Moments

I've been trying to post a lot so Scott can see pictures of what we are up to here.  Some of these posts may be boring.  Sorry for that.  You've been warned.  :)

These are a bunch of random moments from life the past few weeks.  

Here is Anna interviewing Grant.  I thought it was sweet she included him in her make believe play time, 'cause she doesn't often do that.  He loves being included.  And he gave a great interview.

Matthew has been feeling short on guy time lately, so he was very happy to have my dad and brother come visit.  My dad offered to help him with his marble works, which I think DOES take an engineering degree of some kind to build.  Luckily my dad has one.  I consulted a little bit on this project.  :)

 John does his tummy time.

He didn't love it.

 He was glad when someone helped him turn over.

 Anna gives a puppet show for Matthew.

I'm not sure what this puppet show was about, but it went of for a looong time.

It reminded me of some tea parties I've been to lately.

 Pay no attention to the little girl behind the curtain.

Anna and Matthew have both been practicing their writing and doing a great job!  Anna wrote this note all by herself (with no grown up or Matthew help of any kind).

She wrote "DADE" at the top for Daddy.  And down below "R DADE MUESD" which was supposed to be something like "Our Daddy is missed."  I thought it was pretty impressive that she sounded it out on her own.

John is growing and growing.  He likes grabbing things now and trying to put his hands in his mouth.

 He hasn't quite gotten the hang of it

Our porch swing.  I've been wanting to get a new cover or new cushion for this swing and finally bought some fabric to recover the old one.  I never got around to sewing it, so my mom offered to do it.  I think it looks nice.  Thanks Mom!

 Matthew bit his pita in the shape of the United States.  So patriotic.  ;)

After our pita dinner that night I asked Matthew to bring the one remaining pita half into the kitchen so I could save it with the other uneaten pitas.  He was happy to help, but between the dining room and the kitchen he decided to take a bite of the pita...you know, before we put it away.  I was amazed that he would take a bite of the leftover pita we were going to save after leaving half of an uneaten one on his dinner plate.   He said he got hungry on the trip (which is probably 10 feet).  I had to take a picture.

I warned you some of this might be boring, right?

And here's little John getting sleepy.

 

And sitting with Grandma.  My mom helps me a lot with John and Grant - my two babies.  Grant is really 18 months and getting more self sufficient as time goes on, but I had the realization after John was born, that for all intents and purposes, they are both babies right now.  And having two babies to deal with at once can be pretty insane sometimes.  So its nice to have help.  I think John was getting held here while I tried to make dinner.  He looks happy about it.

 And here is another little helper of mine.

Anna is growing up and growing out of some of her tantrum-y behaviors (that's a word I just made up).  I had a parent/teacher conference with her preschool teacher last week and she told me how wonderful Anna is in class.  When I mentioned that Anna is sometimes prone to tantrums at home, the preschool teacher was truly mystified.  She said Anna never even steps out of line in class and gets along well with all the kids.  She said Anna even sticks up for other kids when they won't stick up for themselves.  She has been doing fewer time outs at home and having fewer tantrums (still some...just fewer) so I'm hoping she's going to outgrow some of that.  Being strong willed is not a bad quality...as long as it doesn't rage out of control.  We love you Anna!