4yo Boy + Scissors = Buzz Cut

Jonah's self-styling... Mark's styling...

Here's the sad story. Friday morning I walked into the kitchen and noticed a lot of tiny scratches on the floor. My heart stoped beating as I thought, What Did They Do??? I bent down to touch the scratches and realized that the scratches were really blond hairs on the floor. Puzzled, I wondered if Sarah was pulling out her hair earlier that day. I swept and dustbusted the mess and then went to find Anna & Jonah to see if they had noticed Sarah doing something weird with her hair. Out of the bathroom popped my beloved Jonah sporting a new do. Yet another childhood milestone met.

Resurrection Class

I think I've been replaced as our homeschool preschool teacher. Today Anna decided that she was going to teach Resurrection Class. When she said that, I thought she surely couldn't mean resurrection. She must be using the wrong word. Well, I eavesdropped on her class (that's what all the good moms do, ya know), and she did mean resurrection. She told the boys all about Jesus dying on the cross and rising again. Then.....drum roll....she even had them do crafts!!!!! She made them each a cross to color. She wrote their initials on their crosses and drew a picture of Jesus on their crosses. Isn't that just too funny? She hung up all their pictures from school during their recess. I don't know how she learned about recess??? You can see the crosses in the picture below. The other pictures are just free expression. They must have had extra art time in class.

Birthday Girl

The big day has come and gone. I think Anna had a wonder filled day. She opened her presents right away in the morning and was surprised to discover that Grandma Linda had given her two things from her list. Shocker!! She wore her birthday dress all day (and again today). In case you have to ask, her birthday dress is the dress that Ellen made for her. Mark took her on a lunch date, and he brought her a rose when he picked her up. Isn't that super sweet? Then, Anna & Jonah had a playdate with their (only) friends in our new town. The girls came after school and stayed for dinner and cake (or supper as the 4yo frequently corrected me). The kids only have one friend each, but their friends seem like great kids. They are 6yo & 4yo sisters, and luckily, the 4yo is a tomboy. They even have a 2yo brother, so Eli will be able to get in on the playdate action when he's older. We are very blessed to have met this family and even more blessed that they like us!!

Bookend girls, boy sandwich

So, the picture is blurry, but I thought it was still a cute shot. You can see our bookend girls and our boy sandwich. I'm too cute with words. :) Sarah was very excited to be on the couch like a big kid.

6 years, 364 days

Here she is showing off her new earings and the adorable matching outfits. Now we just need to schedule Felicity an appointment at the American Girl store to have her ears pierced too.

Tonight I said good night to my sweet 6yo baby girl. Tomorrow I will say good morning to a sweet 7yo. Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday she was toddling around like Sarah is today. Both girls received lots of extra kisses today as I waited for my big girl to turn another year older.

Egg Nests

In honor of our Owl Moon literature unit study:

How can this really be fun?

Do you remember playing on the stairs when you were little? Back when you didn't have as much padding on your backside and for some unknown reason you ENJOYED bumping down the stairs on your butt? If you were wild and crazy you probably even slid down on your belly. I had successfully repressed those memories, but this week they came flashing back to me. Here' why.

This activity is serious stuff.