Quiet Day

Lydia has been sick since Christmass. She is not feeling well, swollen throat, aches all over, etc. Not good. Saturday was deemed 'quiet day' by executive order of... well, me. I decided that Lydia needed a day to rest some. Now those of you that know Lydia... lying around resting is for those of lesser genetic makeup. Germans do not lie around!
It began with taking the kids to D&W for some groceries. Now I was not too excited about a cart full of kids, along with a list in one hands and a Starbucks mocha in the other, but we made it through. When I got home I noticed that I do not buy as wisely as Lydia or think family. I think like a college guy at the grocery store. I guess that is one other reason she is great! We then made arts and crafts for a good part of the afternoon. We made dolls and glasses and monster teeth and glasses and other fun things.
We colored and stickered and taped and glued. Anna bade this ballerina. I am not sure about the square jaw though.
Here are all of them in their crowns. They thought this was super cool!
Owen had me make multiple pairs of glasses in diverse colors. I cannot imagine where that comes from!
Watson got some new specs too, but they were a bit too small.

It was a nice quiet day. Lydia still does not feel well, but she will not get another quiet day- unless she hires someone to do it!

Some Watson Pictures for Your Enjoyment

Here are some Watson pictures for your enjoyment. I have been somewhat negligent because we have been putting the files onto Lydia's laptop or into an external hard drive and they are not as readily available. Sorry. I will try to do better. So today, I took my flash drive and took some things from Lydia's laptop and transferred it to mine. Yeah! Watson pictures.
He is a very happy baby. His personality is great. Lots of smiles and coos. Anna and Owen were quite happy as babies as well- but Watson seems to have a very optimistic outlook on life.
Now, he is not the skinniest of our children. Actually he weights at 4 months what Anna weighed at one year. We are comforting ourselves with the 95/95. He is 95th percentile for weight and height. There would be serious issues if he was 95/30!
He has been trying to roll over and show us his abilities. So far he gets stuck on his fat rolls! When he is on his stomach though- he really enjoys it!
The boys love to snuggle and nap.
What are we thinking? Who knows... we will see what kind of little guy you will grow up to be.

Today It is Fulfilled

Today marks the end of Shawn's 6 year vacation. Welcome home. Now let's get back to work.

Meet Wyatt and Hannah

Anna and Owen have been playing with their cousins all day. They really love to have other kids to play with. Hannah lost her head at one point, but Anna got it reattached. The moral of the story? If your parents won't take you to see your cousins, just make them out of construction paper.

A Nicey Icey Saturday

Today was quite chilly in the morning. We woke up to a home at 48 degrees. The heat sometimes likes to sleep at night and needs to be aroused manually. It was cold, even by our standards. We got it going after a couple of minutes. The morning moved on. The kids played while Lydia prepared some things for the Lord's Day. Anna suggested that they go outside and play for a while, which was fine by us.
So Anna, Owen, and Samson all headed outside for some fun in the blowing snow. They went on the slide and climbed a tree. They made snow angels and all the other things that kids love to do in the snow.
Lately they have liked taking sticks and writing in the snow. They make pictures then the sticks quickly turn into guns. They shoot the house, trees, the dog and sometimes each other, even though this is off limits (we shoot things and animals, not people). They played some more.
I continued writing a sermon while Lydia was baking something chocolaty in kitchen. After a while I heard a slight gasp from the kitchen. Lydia commented that Owen did not have his gloves on and, of course, we don't want our children to lose their fingers. She also informed me that he was running around out there BAREFOOT.

Wow.

Cold.

Bizarre.

Closed Until December 12th

I am completing my semester at Puritan Reformed Seminary. There is a lot to do between now and December 12th. I am closing until then. Of course, our children are all well and there will plenty of pictures coming after then.

Sit back, enjoy some good coffee, and watch this a few more times! That should keep you entertained until then!

If First RP had a Christmas Pagent...

If my church had a Christmas pagent (and we do not, nor will we) I am sure that this would somehow be included. Me, Brian, James, and Mark doing a jingle bells ditty!