Snapshots

Grandma taught Aliza to use a peeler. At Grandma's house, Aliza is happiest if she has a job to do.

I told Aliza that if she put her hair in braids or ponytails she wouldn't have as many tangles. She took me up on the offer after a particularly bad brushing experience. She went all out with 5 rubber bands at the bottom (in a specific color order) and 2 clips on each side on top. I happened to think she looked quite adorable and grown up.

This is the definition of Josiah right now. These are his working clothes. At this moment he was getting ready to burn some brush with Daddy. So he has his hat and with his sunglasses on top of his hat (like Daddy). His favorite truck shirt. He would rather have long jeans on, but I try to discourage that this time of year. And his working shoes. I'm of the opinion that he is rather adorable and quite grown up looking too!

It looked for a while like my sister was going to have her baby yesterday so Renee came to stay with us. She reminded me of her Mommy finding a tub to stand on so that she could play with the doll house. She just fit right in with our family and Josiah was so so sad to see her go this morning. He went outside three times to stand on the deck and check to see if the car had left. Janell's 24 hours of contractions turned out to be braxton hicks.

While Renee was here, her sippy cup was often within Anna's reach. Anna wanted that cup more than anything else. I finally gave her a straw and cup to play with and bought her a sippy cup of her own today.

Such a big helper. Josiah scrubbed Daddy's golf clubs with great enthusiasm. The enthusiasm may have been partially because he was staying up late to help.

Anna pulls up all the time now. Such a big girl. She still just has 2 teeth and she started playing peek-a-boo.