Hooray for Mika!

Last March, Mika's classmates voted for her to receive the Integrity Award for her class. Forest, Paula, and I got to watch the awards presentation at the Integrity Assembly.

Mika, we are so proud of you for being a good friend to your classmates and demonstrating integrity at your school. You are truly outstanding. 😊

Happy Birthday to us

My birthday was the same night as Ramona's third grade music performance.

We had Chick-Fil-A for dinner afterwards . . .

. . . and some birthday cake, too.

I bought myself a separate flourless chocolate cake that I ate almost all by myself that week.

Forest's birthday was the same day as scouts and activity days at the church

The kids and I arranged to surprise him at the church building

We disrupted the scouts' lesson on building tools, but made up for it with some cupcakes.

Forest has been traveling so much for work, lately, it was necessary to get him a quality eye mask and neck pillow.

We may not be much wiser, but we are definitely getting older. Happy birthday to us!

Wye-Guy + Paula Doll

Grocery shopping August 2017

Paula and Wylie are at adorable ages right now. They are still so little but able to express themselves, interact with each other, and display their emerging personalities. I am so blessed to be able to keep them home with me and watch them grow. It feels like a truly precious and fleeing stage of my motherhood.

Boss Baby.

Wylie tends to stick his tongue out to one side when he's really focused on having a good time.

 

Story Explorers Book Club at the library:

The library playhouse:

Reading a book on laundry mountain:

Penny pony ride at the grocery store:

Paula with a picture she drew of the puppy on her shirt:

Wylie with his own puppy stuck to his shirt:

More library time:

Wylie often "sees" Paula in the books that we read together. Here is one "Paula" he pointed out:

And here is another:

Wylie photo-bombing our matchy matchy picture:

Sometimes I wish these two would stay small enough to fit in a laundry basket forever. I guess the main defect in children is that they grow up too fast. But no matter how big they get, at least I know they will always be mine.