Curly Q's

Look past the two cute girls to the curlies in their hair! I made them! It was so easy and I have been having a ball creating new hair curlies that match every outfit they have:)
Here is what you will need:
grosgrain ribbon
small wooden dowels in different sizes
wooden clothespins
scissors
baking sheet lined with foil
Fray check
barrettes
hot glue
Directions: Just wrap the ribbon tightly around the wooden dowel, secure with clothespins and bake at 275 on the cookie sheet for about 20 minutes. Once finished, unroll and cut about 2 inch strips. Fray check the ends. Tie a piece of embroidery floss around the middle in a tight knot. Hot glue on to a barrette! Super easy, inexpensive and cute!
have fun creating!

Sophia

Sophia has grown a lot in the past few months as well! She seems so much taller too me lately
and she is so loving and cuddly! She is doing really well at staying in her bed all night
(as well as the other 3-its been great to get good nights sleep!)
Sophia also loves school and her teacher.
She has been going to AWANA at church and is in the Sparks program.
Her favorite tv show is Dora.
I love my Soph!
Sophia asked me today, "Mom, do dads cook?" I said yes but not as good as mommys!

Arianna

Arianna really seems so much older to me since she has started school.
She likes to "take charge" a lot and help around the house, especially when it comes to food!
She still LOVES little pet toys- any type of animal as long as it is tiny!

Arianna loves school and tells me detailed accounts of her day - who went to the yellow light and who she played with at recess and what papers they colored and if she cried or not
and so on....

I miss her during the morning and am so happy to see
her smiling face when I pick her up at noon!

(can you tell she rarely looks at the camera for pictures?)

Daddy's Little Girl

Our Ella is also growing up so fast! If asked her age she will most likely say that she'll be 5 on her next birthday. We think she thinks she will catch up to the twins!
She really is so smart and and can even write her name at two and a half!
Ella, Elijah and I have been going to storytime at the library
and she seems to enjoy the time we spend together, just the three of us!
She does love her daddy and cries often during the day for daddy!

Her favorite tv shows are Dora and Go Diego~
She LOVES her pink glitter shoes and wants to wear them every day.

We do love our Ella Bella- she is a beautiful little girl with lots of spunk!

My Little Man

My little Elijah is growing up! He is now 15 months and so smart! He's already reading the newspaper:) Not quite, but he does have a very large vocabulary (I think:) He copies all the words we say and he can recognize TONS of objects and say their names too!
I think he takes after his daddy!
He still hasn't mastered walking but takes off on his own a few feet
and then realizes what he's doing and falls.
I do love him so....

This is his newest thing I say "Show me your silly face" and he does this....
Shuts his eyes and grits his teeth in a big smile- it cracks us up!

He Loves Me- Just because

It has been a while since flowers graced my table- just because:)
Saturday night, my husband gave me flowers- just because!
They were beautiful and I am blessed ...just because...
he loves me!

We may be on a roll....

My children (all 4 of them) have slept thru the entire evening for the past 2 nights- can you believe it? If you know me well at all, you know that my kids NEVER sleep all the way thru the night, even the 5 yr olds. You would also know I am yearning for a full nights rest with no interruptions! Well, I have gotten that for 2 nights in a row. I am shocked and holding my breath that it will continue. I dont think this phenomenon has happened in the last 5 yrs. seriously. Now that I posted this to the world, they will wake up tonight. I should have kept quite:)