I'm putting away clothes in his room while he sleeps. The closet door shuts louder than I mean it to and William stirs in his sleep. I look over to assess the situation and I am instantly transported back in time.

His fingers are splayed wide, arms in front of his face. His lips purse in a face that in entirely unexplainable to anyone who wasn't witness to it thousands of times just four short years ago. Here he is. Just a tiny little trace of the tiny baby he used to be. Grown now into my big almost 5 year old boy. Moments like these are far and few between these days as he grows faster and faster into a boy, not a preschooler, toddler or baby.

My Hammer

This one is old. But, it still makes me laugh, so here it goes.

I'm tucking Amelia in for bedtime and giving her one last kiss. She hugs me tight and I kiss her for the last time (she gets lots of "last" kisses). As I walk out of the room, she sits up in her bed and exclaims "OH NO! My hammer!" Puzzled, I offer her every stuffed animal she has ever shown interest in and a few others. I try the plastic hammer from the toy box. No dice. Finally, I stick my head out into the hall and ask for reinforcement....which is when John informs me I should be looking for her tiny LEMUR toy from the zoo this summer*.

The smile on her face when presented with the "hammer" says it all.


*This is another post in of itself, but working part time has really stepped up John's Daddy game**. Several nights a week he has the kids on his own at bed time which has had some really wonderful side effects. Such as, being able to understand what our daughter wants better than her own mother.

**This is not to say he wasn't doing a good job before. He was great. Now he is awesome.

Minnow

In the car

William: Let's play a game! A!

Amelia: B!

W: C!

A:D!

(game continues)

William: K!
Amelia: Minnow! (MNO)

I'm still giggling

Milestone

Amelia put her clothes on all by herself on 8/10/11! Hurray for such a big girl!

Cookies

It has been so hot for so long. I'm totally at a loss for entertaining the kids day in and day out. I'm ready for some cooler weather! The other day I decided to make play dough with the kids....until I realized we were missing a few of the key ingredients. But, the kids were excited about helping in the kitchen. So, we were forced to bake cookies! The kids were overjoyed!

Copycat

William thought these tractor tire glasses were hilarious. They kind of were. Even more hilarious was amelia's copycat glasses.

Peach cobbler

We made this last month from my mom's impressive recipe collection. She allowed me to take all her recipes as long as I reported back if they were good. I don't know how you can go wrong with fresh peaches from the farmer's market. It was yummy and all four of us enjoyed it!