Lilia and the Laundry

Lilia can't walk yet, but she still tries to help out around the house anyway. When I'm cleaning the kitchen I usually throw the old towels at the kitchen door way, then I have Sofie or John pick them up for me and throw them down the laundry chute. Well yesterday Lilia saw the towel on the floor and knew where I wanted it to go. What a little helper!


(Sorry for the dark, grainy video, it's pretty dark in our hallway! Where's a good solar tube when you need one.)

The steps to walking

Like I said in the previous post. Lilia isn't walking yet. Both Sofie and John didn't walk till well after the 1st birthday, so it must be in the genes. The funny thing is that all three of them have done some of the same things on the road to being mobile, this inverted "V" stance being one of them.

2003 - I don't have the picture, but I remember Sofie doing this.

2005 - March, right before John started walking
2007 - November, Lilia must be close to walking...

An Iowa Weekend

We went to see my family in Iowa this last weekend. We hadn't been back since last Easter so it was high time!! We didn't have any planned activities, but just enjoyed visiting with each other.

I'm always amazed at my kids' memory. As I said, we hadn't been there since Easter. But they remembered the stash of games that my Mom had for them. Here they are playing Elefun. Lilia was even getting the hang of it!

A room full of people and no one will rescue Lilia from the predicament she found herself in. (Grandma did come to the rescue shortly after I snapped this photo.)

We were able to squeeze in a visit to my Grandma and Grandpa's house. This was John telling Gma his Bible memory verse. He's always happy to be the center of attention.

Sofie with her Great Grandma!

Lilia...she's not walking yet, she walks on her knees and does this move all the time. I'm sure she'll put both together here soon. The funny thing is I remember the other kids doing this too.

Leapster

We've actually had a Leapster for a couple of years. I bought Sofie one for her 3rd Birthday. The kids have never been addicted to it and just play with it randomly. Well, that all has changed here lately. This is how I've been finding John. He doesn't even care that it's pink, just as long as it plays his new Cars cartridge. (No worries, being the mean Momma I am we have now introduced time limits.)

Pumpkin Patch

This last weekend we decided to go to the Apple Orchard/ Pumpkin Patch for our annual fall outing. We tried to go to a local orchard but it was SO full that there wasn't one parking space! So we drove around and re-discovered a garden center just down the street. They had pumpkins, hay rides, and lots of different things to see. I think we had just as much fun there.
(I know the kids aren't smiling, but they were having fun.) :)




Carving the pumpkins at home on Sunday

Crabby Baby

This baby had been recently napped, fed, diaper changed, and generally loved up and held. Nothing would coax her out of her post nap funk. So I decided to embrace the situation. Here's my most adorable Lilia at her most crankiest!

More camping...

I know, I know, isn't camping season over with already?!?! We decided to take one last trip on my Dad's birthday weekend. So for his 54th birthday :) we went to Backbone State Park in Iowa. We had so much fun and we are definitely returning. There are a lot of fun things to do at the park, but one of the best is climbing THE backbone. It's a rocky peninsula that juts out into the river/lake. There's also caves to explore and streams to fish (fish-get it-Dad's birthday...)