Lil Mama

Lindsey loves taking care of babies and stuffed animals. She will lay them down and put "blankies" on them. I was just on the computer and knew that she was being busy and talking to them. When I turned around, I saw that she had put every one of her stuffed animals on the couch. It was so cute!


















Case in point: I put Santa out for Christmas, and he is Lindsey's new bff! She will not stop hugging him!

Thanksgiving Thoughts

Jared brought this note home from school:

I am thankful for my dad because he helps me understand God. He was born in a strong Christian family and he was the one who helped me pray to Jesus to come into my heart. I read the Bible with him every chance I get and he helps me understand the hard parts. Without him, I wouldn't understand the Biblical ways that much.

I am thankful for my grandpa because he is someone I can look up to. He is really funny. He can make everyone laugh. We love sports also. We always watch something when we visit him. He is someone I can stick with if I'm scared or nervous. I love him.

I'm thankful for my mom because she is helpful with projects that I need to do. She always reminds me to do work and checks it to make it right. She used to be a teacher so I usually get a good grade. Without her, I probably wouldn't do so good in school.

I am most thankful for my baby sister's 1st birthday. She is growing up and will understand Thanksgiving more. She'll get to see all her relatives.

When I think about Thanksgiving, I think about all the good food that we get because I grew up in a family of good cooks. Also, I think about how we get to see everybody and eat with them and just have a good time.

My best Thanksgiving memory was 2009. We all went to my grandparents' house and we ate a lot of good food. I ran in the Turkey Trot, which is a run, and ran one mile. Also, it was my baby sister's first Thanksgiving.

(I'm sure he's thankful for Lauren, too, although she didn't get a mention. And Mimi is the "good cook" in the family.)

Happy Halloween 2010

Table talk with Lindsey

After lunch, Lindsey and I were singing Happy Birthday to everyone in the family. Then, we pointed to our body parts, and made some animal sounds. She was a little distracted by the t.v., and got the idea to go swing when she saw some kids on t.v. swinging...so we ended up going outside to enjoy the fabulous, unseasonably cool weather we've been having.

Happy 7th Birthday, Lauren!

Lauren is officially seven! We had her party at the bowling alley yesterday.






































Today, we went to Ihop for brunch after CCE, then went on a couple bike rides around the neighborhood to test out her new bike! She did great! It's a tad big for her right now, but once she gets herself up on the seat, she's good to go!



















For her annual charm, I got her the letter "L". I figured it's sort of an upside down "7"...right??




















Lauren is in first grade and loving it! She loves reading (although she sometimes goes too fast) and adores her teacher. She decided she wanted to try gymnastics this year instead of dance, and she's also playing soccer. She's totally into "silly bands" right now, and likes to trade them with her friends. She's a great big sister and likes to play with Lindsey and give her lots of hugs! She's good at entertaining herself- she'll sometimes just go into her room for hours and play Barbies, or house, or whatever... She can be moody at times, and is a very talented whiner when she gets tired. Mostly, however, she is sweet and loving and girly and pretty darn cute!

Thursday is Lindsey's Mother's Day Out day, so I made cupcakes for Lauren's class and brought her Sonic for lunch. Near the end of lunch, she was telling me that her tooth was really loose, so I felt it, and it was! (This is her first loose tooth!) I asked her if she wanted to pull it out, and she did! Right then and there! (So unlike her) No fear, no tears at the sight of the blood...nothing! We marched down to the nurse's office, got a little tooth necklace to put it in, she signed the "tooth board", got a certificate, and went on her merry way! For her trouble, the tooth fairy brought her a silver dollar!! So here's the new grin:




















Happy Birthday, Lauren!!! Love you!!

Cheese!

Today we were in the car, and Lindsey started sucking her thumb and looked so cute, I was going to take a picture of her. Well, when I got out my camera and turned around, she saw me and immediately got this goofy grin on her face and started saying "Cheeeese!" So I decided to switch my camera to video and took this:

First Day of First...and Fifth!