Journaling

A sneak peak of what Owen will be dressing up as for Halloween this year. Shh. Don't tell.  

This was his "journal" for today.  Some days he journals whatever his little self feels like drawing. Other days we do a "how to draw a _______". Just depends on mom's mood, Owen's mood, how the babies are cooperating. But this happens to be what we did today.  We have been working on "kid writing" and building his confidence to write down the sounds he hears.

"I will be Mario. I like to play Mario."
(This was not done independently...he had some help from me.)

An encouraging word from Lilly--Try your hardest

Lilly was working a puzzle the other evening and was making up a song as she sang about what to do if you need help.  I asked her to sing it again so I could record it.  She was a tad shy, but muscled through it.

"Try your hardest, if you can't do it....then an adult has to help you"

Good advice, Lilly Grace.

Fall Leaves and my boys

The one and only picture I have duplicated for each of the boys.  (Lilly, sorry, mama owes ya one.  But I didn't think that you would appreciate me putting you in brown lion overalls.) 

Here's Everett enjoying the leaves.  He really did love them.

And for comparison, here are Gibson and Owen at similar ages:

Gibson at 5 1/2 months

Owen at 6 months

Hey Lilly, we are in luck. I was just looking back at old pictures as stumbled across one of you in some leaves--at 11 months. Yay!

Visiting Sweet Friends

 We went for a weekend to visit our dear friends who lived in Logansport just 2 1/2 short years and now have move to southern IN. We miss them dearly.  So time with them was sweet.  It was relaxing. It was just good to be in good company.  The kids had a blast together.  I was horrible about pictures though.  So here are the few I captured.

 The kiddos

 

We didn't venture far. Just spent time hanging out.  They had a zip line set up in the backyard, which was a hit, for the boys anyways.  Lilly had a minor mishap on her first run that turned her off to any more tries.  Owen and Gibson couldn't get enough of the thrill ride. 

Jimmy would get Gibby started, then run to the other end to help him dismount.

Everett--7 months old

Everett Kent is 7 months old.  He went for his 6 month check up last week.  Here are the stats:

Weight = 19 in

Height = 27 3/4 lbs

Poor guy had to get 5 shots--they don't get easier for mama, that's for sure.  He did great though.  He cried until it was over and I picked him up.  Then he turned around and looked at the nurse as if to say, "I thought you were nice, why you gotta be so rude?"

This little guy is army crawl scooting himself where he wants to go.  Cooing a ton, and super friendly and aware of his surroundings.  He likes to carry on conversations with his cooing which is so super cute.  He has 3 teeth, almost 4.  Cutting all 4 at the same time is hard work and has required, understandably, some extra tlc.