Sunday, 4/24/2011
We’ve been studying The Boston Tea Party- reading about it, watching a Liberty’s Kids video on it, etc. While Kip & I were inside and the little girls were napping, Mary & Nathan grabbed a Sharpie Marker & decided that they were going to “put on a show” (act out) about The Boston Tea Party. They made themselves into “Mohawks” like the colonists did… Good Heavens. And on Easter Sunday, 90 minutes before we’re supposed to leave for evening church- what a mess!
3/8/2011 (11 months old)
Lyra just has the most pleasant, smiley, sweet little personality. She is almost always happy. She is 11 months old and quite possibly a perfect baby. Not that I’m prejudiced or anything. 
As Lyra approaches her first birthday, I’ve been nervous about her upcoming pediatrician’s appointment. Her doctor was not super pleased the last time & I know he will want to see more progress. She is STILL not sitting herself up independently- she can sit just fine if she’s placed there but cannot maneuver herself into the sitting position on her own. She’s not crawling yet, still rolling everywhere. I do not think there is a thing wrong with her other than having a little to much… help. Yesterday she was fussing around about something that was just out of her reach. Of course, Nathan leaps off the couch to rush & get it for her. I said to him- “Nathan, you know, it really is okay if she cries a bit!” He looked at me with the most HORRIFIED expression & said “Mom! No, it’s NOT okay if she cries! She might be upset!” I had to really encourage him to let her fuss around a bit so that she’ll have the motivation to crawl or sit herself up. Here’s her ever-present-helper playing with her during her sink bath.
Love that little profile…
| Any of you guys remember this?
Notice the fine detailing around the nail heads… The ottoman: I am excited to report that I finally found some fabric to have it recovered and the man picked it up today to recover it. For $205 he’s going to recover the chair and ottoman and that includes pick up and delivery. Every place else I called wanted at least twice that. This guy is someone I found through a friend of a friend- a little old man who does it out of his house and has been doing it for 40 years. He’s bringing it back in three weeks- I can’t wait to see it! In other news… Mary’s preschool books have all been delivered, which was so exciting. I’m just waiting on the manual. I guess it’s a good thing it hasn’t come yet because we are just to sick to do anything at all. This morning we did play with pegboards a bit, did a puzzle, played with Mr. Potato Head and the viewmaster. I had a friend show up unexpectedly this afternoon (so, of course, my house was a wreck which was so embaressing) and stayed for a while until naptime. When they get up, we’ll pick up Alec at school and play on the playground for a while, visit his school book fair and hang out until 6:00 for pizza night. Daddy is meeting us at the school for pizza and then taking Alec to boyscouts, while I take the babies home for a bath and bedtime. It will be a busy afternoon but hopefully it will get their minds off of feeling so cranky and irritable. |
