so small

I love to watch Rachel run in our yard. She looks so small against the broad green sea of lawn. I wonder if she feels as small in the yard as she looks?

(great, now I'm misting up about the thought of her growing up)

Loves Jewelry

Thank you Aunt Michele, Uncle Jeff, Michaela, Jordon, Zander and Keziah! Rachel loves jewelry!

Very Hungry Catepiller likes doughnuts

Rachel's new favorite book is Eric Carle's Very Hungry Catepiller. However, she thinks all of the fruits with the holes in them are doughnuts.

On Monday he ate one? "Doughnut!"
On Tuesday he ate two? "Doughnuts!"

Dr. Office

What is the point of putting someone in the examining room if the Dr. will not get to exam the patient for over AN HOUR! Do you know what that does to a 2-year-old?! I was a human jungle gym and had sung every Banana Fana fo fanna song posible.

Pike

Michael saw some true story TV show about this pike that sucked off a guys foot. He won't swim in the lake anymore.

Dinner Time Miracle

So after the amusement park (11 am to 6 pm pretty much non-stop in the blazing sun), we were starving for good food. We stopped at the first restaurant we came to. The kids were SO well behaved that it had to be the hand of God after such a long day. They sat in their chairs, used their "restaurant voices," ate in silence, and ATE EVERYTHING! Rachel (let me remind you that she's only 2) didn't drop a single piece of food and sat in a regular chair. Not only that, but the service was quick, the food was great and the bill was very reasonable!

No Fear

We took the kids to an amusement park nearby. Michael, with his sneakers and in bad need of a hair cut, was 48". He went on ALL of the rides and sometimes even twice (because one of us adults needed to stay with Rachel, they discourage babies in strollers unattended). What a trooper!