My Baby and her Babushka :o)

Cast Off

Lucas got his cast off this afternoon. Before getting it off, he vacillated between being really excited ("Mom, I want to take my swimsuit to the doctor's office so I can change into them after my appointment. Then when I get home, I'll run inside and I probably won't stop to talk to anyone, I'll just run outside and jump in the pool.") to being a little sad (I think he kinda enjoyed having an accessory). It will take a while for his arm to feel normal but he is already figuring it out. When he changed into his swimsuit he came out and said it "took a little research" to figure out how to take his shirt off.

L's Preschool Days are 'Ore

Last week Lucas had his last day of preschool. I couldn't help but feel a little sad. Really? Must you really grow up?

His school had a graduation celebration. The kids sang a song and then their teacher introduced them, gave them a lei and told us what they wanted to be when they grew up. Lucas wants to be a fireman.

This little guy is one of Lucas's friends. He moved from Japan this year and started preschool mid-steam without knowing a lick of English. The poor kid cried and cried and threw fits and clung to his Mom every morning for the first week. Of course, we suggested to Lucas that he try to befriend him. He wasn't convinced he could or wanted to but the next day he came home all excited. "If I jump, he jumps. If I run away, he chases me!" His Mom said at graduation he came home that day with a smile and talked about Lucas, his first friend. Just one of the lessons I hope Lucas started learning this year in preschool.

Here is the video of the song they sang. Sorry for the wobblyness of it. I was half laughing/half trying really hard to not cry. There is just something about your own child singing wholeheartedly about God that gets to you.

Visit to Idaho

The week following T & B's visit Nathan had to go to Philadelphia for a week so the kids and I tagged along with them back to Idaho. Being back "home" is just so nice.



Thank you A. Alice for taking us to lunch! Wish I would have brought my camera.

This was Mia's first airplane ride and also my first time traveling with a bottle baby. When we were leaving San Diego we got to sit on the runway for 2 hours before taking off which really threw my bottle making plans out the window. About an hour into sitting there Mia started "asking" for something to eat. The flight attendant said she would be happy to get me some warm water as soon as we were in flight. About 20 minutes later she decided that she would actually get me the water before we were in flight. Poor Mia was at her wits end but the good news is that all that screaming wore her out and she slept the rest of the flight. I learned my lesson and brought plenty of water with me on the trip home.

T and B Visit

A couple of weeks ago we got a visit from Tadd and Brooke. It was a lovely chaotic time ( 5 kids, 5 and under and at one point 8 kids, 5 and under). Check out Brooke's blog for detailed information.

Oh and I should mention, while they were here Lucas had a couple of appearance altering experiences. First he lost not one but two teeth.


Originally he looked like this:

And then like this:

And then like this:

And then I guess I stopped documenting. The other middle one followed his Cheerios down a few days later. Now he has 2 big ole honkin' directionally challenged teeth taking their place. Such a great look.

Secondly, Lucas tried to show Ezra a trick on his skateboard and well, it didn't go so well. I'll let his illustration illustrate what went wrong...

Thankfully it was actually his arm not his head that bore the brunt of the fall.

Anyway, back to pictures of the good times...

Ezra and Caroline, come back!