Why I have girls

So today Sophie asked could I help her find bugs.  Uh, new question for me.  I often look for butterflies, but she has a new love for bugs.  Apparently her unit of learning on bugs has got her with a new hobby.  We gathered aphids(sp), which are the white parts of grass.  Bugs like them best.  Then we grabbed our nets and tromped through our woods.  We got 8 spittle bugs, one little fly and a bonus FROG.  Yes, FROG.  And I encouraged it.  I saw it on the tree, helped stalk it, and ran inside for an extra container for him. 

All was fine for a while.  I mean I will never discourage an interest, even if it grosses me out.  She may the next scientist in the family.  However, a few moments ago I noticed all our animals were still on the kitchen bar and I asked her to let them go.  She quickly got up and let them go.  In the house.  I didn't stay around long enough to see where everything went.  My voice hurts from the screaming.  As of now only one spittle bug is unaccounted for.  And Harper keeps asking if there is a bug on her head!  Ugh.  I really hope the next learning unit is back to rocks, or flowers or something. 

Easter according to Harper

Thursday I was headed to take Harper to preschool. She was all excited because it was the day of her Easter Party at school, Sophie was out os school the next day, and the Easter weekend was finally here!

As we drove she out of the blue asked why Jesus had to die. I told her as best as I could to her three year old self that Jesus died so that every time we got in time out and were done with our punishment we didn't have to think about it anymore. Because she had been having a rough week, that made her happy.

She sat another minute and said that on Easter a miracle happened. Jesus wakes up, and rises to Heaven with pixie dust making him go super fast. I told her she was really close to being right. She said her Sunday School teachers told her that, but she added the pixie dust part herself. She thought it made a better story, but she said the waking up from the dead was pretty good too. So glad she thought that was good too......

Alive and Kicking~

This little girl in the cute hat has been keeping us busy! So busy I haven't had time to blog.....

And these two are just as busy! Between Mardi Gras, Dr. Suess Day, ballet, gymnastics, and life in general, there is not much time to stop. But there are a few things I want to remember in a few years so I better write things down!

Sophie had Dr. Seuss Day, and although she is a dead ringer for Cindy Lou Who, she wanted to be red fish/ blue fish. We had a blast getting her costume together, and she loved the way she looked. She got to speak into the microphone and welcome all the parents to their Kindergarten program. It was a big day for her!

- Camille is a busy bee. She is doing her own style of military/elbow crawling, and puts anything that isn't nailed down into her mouth. Just today I pulled a lite brite piece, a leaf, a cotton ball, and a whole strawberry out of her mouth. She has eight teeth, says mama and uh-oh, and is just starting to sleep through the night! She will be my little tag along to all her sisters' functions, and she is getting lots of practice lately with our busy weeks. As long as there is noise and someone is close she is a happy camper.

-Harper has been hilarious lately. She is in a two year old program at church two days a week and you would think it was the best thing ever. She gets a "G"every day (or so she says), does art, and has discovered that all the little tracing games we play can actually lead to writing letters! It is so funny that when Sophie sits down to do her homework Harper has to have some too. Oh, how one day that will change!

Because it is Lent, we are in that time where you give something up. Well, Ash Wednesday I took all my games off my phone, and put up the IPad. Sophie was looking at my phone and asked where they were. I told her I gave them up for Lent, which of course made her ask questions. After I told her what it was about, she said she wanted to give something up too. She chose candy. When I told her it was for 40 days, she looked at me funny. I left her alone for a while and she came back to me and if Jesus was only dead for 3 days, how come she had to give up her candy for 40 days!! And when Sophie asked Harper what she was giving up her answer was consistent.... I love Jesus and he loves Me..... Well, at least they are talking about Easter, even if they don't have all the facts right!

Sally Chugger

I realize I haven't done the obligatory Christmas post, but I got an IPad for Christmas and love it and have yet to head upstairs to my computer with pictures on it. Considering it is the first day back to school, I am sure I will be up there soon because that is also whe my treadmill is located.....

I had to write this down so we can remember the first character in our house, Sally chugger! Te other day Harper was jumping on their new bounce house and went to Lee and wouldn't answer to Harper. She tod him she was Sally Chugger. He kind of laughed and ignored it. However, Sally has been around for a few days now! She is turning nine on Friday. She also made the mess in the pantry, she ate candy, and she doesn't like hamburgers. I am hoping Sally doesn't appear when it is time for Harper to go to school!

A Baptism to Remember

Sunday was a special day for our sweet family. Camille was baptized! It was a special day for so many reasons. It was our probably final use of this beautiful dress my family has used for two generations of cousins. Most of our family got to be there, even during the busy Christmas season. The big sisters got to sing with their choirs before our moment. I got a new hair do from the flames of candles. Oh? Did you miss that last sentence? My HAIR caught on FIRE during her special time! They gave us a memory candle to light on the anniversary of her baptism, her birthday, etc. As I glanced over to look at our happy baby, who was loving her time in the spotlight, the candle caught the end of my hair and quickly singed some new layers in my hair. Luckily, Lee saw it and grabbed my hair before major damage occured. If you know me, major damage already occurred because I was SO tickled and couldn't stop laughing.

Other than THAT episode, it was such a sweet time. Below are a few moments of the day....

This is our family with Rev. Debra Bishop, who performed the baptism. She came to the hospital the day after Camille was born and had the best prayer ever. Seriously, if you have a baby, call Debra. She will get that baby covered!

Her beautiful cake!

After lunch we had all our cousins together, so we headed to see Santa and play around the big Christmas tree.

Tis the Season.....

Tis the season for a lot of activities, a lot of work with the ole' glue gun, and not many posts! I will try to catch up on a few of our fun happenings lately!

Excuse the sideways picture below, but I had to share Harper's excitement in seeing Sophie riding in her first Christmas parade! She got to ride with her little Daisy Troop. It was SO fun to see her riding, and so cute to see a proud little sister!

Camille and her Poppa were excited too, but not as much! hehee.....

We have had a busy December already! Loving every minute of the fun! Since our house has been slowly getting decorated since Veteran's Day when Lee left for a few days and we got bored and decided to throw a few trees up, we have been waiting a while for the Christmas specials, Santa Claus, and all the fun parts of the season. I don't think we have watched one regular cartoon in three weeks, only DVR's Christmas shows. I LOVE that my kids can recite the Grinch and Rudolph.

Sophie had her first pleasant experience with Santa on her class trip to a local North Pole Train exhibit. Call it Peer Pressure if you want, but having 17 of your closest friends watching you as you near the big guy makes you not want to freak out. She handled it well, told him what she wanted, and smiled. I could not have been prouder!

Remember last year and our pitiful attempt at a gingerbread house? Well, we have never had much luck with one of those kits. The roof always falls in, the icing runs, and it becomes a mess. I was walking through a craft store last week and saw the kit below..... and knew it was perfect for us!

The palest indians you will ever see....

See my little Running Brook and Dancing Butterfly? These were taken this week at their feasts at school. So cute to see them doing pow wows and saying "how" with blond eyelashes!