Spring has Sprung!

The flower gardens in front of our home have finally bloomed! Beautiful.

Our little make-up artist...

You'd think that Chayce had done this to herself, but, no. This was Zachary's art work. He even did her hair!!

A Diamond is a Girl's Best Friend

An evening or so ago, Chayce asked if she could nurse the baby. We explained to her that she would have to wait till she grows up, and have her own baby before she could nurse, also adding that we hoped she'd find a nice young man first. Chayce immediately piped up with, "Yeah, and not until I get my diamond!!" Stephen looked at me with one of those, "Yup, she's yours," looks.

On another note of pride on my part...
Last night Stephen found some soggy washcloths in the tub (which I'd left...oops!), so I called out, "Sorry! My fault!" Zachary then calls out, "But, Mom, you don't have any faults." Hee hee, that's my boy!!! We'll see how long I can keep him fooled. ;)

1 Month Old!?!

How can this happen? Well, I suppose one day at a time. which means in 5 short months, we'll be introducing food, and watching her crawl...and people wonder why I don't put her down...because being a baby only lasts so long!!!! Then they start to move, and become independent! They become too big too snuggle with safely (by this I mean the adult runs the risk of getting kicked in the head), and they start arguing with the contractor who is supposed to be fixing your ceiling (more on that later). So, for now, I'm content to type one handed, snuggle all I want, and sit and read to all three. Happy 1-month, Payge!

As for the contractor thing...we finally got our ceiling fixed in the kitchen (which means we also got the plumbing fixed upstairs!), and the contractor was showing Zach the liquid plaster. Z replies, "Yeah, you bring plaster here all the time (this isn't the first time the contractor has had to redo work for free, for us)." L replies, "Yeah, well, it's not supposed to be that way." Z, "But it IS that way. Why is it that way, L?" L, "I wanted to see you again, Z, and we needed an excuse. Here hold the seam tape, notice, it doesn't have any sticky on it?" Z, "Then, umm, wouldn't it just be called 'paper'?"

Atten-slap!

As Chayce and Zachary were being put to bed, Stephen called them to attention. Zachary already knows how to respond, but Chayce is still learning. Stephen demonstrated how to salute, to which Chayce responded by slapping herself with both hands in both eyes. ouch!

Why do you keep refolding that towel?

Tonight Jillian said to Stephen, "why do you keep refolding that towel? you have folded that towel three times!" Stephen stepped back, and lo and behold, there were three towels...

WEAR Your Baby!

Ahhh! I love it!! I think I have a new obsession, it started with having 2 children, and now with 3...it has grown. Baby wearing!! First, I must say that my preference is the wrap, an example of one you can buy is the Moby Wrap. Making one is SUPER simple, however, and can be very inexpensive (and does not have to require sewing!! Yay for me!). http://www.wearyourbaby.com/Default.aspx?tabid=121

Most people (in North America) see wearing as a way to get out of the house, however, I've decided (along with many cultures outside of the U.S.A.) that babywearing should be almost constant, until the child is mobile on their own, and even still used for the tired babe. Here's a great short article about baby wearing in another culture: http://www.continuum-concept.org/reading/in-ams.html

So, I was thinking...what else needs to change in my perceptions of raising my children? Where else do I need to rethink things? This may be just the beginning.