The Fifth Year

Best friends: "Sister" and sometimes Caleb

Favorite movie soundtrack: Frozen

Most predictable childhood moment: cutting her own hair

Currently reading (rather, listening to): Anne of Green Gables and The Horse and His Boy

Current favorite stuffed animal: "Lambily"

(Still) Favorite food: Breakfast 

Thanks for watching me grow the last 5 years!

Kids & Beach

Scenes from our Winter

(Dedicated to Prital :-))

 

Ever since he discovered his distaste for diaper/clothes changes and his taste for sweets, the front closet has become Caleb's default hideaway. We find him there in various states of undress or stickiness, as the case may be. 

(Notice the candy cane)

 Speaking of desperation for sweets, Lysbeth licking the sugar off the counter:

while making these: 

And we while away our long winter evenings with song and dance.

Lysbeth at 4

First Big Haircut

Our fall . . .

. . . has turned into winter!

 

Fall 2014

The Story of "Rainbee" the Monarch Butterfly,

in pictures

Apple Picking 

Zoo Encounters

Harvest Time

"School"

Family Jam Sessions

 Applesauce Production

And, Dancing. Always Dancing.

Summer 2014

Making jam from our own strawberries:

Summer afternoons for the guys:

Summer afternoons for the girls:

This is how to clean bathrooms...with heels, of course.

Actually, more like this:

We had a few days of warmish weather

before we had to pull out the jackets again.

Last night, Lysbeth agreed to trade feeding Henry for dishes. I haven't let her help with dishes since Caleb went mobile, and was pleasantly surprised to find her dishes washed to mess made ratio significantly improved.