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Growing Up

Last night Eva and I took a trip to the bookstore, just the two of us. Since she's been in school full-time, I don't have as much one-on-one time with her as I'd like, so it was a rare treat to be able to visit with her as we drove (without her brother interrupting). She told me all about her day at school, the games she's been playing with her friends at recess (something involving dinosaur eggs and volcanos), and the books she was hoping we'd find on the shelves at the bookstore. And, after spending my days with Sully, I kind of didn't know what to do with myself as she got in and out of the car...I had no child to buckle in, no doors to shut, "I can do it myself, Mama!" she said.

Wow. My baby really is growing up. And I sure do like her.

Happy weekend, all!

Cheeeeese!

A Day Off From School

...so we made soft pretzels for lunch!

(Sully calls them "pencils.")

Two Peas in a Pod

When Eva and Grammy get together, the giggles never seem to stop.

Fixing the Couch

...with his hammer.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Wait! Stop! Stop it!

Honestly, sometimes I feel like I can see her growing up right before my eyes.

Reading Books to Karl

A New Tent

(Santa did a great job this year...)

A Sunday Visit

For Christmas this year, we gave my parents a web camera so they would be able to video chat with their grandkids whenever they wanted. We tried it out for the first time yesterday, and Eva and Sully were so excited. Their conversation pretty much consisted of making funny faces at each other, pretending to hug the computer, and running off to get one treasure or another to show off to Grammy and Grampa.

I think this was a good investment!

Practicing

Yesterday Sully informed me that he's going to be a builder when he grows up. And he says he's going to build me a new house with his wooden nails. I told him I could get behind that idea.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

He thinks he's pretty hot stuff...

..."playing" board games and all. So grown up.

Much Better!

Sully is feeling much better this week, thank goodness...but now it's the grown-ups' turn. Mike and I are suffering a stomach bug this week. Blech. Good thing there are lots of new Christmas toys around to help keep the kiddos occupied!

My Poor Sully

From this:

To this:

In 24 hours.

Our poor Sully-man has strep throat...I'm VERY thankful it's Friday and we have a whole weekend to snuggle at home and heal this little guy up. Healthy wishes to all of you!

Sully & Scoop

A few months ago, completely by accident, Sully was introduced to Bob the Builder. When he saw Bob on TV, he started yelling "Mama! Tractor man! Mama! TRACTOR MAAAAAN! The boy was smitten...and has been ever since (luckily, our library has a healthy collection of Bob videos, and finding one is never a problem), so it's not surprising that he came away from Christmas this year with four (4!) Bob videos of his very own.

But the very best thing, if you ask Sully, is that one of the DVD packages came with a small yellow digger named Scoop. Scoop just happens to be Sully's very favorite character from the show...and (save for one unfortunate night which a misplaced Scoop spent in the dollhouse garage) Sully has not let Scoop out of his sight since he opened the package last weekend.

Want to meet the newest member of our family? Well, you're in luck! Enjoy:

Learning

Eva taking her first few stitches as she learns to hand sew. I'm one proud mama!