us and our surroundings

We have this little friendly woodpecker that wakes us up nearly every morning. To have an incessant pecking sound rattle your brain when you still have an hour to sleep is a bit annoying. It eats off this tree in the "greenbelt" in our backyard. It sure is a pretty bird though. We are very grateful to be living in such a beautiful place on earth. So much wildlife around us and so much green. We would appreciate if the wildlife could keep their noises down until the humans are awake. We need to work out some arrangements that are good for all of us if we're going to be living so close together.

Adyson is just scrumptious. She's wanting to grow her bangs out during the summer.... such a long process. What is your opinion on the matter? She's wearing Kaden's shirt and sweats here. Ady's taking after her mom in many ways that I think are wonderful. I've started to notice something else she's doing that is just like me... she needs a little treat in the late afternoon. She comes to me and asks, "Mom, do you have a little treat that I could have?" or "Mom, I'm needing a little piece of chocolate or something." So cute. I just wish I could stay as skinny as Ady when I have my little treats.
Kaden loves to be a boy. Instead of putting his "awesome" spider man stickers on the hardwood floor I told him to find somewhere else to put them. He picked his tummy!
One night I was doing my routine check on all the kids before going to bed. I could not find Maryn anywhere. I around for her then decided to finish checking on the others before I got mad at Maryn for hiding and watching t.v. or something. (Why would I assume that she would do a thing like that?) When I went to check on Kaden this is what I found... my big 12 year old girl sleeping in her brother's crib with him. (sssshhhh... don't tell Kaden it's not cool to be 3 1/2 and still be sleeping in a crib.) I don't know why Maryn thought it would be fun to be all squished up like that.

Emmy woke up one day and couldn't ride a bike and went to bed that night riding like a pro. I took the kids to the church parking lot a few months back and she caught on quick. Now she rides up and down the street like the neighborhood cheerleader. Also, her bottom 2 teeth got lose finally. She didn't want to twist those teeth out so Maryn layed her down on the couch, got dental floss and pulled Emmy's teeth out. Personally, I think that's disgusting, but I was glad that Maryn did it so I didn't have to. Anyway, when Emmy got her money the next day she was so thrilled thinking that her dollar and lose change were a lot of money. She asked Jeff, "Dad, is that how you got all of your money for this house is because you lost ALL of your teeth?" A child's way of thinking is so innocent.