The Steele Family Blog

On Grief in Times of Joy by Sarah Steele Joy It's found in the first cry Of your first child It's in your first home And the papers you filed In your true love Of five, ten, and more years And in deep life friends Who have laughed, cried, and cheered It's in your best job And...

This post will be a little here, there, and everywhere. I'm trying to squeeze, you know, two months of the kids into a single post. Big breath in. Here goes! Corban has started drawing IDENTIFIABLE objects! We found this website that he can click through himself. Very step-by-step,...

I got a puzzle for Christmas. A 1,000 piece puzzle. Of Nancy Drew book covers. The biggest puzzle I've ever done was 500 pieces. And I wasn't sure I'd ever do one again. But this one was made of words. With lots of borders in between each cover. I couldn't get enough! Plus,...

This girl has been in 12 month clothing for a couple months! I was not prepared, but thankfully, the grandmas were:) She smiles all day. Especially when we let her eat by herself. Unsupervised, she prefers to eat crayon. Oy. She DOWNED this pear and loved every minute of it! Once in her...

We mostly do family birthday celebrations, but for a select few birthdays, we've chosen to celebrate with friends. Age 5 is one of those birthdays. Which I don't even know why I mention it because there's no way I have a five-year-old. At least, I didn't. And then,...

Jaeda is our nurturer and just wants to sit and read Liddi books and smile sweetly all day. But when she's with Corban, watch out! They play fast and furious! Nephew Timmy (and his parents, what were their names, again?) visited this fall. Jaeda loved reading him books (see above). We babysat one evening for a total...

It has been noticeably quiet around this blog since September (except for one cut-and-paste post in October). And you know what happened in September? I started seriously working on our book. Well, like that October post said, we finished it! And my small amount of computer...

Liddi and Great Grandma captured their second photo. And always with her blankie does she her head deep burrow. Liddi Bitty loves to stare head cocked down on one side. She also loves to stand and wave and does so with great pride. She got to naw on her first pickle and stared and thought...

Jaeda needed a talking to (she is our first threenager). But she felt asleep while I nursed Lid (so she couldn't hear, I'd wager). She's asked if she could do some school to be like her big brother. She'll do a few and then exclaim, "Oh, please, PLEASE not another!" The long hair in the...