Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Guess what

we have been doing......


Ellie does not like wiggling her teeth, so when I told her she had to *wiggle her tooth for 5 min before you played. She just groaned in complaint and came over to me with her mouth open and said, "How about you just pull it out instead."
So, before she had too much time to think about that request, I reached in and yanked that tooth out. She was happy as a clam not to have a loose tooth anymore. Unfortunately, she bit a lotion bottle later that day and made another tooth real loose.

*Perhaps you think I am a mean mother to make her wiggle her teeth, but as you can see from the picture the permanent residences are moving in and the current occupants need to move out!






Yes, beans, beans and more beans. If you want to here the funniest little cackle, show James how to pinch bean seeds at his sisters, he never got tired of it, and would always let out the funniest mischievous cackle whenever he was successful and hitting anyone.



We leave 20 min early everyday to pick up Ellie from school, this gives us time to review letters and read books in the car while we wait for Ellie to come. Baby Lauren is usually napping so it's a little special one on one time I can spend with James every day.


see napping



not napping




Last Saturday, I took a quilting class from my dear friend Anita(More on this later)I was gone for approximately three hours. While I was away Barry built this. He sure does accomplish amazing things while he is watching the kids.
*It's a half shed, half green house.
He has the metal roofing on now, and has the plastic ready to put up. More pictures to come.


and now you know what we've been up to.......





**** author's note
Spell check has disappeared off blogger, so um sorry, you're going to be getting these posts very raw.

3 comments:

Amara Graves said...

Such cute pictures, I really like the one of Lauren, and bean stache of course. My work email does not have spellcheck so I copy everything into word before I send it, you might want to try that. James is growing up so fast!

Charity said...

I can't believe Ellie is big enough to lose teeth! Love the one on one time you get to spend with James!

R. Marie Stewart said...

Oh, Jilly, thanks for the wonderful pictures and updates of what Pates are up to. Love it!