Ok, for all of you lurkers out there, now is your time to finally post a comment. I want to here what you all think about the black and white pictures. I want to blow them up to 8x10's and have them displayed. I can't decide if the one of Joseph and me is ok even though his back is to me. He was not really wanting his picture taken that day so it was really the best I could do. I just was unsure because the other kids are all by themselves. I am also wondering if it is ok that my picture is turned the opposite way and if so how would you display all of these pictures with one going the opposite way? Would you use the one of the kids or is it just not that good?
We took these pictures at the park on Saturday. We were actually headed to take them where Ryan's family took their family portrait when Sarah was still a baby but there was a wedding party taking pictures. I was pleased with our location because there was a park for the kids to play at. I will be expecting all of you to post your input so now is the time!
I think this one needs to be darkened still. It is a work in progress. Jared took this picture. Pretty impressive for an 8 year old.
The kids
I know I am partial but I think this man is so handsome!
I am not super hip on either of these pictures of me. I guess we are all most critical of ourselves. This one seems to close up.
And in this one I am arching my back weird so my stomachs stick out. I guess it could be left over bad posture from pregnancy.
Wow what a week it has already been.
This is Jareds science project we did today.
23feet make up his insides. I never thought I would learn so much from homeschooling.
Emma also loves what she calls, "home preschool" She has been my neglected child as far as academics are concerned . I am determined to teach her to read over the next few months. She knows all the sounds of the letters and what they look like. (Thank you Letter Factory) I now just need to teach her how to put them together. Every day she begs to do her work and never wants to stop. I love her thirst for knowledge and think we could all learn a thing or two from her desires. She is such a happy girl. It has been interesting to watch her enter an "off" year. She screams and yells but most of the time she is pretty happy. She loves books and will look at a book over and over again. She will even carry around books that have few pictures because she knows she likes the stories that are in them. When I was tucking them in tonight she was really sad. So I started to tickle her. She reminds me so much of me at that age. She wants so much to be loved and is thrilled to have her mom pay good attention to her. There are times when I will look at her and think how much she looks like me. It is so fun to watch her grow.
Joseph is all boy. Example? He is completely excited when it is time to feed the Dragon and loves when Jared cuts the heads off the meal worms. I am going to experience what it is like to have two little boys close in age and close in mischief.
Joseph discovered raspberries today. He had the best time giving them to Joshua and insisted that Ryan and I do it as well. Before today I wondered if Joshua was afraid if Joseph. He would get a look of nervousness every time Joseph came near. But today he was watching him with new eyes. He seem truly curious. He would look where ever Joseph went and would even smile at him. Joseph was helping me change Joshua and Joshua was smiling so big. These two little boys are going to have so much fun together.
This is one of my favorite outfit this cute boy owns. I had to put it on him even
though it doesn't really fit.
He is growing so fast. He cooes at you and smiles the biggest smiles. He has started to talk to us and tell us "stories." If you look away from him for very long he starts to fuse to get your attention but is all smiles again when you turn back. He recognizes my voice now and I love it. My most favorite is when he just stares into my eyes. There is nothing more endearing then those little blues eyes staring into mine. It feels as though he is trying to tell me something. Just letting me know he loves me and that I am doing alright by him. What a joy it is to be a Mom!
23feet make up his insides. I never thought I would learn so much from homeschooling.
Emma also loves what she calls, "home preschool" She has been my neglected child as far as academics are concerned . I am determined to teach her to read over the next few months. She knows all the sounds of the letters and what they look like. (Thank you Letter Factory) I now just need to teach her how to put them together. Every day she begs to do her work and never wants to stop. I love her thirst for knowledge and think we could all learn a thing or two from her desires. She is such a happy girl. It has been interesting to watch her enter an "off" year. She screams and yells but most of the time she is pretty happy. She loves books and will look at a book over and over again. She will even carry around books that have few pictures because she knows she likes the stories that are in them. When I was tucking them in tonight she was really sad. So I started to tickle her. She reminds me so much of me at that age. She wants so much to be loved and is thrilled to have her mom pay good attention to her. There are times when I will look at her and think how much she looks like me. It is so fun to watch her grow.
Joseph is all boy. Example? He is completely excited when it is time to feed the Dragon and loves when Jared cuts the heads off the meal worms. I am going to experience what it is like to have two little boys close in age and close in mischief.
Joseph discovered raspberries today. He had the best time giving them to Joshua and insisted that Ryan and I do it as well. Before today I wondered if Joshua was afraid if Joseph. He would get a look of nervousness every time Joseph came near. But today he was watching him with new eyes. He seem truly curious. He would look where ever Joseph went and would even smile at him. Joseph was helping me change Joshua and Joshua was smiling so big. These two little boys are going to have so much fun together.
This is one of my favorite outfit this cute boy owns. I had to put it on him even
though it doesn't really fit.
He is growing so fast. He cooes at you and smiles the biggest smiles. He has started to talk to us and tell us "stories." If you look away from him for very long he starts to fuse to get your attention but is all smiles again when you turn back. He recognizes my voice now and I love it. My most favorite is when he just stares into my eyes. There is nothing more endearing then those little blues eyes staring into mine. It feels as though he is trying to tell me something. Just letting me know he loves me and that I am doing alright by him. What a joy it is to be a Mom!
I bought Joshua a costume yesterday and had to try it on him. I think the kids were almost as excited as I was to see it on him. Joseph wanted to try it on to but it just didn't fit.
Now lets not forget about dear Sarah. I miss her. I feel like I don't get enough time with her. We do walk to school and sometimes ride bikes. It is about a 15 minute walk and it is good to hear her talk about her life. She has made lots of friends but is starting to narrow down who she really likes to play with. I asked her what made these friends more special then the others and she said it was because they have a lot in common. When I asked her what she told me, "We like the same color and we all live close to the school." Oh if only making friends was still that simple.
1 comment:
Susan- well I don't want to be a lurker, so here's the comments. #1 I think Kyle is much cuter then Ryan, as it should be (ha, ha) #2 I loved all of the pictures!! The one of Joseph with his back to the camera, precious, that is who he is right now, and the close up of you is beautiful, not too close. At first glance I thought that it was a pre-Joshua picture. I wanted to tell you how great you looked today at the baptism.
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