If you haven't noticed, Wednesday has become the new family blog day. It's kind of fun to have a once a week plan. We'll see how long I can keep it up. It helps to have Amanda around because I bet she'd pester me if I didn't post ;)
So, what's new around here? Glad you asked! Grace is CRAWLING! I know, it's a pretty impressive accomplishment at over 10 months. HA! Better late than never?? I think so. And, don't worry, I missed her crawling. Apparently it doesn't matter if you're a stay at home mom or not, you still can manage to miss ALL your child's firsts. Oh well, I think Ben's happy he got to see most of them so far. Maybe I'll see her first steps.... or maybe I'll be at my once a week grocery trip...
Here she is! She has a very interesting way of crawling.....
Yesterday we went to the park. (and I bet we'll go again today because it's supposed to be 80!!!) Caleb enjoyed pushing Grace in the swing for a while, and Grace enjoyed it too..... even though he didn't have very good rhythm and that makes for a bumpy ride.
Isn't Caleb's hat cute!? I can't get over it. I love it almost as much as Grace's bonnet from my last post. I picked this up at a garage sale and paid over a dollar for it. ($1.25.... it was steep, I'm used to hats being priced at 50 cents MAX,). I just knew he needed a hat for the summer, and I knew this one was cute. Sometimes you gotta splurge ;)
So, have you done the polar plunge yet? It seems to be ALL the rage.... all over my facebook. I must say, I've REALLY enjoyed watching the videos. But does anyone else think it's the weirdest thing ever?? I take it as...."I'd rather jump into freezing cold water when it's cold outside than give to charity. And I'm going to tell my friends they have to do it OR ELSE they'll have to give to charity. And since they hate charity as much as I do, I bet they'll find a pool or lake and jump in it.... and if they don't, they're totally lame." BAHHAHA! I just really think it's hilarious.... you'd think it'd be something that would actually benefit something?? Whatever. Maybe next year someone can do. "Who will give me $5 to do a polar plunge?" and then give to the money to a worthy cause of course... or, I guess they could pocket it, but that would be a bit sneaky.
Shall we move on? Sometimes Caleb sleeps too long. Too long for him is probably different than most kids because he is an extreme sleepy head (WOO HOO! Maybe Grace could take some lessons....) The problem occurs when he is still sleeping past 4:30 (when he went down at 1 and he goes to bed between 7-7:30.) And in case you're wondering, we LOOOOOVE having our kids go to bed early. You should try it. Don't know how? I'll teach you. When 7 or 7:30pm comes around you say, "OK, time for bed." and put them in bed. I learned this from my friend Lisa-- she's REALLY smart. (By the way, I'm talking about smaller kids, not your 10 year old.) I'm totally convinced that most kids are overtired. I'm also convinced that tired kids act out. Anyway, back to nap time-- sometimes when I wake Caleb up from his nap he isn't super excited to see me..... This time I decided to send Grace instead.... and BOY was he happy to see her! It almost made me feel bad.... but since it was SO precious, I got over it pretty quickly.
Look at how happy he is for his wakeup call.
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Of course they had to play in Caleb's bed for a while after he got up. The two of them together melts my heart.
Gracie Bean has been a bit of a stinker lately. She's started getting into EVERYTHING. Do you know what that means?? More pack n play time for her! WOO HOO! When I had Caleb I quickly learned the beauty and brilliance of a pack n play/gate. Anyway, I let her on the loose the other day, and found her reading the sale papers. Good girl.
She also has decided she loooooves outlets! I mean, who wouldn't want to stick their fingers and toes in those tiny little holes all around the house?? She spots them across the room and rolls right over. Wait, that was SO two days ago. She might crawl over now....although, I have a feeling her days of rolling aren't quite over.
Since I posted on Proverbs last time, I'll leave you with a little Proverbs trivia this time... (maybe trivia isn't the right word... I don't know). Today is the 7th, and it's really easy to remember what Proverbs 7 is about. It warns agains the adulteress and the 7th commandment is "Do not commit adultery" Now hopefully you'll remember forever. =)
-Melanie
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