New, modest swim wear for Skeezix!

February 24, 2010 | Stacy

I think the shoes make her look like Minnie Mouse! ♥

Birds of prey know they are cool…

February 24, 2010 | Stacy

Our local Rec. Center offered some Tuesday evening classes on Predatory Birds of NY, this winter. We signed up for a four-lecture series. I promptly FORGOT to go to the first one… 😛

We made it to week #2 [hawks] on the 9th and week #3 [owls] tonight. By WE I mean, the whole family made it to the first one and JB offered to stay home with Angel for tonight…. Any guesses why?

The fourth and last class is in two weeks. Beau and I will be attending THAT one on our own.

He REALLY, REALLY gets into birds. He has since he first saw Stuart Little 2 when he was 6. We did a unit study on Birds of Prey then and he has remained fascinated.

He’s no savant, mind you. He can’t identify scat on the ground, or tell who lives in our trees by the pellets left nearby… but he can remember which ones are which, and he actually rubs his hands together and claps a little clap when the demonstrator brings the birds out of their boxes. Champ TRIES to like them, and Skeezix is just a mess. She likes to see the bird for about 12 seconds and wants to see another one. Never mind the slide show and the Q&A…

Bear’s birthday

February 22, 2010 | Stacy

Angel’s BFF turns four this week and celebrated with a party yesterday.

Although Angel herself was unusually subdued at the party,

she couldn’t say enough about it on the way home.

The party was a Princess Theme

[which is WWWAAAAAYYYYY off Mama’s radar] and Angel played the part.

Bear’s cup cake tree.

I only ate one, b/c I was afraid

someone would count!!

Most of these girls are buddies of

both Angel and Bear from church.

Angel and “O-see-Ah.”

Winter VBS at PCC

February 21, 2010 | Stacy

Online Baby Guessing…

February 13, 2010 | Stacy

See the logo up top for ExpectNet?

Please click on it and go to our baby game.
There, you are asked a few questions, and then can guess Scooter’s birthday, gender, weight, and height.
We’ve done this since Champ, and enjoy seeing the guesses. We also print them off and keep them in the baby book.

The game name is

SCOOTER5

Thanks, so much!
We appreciate it.

Sisters….

February 9, 2010February 3, 2019 | Stacy

are so awesome. ♥

God has a plan and a purpose for our families. I am so glad that I am not left to make the decision for who joins us. I surely would have gotten it all wrong.

Sometimes it takes my breath away when I remember how JB and I thought our family would be complete with two beautiful little boys. We most certainly were not LONGING for a girl. In fact, as we were preparing for Baby Number Three, I was 100% sure I wanted another boy to join us. How convenient it would have been for clothes, bedrooms, boy-toys, etc. If we had stopped, or if I had gotten what I thought I wanted, we would have missed Skeezix.

The world would be such a different place without her. While her first three years were rather, shall we say, intense… she has become the sunshine in our home. The first to offer assistance, the first to listen and recall what was said to her, the first to offer a prayer in someone else’s name, Skeezix rains down cheer on our home.

And what about the little sister? Well, I can’t imagine if she hadn’t joined us 21 months later. To think that at one point we thought, “Oh boy, now FOUR… that would be CRAZY!” Of course, in her case, we obviously very much hoped God would see fit to make number four a little girl. The symmetry-loving head on my shoulders could have wanted nothing else. But I admit, I was afraid to hope. I had myself convinced she was going to be a boy and I remember, after a painful back labor delivery just lying on the bed in great relief waiting to hear what I had delivered. The doctor’s voice rang out, “It’s a girl!” and my hands flew to my mouth in a joyful cheer! TWO BOYS AND TWO GIRLS!!??!! AMAZING AND WONDERFUL!

Just as the boys are Brother-Buddies [don’t try to separate them! please!] these little ladies have grown to be Sister-Buddies the last two years.

When the boys are chin deep in their studies, the little ladies keep themselves busy.

When the boys are off doing big-boy things, the girls enjoy playing with the boys’ toys!

And Skeezix does a tremendous job looking out for Angel.