Artist

Jack loves to draw and he has mastered drawing Mo Williams' pigeon from his book "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus" Today he expanded his horizons and was working on other animals. He is so proud and he should be. Jack works hard at it and keeps trying till he gets it the way he thinks he should look. He has perseverance.

On the way home from church today he was telling us that he could knew how to make cookies. We asked him how and he gave us his list of ingredients.

Flour

Sugar

Eggs

Baby powder

He's always good for a laugh, I said do you mean baking powder? Oh yeah, thats it he said...

Sophie is starting to coo and babble and smile. She loves to spend time at dinner just laying on the table with us and tonight she was all smiles. Jack says I hope she grows up to be a famous artist like Monet...

10th Day of School

Its hard to believe that we have already finished 2 weeks of school. The boys came home on Friday with crowns on... They were so excited because their teacher threw them a Happy 10th day of school party. The boys are loving school, no complaints about going to school and they are making lots of new friends. I kept the boys together for Kindergarten and I am so glad I did. The transition has been so easy. Ella is also enjoying having them there. They all walk in together and she walks them to their class. She is a mother hen and the boys always get excited to see her in the hall.

Yesterday a friend asked Jack if he was liking school and he said "yes, but I am SOOO afraid of my teacher" We all had a good laugh since his teacher is so sweet... and I didn't think Jack was afraid of anyone.

When the boys were getting their picture taken with the party crowns Ella had to join in. Her she is in her party outfit...

We had to have a picture of Sophie. She loves to lay on the table while we are eating lunch. The kids think its great to talk to her and tell her about their day. Today Christopher thought Brown Bear needed to have a chat with Sophie. She will be 7 weeks tomorrow and she is starting to smile and make noises and we are all enjoying her and she is bringing so much joy to our home...

Jack is always doing headstands. You can't sit near him anymore since he is always on his head and when he lands his boney knees land on you so we steer clear of him on the stairs, couch, bed and pretty much everywhere he is practicing his moves...

Sophie

I fell off the blog writing wagon since our blog picture still has our sweet dog Sam and doesn't picture our crazy fur ball Belle and we are no longer a party of 5 because as of July 19, 2011 at 7.35am we welcomed a beautiful sweet girl Sophie Elizabeth. Isn't she lovely.

We are thoroughly enjoying her. She is so fun for all of us. With a 7 and 5 year age gap she is truly the baby and the big kids are thrilled to have her. She provides us with lots of entertainment and that entertainment is pretty much watching her sleep. The only issue we seem to have is who is going to sit next to her in the car. I said this poor sweet girl is going to have 5 parents. Jack doesn't like to hear her cry so any peep she makes he is trying to give her a pacifier and shhhh her. Ella wants to hold her and pick out her outfits and Christopher likes to kiss her head and give her brown bear to snuggle. I told John I was so glad he wanted a 4th because she is a wonderful addition and I am absolutely smitten with her...

So after a long blog hiatus we now continue our journey with 4 little miracles and their tales...