
love the little glimpse into your life:) ok, that wreath!!!!!!!
Cade turned 9 this month. Chloe turned 1. I cried on both occasions. Please don’t take this the wrong way. I know I’m always blabbing on & on about my kids growing up- I’m an old sap. I am proud that they are maturing and growing and becoming who God intended them to be. And I’m SO thankful to be a pretty big part of that process. I’m blessed to see them obey even when I’m not watching, prefer others even when they REALLY don’t want to, speak kindly even though I don’t model that 100% of the time (shocking- I know!). I’m thankful for the role I get to play in the shaping of their lives. I am blessed- I know. But they are my babies. And a BIG part of me just wants them to stay little.. and innocent… and naive… just a little bit longer.
We had a little (and by “little” I mean “BIG”) slumber party for him. He’s a boy of few words and doesn’t get overly excited about much, but he was GIDDY and smiley all day long waiting for his friends to arrive. On his actual birthday we were able to celebrate with family (a rare treat for us since almost all of our family lives far, far away). He was happy. So I was happy.
She likes to pick up this photo of Keagan and stare at it and talk to it and then hug it. It’s really cute.
Here she is attacking a helpless Christmas tree. Poor tree never saw it coming.
The end.
December 23, 2010 - 1:26 pm
I’m a big sap too and would freeze time every once in awhile if I could. Happy Birthday to your boy! And Chloe is cute.
December 24, 2010 - 2:12 am
Iam a HUGE sap! I cry and most anything! I think your kids are all so adorable! I just want to snuggle that little chloe! I love you Emily and hope you guys have a very Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2010 - 1:51 pm
I’m dead inside. Rarely ever cry.
December 24, 2010 - 5:28 pm
You & James both, Hallie. That’s why I love you. I love robots. That should be the name of my new blog.
December 27, 2010 - 2:54 pm
No, but I really do. Cry all the time. Seriously, everything makes me cry.
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