Sunday, February 2, 2014

Early November Happenings

Lincoln loves to crawl into the cabinets (which are usually magnetically locked) if I ever forget and leave one open.

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Jackson during art class in classical conversations.

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Jackson with his classmates, Joshua, Caleb and Sophia.

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The kids made Thanksgiving cards for a local nursing home.

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In Sunday school one day the boys each made a “Tree of Thanks.”  Baron (on the left) was thankful for: home, my street, bike, brother, dad, I can talk to God, baby boy and mom.
Jackson (on the right) was thankful for: nice house, bed, toys, brothers, food, friends and family, dad and mom.  I thought they did a pretty great job with what they were thankful for.

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My bigs are such buddies (of course they also clobber each other constantly) and I’m so very grateful for that.  I love hearing them play.

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It is not uncommon for our swingset to have 8 or more kids playing on it after school each day.

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Sometimes Lincoln not only plays. . .but also makes a huge mess.

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In November Jay had another endoscopy.  Praise the Lord that it came back normal!

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Baron was very excited the first time it was cold enough for him to wear his “sissy hat.”  I had to explain to someone that it was the hat that his Aunt Sissy made for him. . .not a hat for sissy boys. . .

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One weekend in November Jay went to Beach City to fish for a weekend with Bryan, a buddy from our small group.  A couple of other guys from our small group were supposed to come and couldn’t so Jay ended up inviting Jackson to go along.  Jack was BEYOND thrilled and had a fabulous time both fishing with the men and hanging with his sweet Nanny and Paw Paw.  That Saturday I watched 4 of the neighborhood girls and Bear was also thrilled.  Strangely enough 6 kids (4 girls and 2 boys ages: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1) was MUCH easier than my 3 boys.  The difference in the temperaments is so interesting to me.  The girls were so quiet (comparatively) and could color for over an hour! 

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At one point I tried putting Lincoln in the jumper as I debated how much longer we would need it.  His reaction told me that it’s days were over. . .kind of sad to be getting rid of all of our baby things.  Also, kind of great. . .

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When we first moved in our living room was lined with the baby swing, the bouncer, the jumper and now it’s morphing into more of a living room and less of a baby room.

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That morning I had taken Baron to the farmers market and he had loved dancing by the band and putting the tip in the jar.

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My precious littlest guy!

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Can you tell how much fun Bear was having being the big man of the group?!  Thankfully Brynn and Lincoln were both sleeping during this photo.

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That Sunday Jackson made it home just in time for Clara’s 6th birthday party.  There were so many kids from our street there and the boys had a ball.  Love that they have so many friends on the street!

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And now for some pictures of the guys fishing weekend:

Bryan, proud of what they caught!

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Gorgeous!

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Jackson was so thrilled to be one of the men on this trip.  I love how much he and Jay love fishing together.

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Later in the month we shot off rockets at CC.

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In the pictures below you can see how high the rockets went into the air.  Jackson immediately placed this rocket on his Christmas list.

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My middlest boy proudly holding the dollar that he earned helping out around the house.

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Jackson and Lincoln hanging out together.  I think they look so much alike.  Both of the bigs just adore Lincoln and he just loves all of the attention that he gets from them.

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I’ve been trying to have more play dates lately and so one day we invited Sophia (from CC) over for the afternoon.  As you can see they had a great time goofing off and singing together.

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Early November was crazy busy but lots of fun!

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