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Noah's Big Catch

The big fishing opener was this weekend and…well, we fished. Dave got a license, the kids fished for free, and I took pictures. It was really a lot of fun! Noah caught the first fish of the day… (Navinah Riley, to the left of Noah, and Tirzah Riley, to right of Noah, are pictured here…they’re the daughters of some of our BFFs from college days that have recently moved back to the Cities)

It was a Sunfish, I think. (?) Not much meat to them, so we threw it back in. Oh, and that fin on top? Razor sharp.

He was pretty proud of himself!

P.S. I like this pic of Dave and the girls…

P.P.S Elijah and Zeke wanted to make sure that you knew that they caught fish last night.

Here I Stand

15 May

Ellie has just recently aquired the very useful skill of pulling herself up to a standing position. Useful, that is, for getting on her mother’s very last nerve. Why sleep in a crib when you can stand at the rail and scream?

Crawling!

04 May

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Posted by Janet on May 4, 2010 in ellie

Sleeping Beauties

06 Apr

All tuckered out. Being on holiday is fun, but also tiring, espesially when you’re a little person whose afternoon naptime has been trumped by a trip to the Science Museum. Thankfully third, fourth and fifth borns learn to roll with the punches.

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Posted by Janet on April 6, 2010 in ellie, phoebe

Growing, Growing, Growing…

12 Mar

My, my, my…where has the time gone? We celebrated Ellie’s six month old birthday this week. Incredible, isn’t it, how in just six months a tiny, helpless newborn baby grows into a sitting, giggling, communicative little person?

Six seconds old…

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Six minutes old…

Six hours old…

One day old…

Six days old…

Six weeks old…

Six months old…

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Posted by Janet on March 12, 2010 in ellie

Baby Mullet

11 Feb

Business upfront…

Party in the back…

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Posted by Janet on February 11, 2010 in ellie

Baby Therapy

02 Feb

Have you ever heard how pets can be thereputic for children? The eager, accepting wag of a dog’s tail or the soft, content purr of a cat… Being able to just love on something that really expects nothing at all from them…

Ellie is Elijah’s pet. So adorable. He can’t even put her down when he’s doing his school work.

“But I just love her so much! I can’t help it. I have to hold her. Look, I can do my work while holding her. See?”

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Posted by Janet on February 2, 2010 in elijah, ellie, School

Our Gerber Baby

03 Jan

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Posted by Janet on January 3, 2010 in ellie

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree…

22 Dec

Yay! Christmas vacation is here! I’m very happy to report that the boys are way ahead in their school work and we’re able to have some extra Christmas vacation days off. Hooray for homeschooling and working at your own pace!

I’m not happy to report that I couldn’t get my act together enough to get a Christmas card made and sent out this year. That’s been the biggest challenge so far in this homeschooling endeavour: finding time in my day to get all of my housekeeping done that gets neglected when I’m “Teacher Mom.” Oh yeah…and I have a newborn too. Sometimes those little creatures interfere with housekeeping too.

Here, though, are some photo’s of the girls for your viewing pleasure… (photo’s of the boys coming soon)