Family News

A few nights ago Melody was using the potty after bedtime, so all the big lights were out.
Responding to her call for assistance I could see well enough that I didn’t turn on any new lights.
Melody reached out and took my hand, feeling it like clay in the dark, trying to recognize it. Finally [...]

Isn’t this sad?
The girls didn’t even know what cauliflower is.  Shopping yesterday I bought some, and the girls’ reactions were great.
“What’s that?” (distrustful) “What do you do with it?”
I explained it by saying you can do anything with it you do with broccoli. One of the girls gushed, “You can make soup with it!”
So that’s [...]

Well, it’s been a while so I wanted to write something
We spent a lovely week up North with Jim and Teena, half of it also with Aaron and Autumn, allowing me the rare opportunity to talk with them and especially to get to know Autumn better. Very special.
If I haven’t said so [...]

Elisha has to be told to sit on the opposite side of the kitchen (against the cabinets) if I’m trying to take someting out of the oven. Otherwise he’s hovering right by the door, signing hot! hot! excitedly. Here he’s heard the timer go off and he knows what’s supposed to come next.

This [...]

Melody [cheerfully, as she peddles on the exercise bike]: I’m going to South America, Mom. See you when I get home!
Now I’m going to be puzzling for a while where she got South America.

They’re a month old now, but still fun. (I still couldn’t get them little, though.)

I’ve got some fun ones to post, but this blog’s being twitchy just now.
Will get them up when I can.

Twice as we were driving to Wasilla and passing roadwork Natasha shouted, “Daddy!  Look!”  Both times there was the quick glacing about for the source of her delight before she pointed to the side of the road and said, “Dirt!”
We couldn’t help laughing.
On the way home the girls were asking something about clouds and where [...]

Jay did a fantastic job cleaning up the house Saturday while the kids and I were visiting a friend.  He’d picked-up all the floors so I could see most of the living room.
I was complementing Jay again on how nice the new floor looks, thanking him again for his hard work.
“Isn’t it great?” I said [...]

We read the story of Adam and Eve last week from the girls’ bible.
I read the part about Eve’s creation and reminded the girls what ribs are (Natasha’s favorite book for a while was the Eyewitness Skeleton book, so that pleased her).
Incidentally, I loved that, since I don’t see any reason to encourage the idea [...]