Multitude Monday

A very random list...

...a few sprinkled blessings from the last few weeks.

716. Girls doing dishes and doing a pretty good job

717. Their faces

718. Visiting Travis

719. Girls behaving

720. Time to chat with my mom

721. 3 year old's drawings

722. Little books for little hands

723. Children loving books just like mama

724. Charlie peeling carrots

725. Cori always waking happy, even when it's early

726. Charlie walking around for days saying.....Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

727. Remembering stories from Sunday School

728. Last minute weekend trips

729. Girls having extra time with "The Tickle Monster" (grandpa)

730. Playdates

731. Library trips

732. Late night grocery runs

733. Early morning kitchen floors

734. Creativity at the table...mangos and peanut butter, pickles and ketchup

735. Tax stuff to the accountant

736. Getting on the same page

737. Setting plans to pay off big things.....the house

Have a blessed week!

Cori - 19 Months Old

Cori is our laid-back girl who surprises you with a tantrum every once in awhile.

She's a big copycat that always wants to do what her big sister is doing.

She has been a pretty good helper in the kitchen just like Charlie.

Her favorite thing right now is buckles, buckles, buckles.

If it is unbuckled, she will buckle it...carseats, booster seat, swing, everything.

Thankfully, our little biter hasn't bitten anyone in quite awhile.

She is still not talking much, but manages to get her point across...at least to her mother.

Her current vocabulary includes...mama, daddy, baby,

cheese, tickle, hi, bye...and a few more I can't think of.

She loves her baby brother, but doesn't always like that he takes some of mama's time. She has been asking to nurse off and on for quite awhile. I let her try about a month ago, but she couldn't remember how.

She is still a wonderful nap-taker and actually my best sleeper. 

God bless!

Menu Plan - Week of 03/07/11

Not sure if this interests anyone, but the following is my tentative menu plan for the week. I just plan for supper and have a rough idea of breakfasts. For lunches, we normally eat leftovers or sandwiches.

Monday - Chicken Pot Pie
Tuesday - Tacos
Wednesday - Chili
Thursday - Taco Twist Soup (for my Bible Study group, we will probably have leftovers for supper)
Friday - *not home*
Saturday - Crockpot Chicken
Sunday - Chicken Spaghetti

God bless!

Charlie - 3 3/4 Years Old

It's hard to believe we have an almost 4 year old.....

.....an almost 4 year old going on 15.

We are working on manners, being polite and realizing we don't always

have to have the last word (a trait she gets from her mother and I realize just how annoying it is now).

She is a wonderful helper in the kitchen...

...making cookies, baking bread, setting the table and doing dishes.

We have been working on a very little bit of 'school' and some days go better than others.

She will rarely say the alphabet all the way through or even count to 10 in the right order.

But it is more of a stubborn issue than a she doesn't know issue.

She loves puzzles and her Memory game.

She remembers everything and can relay a conversation from weeks ago...

...kind of scary!

God bless!

Joseph Jr. - 2 Months

Where have the last 2 months gone?

Baby boy is growing like crazy. He weighs somewhere around 13 lbs.

He will be catching up to his sisters in no time!

We have been seeing a lot more smiles, sounds and smiles out of him.

He nurses about every 3 hours.

But I do normally get a little longer stretch out of him at night...sleeping

4 to 6 hours at first, then up every few hours.

His sisters love him. Charlie likes to play peek-a-boo and really loves it when

he smiles and talks to her. Cori is always giving kisses and hugs.

(I see Cori here. What do you think?)

(I think it's time to start using the buckles.)

Updates on the girls coming soon as well.

God bless!

Seven on Saturday

Not sure where to start...it has been 3 weeks since I posted. How about a bunch of randomness.

1. We went and visited Dave and Kelly (Joe's sister and her husband) a couple of weeks ago and had a great time. 7 hours in a vehicle with 3 little ones is a long time, but the kids did fairly well. On the way there, Charlie was misbehaving and I told her when we got the Kelly's I would find her a corner for a timeout. Her response...Kelly doesn't have corners.

2. Joseph is growing like crazy. I weighed him on Tuesday and he is up to 13 lbs. He is still waking up at night to eat, but is sleeping much longer to begin with than the girls ever did. I usually get 5 to 6 hrs out of him when he first goes to bed...then is up every 2 hours after that.

3. I have not taken a single photo in the last 2 weeks.

4. I'm struggling to get back into a routine after having Joseph. It has been a much bigger transition from 2 to 3 kids, then it was from 1 to 2. It's just not as easy to take 3 with you everywhere.

5. A girlfriend and I were talking the other day about The 100 Day Project. The idea...to start and do 3 new things for the next 100 days...create new habits. I'm thinking this is just what I need to get back on track. I have not decide yet what is going on my list. I plan on deciding by Monday.

6. I love being in the kitchen...cooking, baking, trying new things. Most Fridays, the kids and I hang out in the kitchen prepping meals, baking bread, crackers or cookies. We have tried a few new recipes lately...Graham Crackers, Granola Bars, and Beef and Barley Soup. And made a few favorites...Chewy Oatmeal Cookies, Chocolate Sheet Cake, Chicken Potpies. I will post the rest of the recipes in another post...need to go look some of them up.

7. My hens are loving the warmer and longer days we are having. They have been laying a lot more eggs then they were in the middle of the winter. we go through a lot of eggs here.

Have a blessed weekend.!