And Carolyn has been doing good too. With training wheels. Notice how she starts at the top of the hill? Smart girl.. just like her Mom! :D
And never one to be outdone....
He can climb on and off his little bike... All.by.himself. But that's as far as he goes, for now!
Congrats on 11 years!! We love you both!
I know this one is blurry, but I love it anyways.
multi-tasking - eating and talking on her cell phone 
We've found some really, really neat computer games. * they are so handy on rainy days..*
The flowers in our garden are slowly blooming. (that's what happens when you plant later)
I'm not sure what you'd call Carolyn. She entertained herself one afternoon by playing with their hair bands.
Keeping the toad from John - not as easy as it may seem.
"aww, he's so purdy Mommy!" 
Just making sure it didn't pee on her..
A little while later...
This Jacob he's talking about most of you already know.
He's Benji's sidekick, just-like-a-big-brother, best-est friend in the whole-wide-world, bike riding pal (oh.. Jacob also taught him how to ride without training wheels!), partner in crime and.. they're cousins.
Katie's hair is quite long when it's wet. But once it dries.. it curls up tight!
And of course, not to be left out. Here's an angle on Tubby's hair!
Carolyn's (bed-head) hair is getting looong too.
*She's modeling her 'princess' smile for Gpa, Gma and A. Jess*
He just likes to eat. But because he's older, he can be neat.. sometimes.
Carolyn was still sick on this night.. so while this was going on, she was nibbling soda crackers on the couch!
A simple laundry basket provides him with hours of fun. Earlier he tipped over backwards, the basket flipped on top of him. He was trapped and confused. I tried to grab my camera quick, but he was too fast and figured out how to escape!
But tomorrow is another day. So we'll wait and see. In the meantime, I need to find a place to keep the 3 HUGE boxes of cupcakes away from my 4 kids! And cross my fingers that NONE of the cupcakes make it back home after the party :)Gathering vegt. from the garden. LOTS and LOTS of green beans. Some zucchini/summer squash, cucumbers, peas and peppers too.
Playing inside - it's been too HOT and humid outside some days.
Playing nicely together... then in just a split second, they fight get along like brothers and sisters do.
Cleaned and eagerly anticipated our special company's arrival.
Cancelled our visit with our special company, due to a sick kid. Attempt to reschedule.
Sleeping (during the day) because some are up most of the night. 3 of the 4 kids are sharing a bug. All patiently taking turns, waiting until the 1st one is just well enough so Mom starts to breath a sigh of relief, then WHAM! the next one takes their turn. 
I suppose it's better than having 4 sick at one time..but dragging out these sleepless nights isn't much fun either. But tis the life of Motherhood! At least I'm not sick with them.. yet..{knock on wood}
Oh! And if we manage to get over this, we have a party for my nephew this Sat... I have a few cupcakes to make to say the least! Think enough for 60 people !! :)
Now I wonder where they heard that from?
The kids love to hide in the tall grass at the bottom of the driveway. Then they pretend to be mtn lions, bear, dinosaurs, dogs, or even a 'kid'. I pretend to be scared. Then John comes to my rescue and tackles the mtn lion/bear/dino/dog/kid. No really. He does! Maybe some day I'll get a video of it...
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Fine.. I'll put all my 
Time-out! Carolyn found a spider.
Whew! Now we're rollin'.
"Now, why don't I get a push?"
