a.k.a. Emma, Arianna, and Grant.
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| Poor kids! They're still smiling, though! |
Daddy took these 3 sledding on Friday evening and they had a blast! Unfortunately, the last run of the night the 2 girls got pretty well banged up (Isn't it always 'the last run'!). Even though they got hurt the night before, they were still up for going again Saturday morning. Once again, the last run of the morning, Grant and Emma were going down the hill, lost control at the end and Emma unknowingly got on top of Grant, pressing his face into the crusty snow. Not so pretty. Luckily, they are small children and heal quickly. Next time we will try to go when the snow is new and soft- not so hard and crusted over.
The next day at church everyone could guess what we had done that weekend!
Here are some pictures of the sledding adventure on Saturday:
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| The whole gang sledding. |
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| Daddy and Grant |
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| Whizzing down the hill- look at that smile! |
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| The view from the sledding hill. Notice the grain elevator. |
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| The other direction is another grain elevator and a water tower- there's one in every town! |
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| Love that little man! |
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| Little Kate and I just came along to take pictures and pull the kids to the car. |
In other news, Kate is 1 month old as of Sunday! Hard to believe! She is beginning to sport the double chin look. She is doing great. I am not ready to leave the house with all 4 of them by myself. We had a disastrous trip to the library last Friday which proved this to me. Good thing it's a very small library, with few patrons, so my 3 year old screaming only disturbed a few people. On the othe hand, in a town with only a few thousand people, remeaining unanimous is not possible. As I left the library that day I seriously wanted to move I was so embarrassed. It's better if we just all stay home for now.
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| Bathing Kate is a family affair- the kids love to 'help'! |
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| Emma loves it when Kate sucks on her chin. |
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| She's getting bigger! |
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| I caught a little smile on camera! |
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| Arianna loving baby! |
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| Arianna's latest crazy smile. |
Grant is enamored with his new little sister, even though his disappointment at her not being a boy still creeps out regularly. On several occasions in the last month he has asked me if there was another baby in my belly. He really wants a brother! He calls Kate the cutest (and most interesting names!) He regularly coming over to her and says, "Good morning, Sunshine!". Other times he calls her 'Pinkalicious' (which actually sounds like 'Pinkayicious' with his speech-it's quite adorable!). If she's in purple it's Purplicious. My favorite though is when she's hungry. Then he calls her 'Hungry, hungry Herbavore'. One day he even called her 'Dictionary Power'. What a funny guy!
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| He loves to snuggle her |
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| And gaze into her eyes. . . |
Such sweet photos. You are doing a GREAT job posting on the blog. I agree -- it's a bit early to be going out with all four. Makes me nervous just thinking about it. I still probably shouldn't take my three together too many places -- shopping with all three, for instance, almost always ends in deep regret. Those sledding photos make me a little nostalgic for snow!
ReplyDeleteOwwww! Good things your kids are such good sports! I'm also amazed you found somewhere to sled near Wichita. :)
ReplyDeleteThe baby is beautiful. Did I already say you need to bring her to NY sometime soon? Yes? Well, we'll say it again anyway: come visit!
She is so darling. I am so glad your kids are enjoying her so much. I can imagine my life will be a lot like this in 6 months. The library, with all of them, by yourself?? I never would have dared!
ReplyDeleteKate is adorable; however, Holland is more so. Yeah, a bit of a bias.
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