a hammock full
first push then pull
three little kiddies scream and wiggle
moms try to speak
like stubborn bulls
but kiddies only squeal and giggle
these flowers white
both pure and bright
have finally vanished from our backyard
but not without
a final sight
as summer's first announcing placard
drawn guys delight
(three necks a fright!)
found 'round the house in piles...
Out of order for this picture
They both want to be by Sister
-Can I give her one more hug?
-Let's just make it not too snug.
Picked all the flowers in our backyard
Just with grass greens they now bombard.
First music program full of singing
(But mostly just their small arms...
This little sweetie loves all living things. (Or stuffed things that represent living things.) Just this morning, I heard a loud "nom nom nom" at the dining room table. Her tiny plastic dinosaur had his face stuffed in her waffle. Every living being needs nourishment,...
After riding a two-wheeler with training wheels most of last summer, we had Corban try a balance bike. It took him a while to push his feet against the ground versus pedals. But he became quite adept at it and was lifting his feet up, gliding,...
My sister Anna got both kids a little present when Liddi was born. Jaeda got a color game (IT WORKED; SHE'S FINALLY LEARNED {most of} HER COLORS!), and Corban got this chore chart. He's been asking about money for, oh, a year or so. So...
JAIL
Corban takes great joy in organizing his jail and placing his naughty stuffed animal in the middle of the chaos. Sometimes, he calls this school or MOMs group as well. I'm not entirely sure of the correlation of all three locations to this jumble of...
I found this shirt at Kids' Market. This was my first year actually buying clothes for the kids there. And once I saw this shirt with a cute little pig-tailed redhead, I knew I had to have it for Jaeda. Gah, I can't even handle...
You know you've arrived
(slash are arriving)
when you look at your kid's drawing
and can tell what it is!
STILL ARRIVING
Corban drew our family.
Far right: Dad
Middle: Mom
Top to bottom: Corban, Jaeda, Liddi
Squiggly with legs at the bottom: coffee
Because coffee is an obvious member of the Steele family.
ARRIVED
His name...
