A few cute pictures.

  Micali absolutely loves wearing her snow pants any time of day. She has gotten really good at putting them on all by herself. For now they are hidden away in the closet. She thought she needed to put on all her gear every time we went outside and that just took way too long!
  Eli bundled up ready for a walk around the block.
  Micali and Eli relaxing together this morning. They were very content watching Signing Time.
  These two already have a very special bond. They love being together! Micali tries hard to be a nice big sister.


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A lesson learned from my Mother

For those of you who haven't been lucky enough to meet my mom, you should know she is an angel. She raised and is still raising 13 of us children. This blog could go on forever and explain all the lessons I learned from my mother but for now I will just let you know one of them.
  Yesterday morning I awoke to see lots of snow coming down. It was huge beautiful flakes. I remembered a few blustery cold days like it when I was growing up. On these especially cold days my mom would declare it a baking day. It was her way of keeping the house extra warm and cozy and we all enjoyed time in the kitchen together making and eating all sorts of yummy treats.
  I am glad my mom took the time to teach us how to bake yummy treats but, more importantly, how to make a potentially gloomy day full of fun and yumminess! I love you mom!

Outside at last.

Micali has been so excited to have snow outside. She looks out the window every morning to see if it is still there. Yesterday I finally dug out all the winter gear. After Eli went down for a nap Micali and I went out to enjoy some fresh air. I wasn't sure what Micali would actually think of the snow once we got out there. She didn't hesitate at all. Here are some pictures of her totally enjoying herself.

Thanksgiving dinner?

 

Eli's bib that he is wearing in the top picture is very fitting. It has a turkey on it and says "baby's first." Well, he hasn't experiences a Thanksgiving dinner yet but he actually seems to think that every meal is. This boy can EAT. I have never had him refuse a bite of food, at least since we got passed the cold baby cereal with water in it. I thought that a baby would quit eating when he was full. So, either I am starving this poor guy (do you think he looks like he is starving??) or he just doesn't get full. I just decide when he has had enough food and then stop feeding him. The bottom pictures are of him all ready to go to bed tonight. I knew I was going to post a blog and decided to get a few new pictures of him. He was totally staring me down.

My little copy cat.

 

Micali finally named her baby she got for her birthday. Her name is baby Jesse. She had a little help from daddy. He asked her what her baby's name was and she looked a little confused. Then I heard her say Jesse and it was so cute I pushed for it to be baby Jesse too. She says it so cute. Tonight baby Jesse took on the role of baby Eli in Micali's eyes. Everything and I mean everything I did to get Eli ready for bed, Micali was right there doing everything to her baby Jesse. I find it fascinating that she has so much interest in what I do. She wants to do it too. She likes washing dishes, folding laundry, making bread, sweeping the floor, etc. She really likes helping and most of the time I like it too. Even if I don't especially like it at the moment for example, when I have swept everything into a pile on the kitchen floor and she decides its her turn to "sweeps", I do let her help and tell her how much I like it when she helps me. She always gets the biggest smile on her face. Her favorite song to sing is: "Clean Up, Clean up, everybody share" The words are mostly right. She does try to do her share. I love this little girl so much and want to be a good example. I want my little copy cat to be able to do all the things she sees me do. It makes me think twice before I do anything!

Missing Something?

 

I definitely enjoy having Micali potty trained. Since she has been potty trained though I have seen this quite often. She sometimes seems to be completely oblivious to the fact that she is missing an important piece of clothing. I love the innocence of children!

A scary but important video.

Family and friends. I haven't posted in quite some time because my wonderful wife has been taking care of keeping ya'll updated with kiddo pictures. However, recent events in the economic structure of America make it impossible for me to sit back idle any longer while corrupt, money-grubbing people try and run our beloved country into the ground. Please watch this youtube video and determine truth for yourself. Then, pass it on. Together we can make a stand.
Lucas
P.S. It snowed today. A lot. Enough said. I am moving at the first opportunity. Who ever heard of snow on October 7th. Uncle Jim, can we come visit you?

Silly Shot.

 

Micali is still loving her thumb. I caught her in action between snapping pictures of Eli.

Our House---Transformation!

 

We decided to paint our house last Friday. Luke came home from work and saw the neighbor's painting their house so we were inspired to get ours painted before winter too. We had bought the paint at the Labor day sale but after a month straight of rain in September we had decided we would have to wait until spring. We were blessed with a few sunny days in a row so we decided to give it a try. We got the house all primed on Friday and then painted on Saturday. Now we need another nice day to get the trim painted. We had the primer tinted the same color as our paint and didn't like it so the nice lady at Home Depot let us change our mind and fixed our paint. We went from a greenishBLUE (it looked really blue) to a more grayishgreen color. We decided to keep the shutters off and will fill in with cedar siding underneath the windows. We love the color and are looking forward to seeing the finished project!

Does this hairdo make me look thinner?

 

I spiked up Eli's hair into a little mohawk after his bath tonight. I thought he looked pretty cute so I of course took a lot of pictures? He has cut two teeth this week. He is so mellow that I didn't even know he was cutting the first one that popped through. He now was a third one on the bottom and one of his top teeth just poked through yesterday too. Micali is trying to teach him how to sign words. She talks to him in sign all the time it is so funny to watch.