Our Fourth is Four

Pillow Nest

 gather all the pillows and cushions you can find and carry.

arrange them just so.

 climb.

 sit.

 crawl.

oh, the joys of being three and one.

A(nother) Haircut

 this morning on the way home from taking the kids to school, the above pictured boy told me he wanted a haircut. again.

..."so that people can see my eyes." (and maybe so that he can see their eyes, as well?)

yep. today was the morning for that very haircut...

remember the last time i cut this boy's hair?

well, i have learned a few things since then. namely, haircutting tips viewed at an enrichment night months ago. and an upgrade in scissors... from green kid scissors to red craft scissors. oh yeah.

 after quite a few snips, drinks, door interruptions, buzzes, and "hold stills" this is the result:

oh, how i love those beautiful eyes!

p.s. maybe haircutting scissors should be on my christmas list. and i do still need LOTS of practice. especially on the back. and it does sort of look bowl-ish...baby steps, people, baby steps.

This Moment

it must be good to be this boy

Paper Airplane

When Isaac was little I checked a book out from the library on how to make paper airplanes. I never imagined that those ariplanes would become a such a part of our lives! Isaac still likes paper airplanes. Although now he can make his own. Right now, it's Asher's turn.

I know how to make two basic airplanes. I'm going to share my favorite one.

See that last picture? He crumpled it up in the time it took me to change a load of laundry from the washer to the dryer.

Swear WORDS

Little A knows how to say his name...

I have to say that after we'd named him, I began to wonder just how he would say his name. The other kids have had a hard time with the "R" sound, making it more of an "O" sound. Or the "SH" sounding like a plain "S" sound. So I wondered if his name would come out sounding more like a swear word...

Well, as you can see, we're safe so far.

Speaking of swear words...

I also have to say that I thought the words to the song I chose for Isaac's dance said, "Go out and smash it. Like all my cars..." I have since learned otherwise. So well, ummm... OOPS! My bad!

I will be the first to admit that I make mistakes. LOTS.OF.THEM. Every Day. Therefore I have taken his dance off the previous post until we can get a more edited version. PeACe.

{As of March 25, 2010...i've added the edited isaac video.}

Soccer

Soccer started Thursday and Friday.

Aryn and Isaac wanted to play. SO they are.

Zoe did NOT. Now that she's seen all her friends playing, I think she's changed her mind for next year!

Asher is just happy to play on the playground. (Wearing his much-loved river shirt.)

Before & After

Goldilocks got his hair cut!

2 Befores

1 After
I still have some work to do on the sides.

A Wonderful Time

My brother and his wife came down for a visit. They decided to go camping. (Her sister and two children came along as well.) We decided to join them Monday night for dinner. It only took a little more than 30 minutes to get to our destination. Gene and I were so happy we decided to go. So were the kids!

We cooked hot dogs and tin foil dinners.

We all enjoyed the fire. (especially Isaac)

We played a game of Skipbo. (Nicole, Alex, and Gene)


We had so much fun that I decided to take the kids back for lunch and the afternoon today! It was so nice to be in the outdoors, away from our regular schedules and lives. It was calming and grounding, to stretch our bodies and our imaginations... to do something a little different and out of the ordinary.

We built and added to the woodland fairy houses we'd started the night before.

We scrambled up rocks and crowed like roosters. (He thinks he's king of the world!)

We ran through the trees and picked up bits of nature. Most of all, we enjoyed ourselves and each other.

It was a wonderful night and a wonderful day.

Little Moments

Yesterday, I was washing and changing the sheets on all of our beds. I had a nice folded stack. The colors looked so pretty and the light was coming in just right... (So I decided to take some pictures.)


I decided to have Asher help. And I'm so happy I did!


I love those little moments that just happen.

I sat him on the bed and he just got to work. Folding and rolling and playing.

The work of babies.

It was fun to watch him.

It felt good to watch him be in the moment. And I hope this is one of those little moments that gets to stay with me for always.

I got these vintage lovelies from The Bee Boutique on our recent trip to Gene's mom's house. The Bee Boutique is a name Angie calls the D.I. Isn't it so cute? (She also gave the idea for collecting the vintage lovelies in the first place.)

Beginning of the Ending

You know that song that has the lyrics "...every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end..."

That's sort of how I feel about this baby boy.

I guess what I mean to say is that I feel like it's the beginning of his babyhood ending. I haven't wanted to cut his hair because I just LOVE his little curly locks. He's my own little Goldilocks.

I cut his bangs a little on Sunday just to get them out of his eyes. Some may think I need to cut the whole head of hair, but I can't... not yet.