When I Grow Up

Sarah just said, "When I grow up I will have a chameleon, a dog, a kitty cat, and four kids."
Brian said, "You're going to be very busy."

Daddy Big Legs

Eric found a daddy long legs today and called us all over to see. "See, see," he said.
Sarah looked at it and said, "It's a daddy long legs!"
"Like you, Daddy," Eric said.
If that were the end of it, that would've been great. But it gets even better. I asked Eric what the spider was called. He replied, "Daddy Big Legs." Awesome.

Nature Girl

Sarah's last day of preschool was yesterday, and we were quite proud when she received the "Nature Girl Award." As Ms. Nancy put it, "even the boys couldn't keep up with her, with all the worms she carried around." From what we hear, after she received the award, she found a snake under a rock and brought it to her teacher. Again, as Ms. Nancy said, "she certainly lived up to the award!" As her nature loving parents, we were very impressed, but quickly explained that snakes may not be the best animal to pick up. (We've talked about this before. Really.)

Today, Brian called his parents and asked them to send him the snake picture, the one where he's holding a snake that he found. Sarah loved it. Like father, like daughter.

Last Friday

I've made a bunch of new art cards for this week's Last Friday. Here's a sneek peak. I'm really excited about the new designs.

All Grown Up

After a month and a half of sitting on the eggs and feeding her young, mama robin must be proud. They've all grown up and flown away. I mistook one of the babies for the mom just before they flew away. It's amazing how big they get so quickly!! The last baby bird took about a day longer than the rest and I was kind of sad to see him go. Just a small preview of what I'll experience with my own, I guess . . . Anyway, happy flying, baby birds!!

Thanks, Dad

My dad made us this bench. As you can see, it's a great place to eat ice cream. My favorite things to do are sit and watch the kids play or admire the plants in my garden. I also like looking at it from the house. It makes me very happy. I can't say thank you enough.

Skyscraper or Snow Plow?

Eric loves trucks. And every truck he sees, whether it's a pickup truck, a garbage truck, or a delivery truck, is called a "dump truck". For him, dump truck is a generic term. In the car yesterday, he was talking to himself and playing with his "dump truck". Sarah, who needs to correct him when he's wrong, said to me, "Mom, he's calling his skyscraper a dump truck. Why does he do that? Why does he always call it a dump truck?" Now, I didn't think Eric had a toy skyscraper, so I asked her, "Do you mean his snow plow?" "Yes, his snow plow. Why does he always call it a dump truck?" I replied, "I don't know. He just does." Little kid vocabulary is the best!!