Super Bowl Sunday: Will had to wear his super-cute football outfit, which Aunt Hillery sent right after we found out "baby quatro" was a BOY! I'm so excited he finally fits into it, and each time he wears it, I'm reminded of the joy of receiving some of our first "boy things."




The girls and I, along with our dear friends from small group, (and, obviously, a whole lot of other people) went to the Egg for Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It wasn't without drama - I couldn't find the parking lot! - but we had a fabulous time!

Ellen made the girls these ear bands. I love them!
Some of Will's favorite things right now are - SOCKS! He'll play with one or two socks for a long time . . . .

The Girls' Developing Theology

The other night, this is the conversation I heard between Anna Kate and Lucy:

Lucy: ". . . Jesus, in time out!"

Anna Kate: "No, Lucy, Jesus is never in time out."

And then this, on another day. (We have been studying and talking about who God is - He is holy, perfect, ever-present, love . . . .)

Anna Kate: ". . . . like Mary Poppins - practically perfect in every way."

Mommy: "No, actually Jesus is totally perfect in every way. Mary Poppins is only practically perfect . . . ."

Am I lucky or what? On the weekends, my husband makes me things like this:
A farmhouse-style bench, stained in ebony. He also changed the legs on the table he made us last year, so the legs are also "farmhouse-style" and stained ebony.

Lucy's birthday

Happy Birthday, Lucy Jane!

I know it's a little dark, (see what it's like to live without sunshine?) - but it's too cute. He "stomps" his feet, and in this video, he's doing it in response to his music player. He can stand for a few seconds easily, even stand and clap, and he cruises with ease and very little support. But he's still content to crawling (he's so fast), and I'm glad . . . here's hoping he does not walk before his first birthday - a first in my house if it happens!

puzzles

Anna Kate still loves puzzles! Aunt Heather and cousin Decker sent a box of 10 photograph puzzles, and we've been working on them at night before bed. Here are the first 300-piece puzzles:


We actually found that missing piece, but I never got a picture of the puzzle with the last piece! oops!