WW-Post-bank sucker time :)

Briella's Vocabulary

My dear Briella has been cracking me up recently . . .

• She loves to know if Gideon has a dirty diaper or if it is just wet. If it is dirty, I often say "Yucky." She seems to have a hard time with "yucky" so she says "Lucky" and I have to say, changing dirty diapers does not make me feel lucky!

• Evidently I occasionally ask Briella "Do you have to go potty honey?" She has started to tell me, "I go potty honey."

• We have been trying to get Briella to listen better while we read the Bible after dinner. For awhile she would say the last words and then she started saying "last words" or "bible." So Stephan has started stopping more often throughout the reading and she does quite well. Tonight, we were reading Isaiah 23 and at the end of verse 13 there was a slight break and Briella repeated the last few words. Not words you want to hear your two year old repeat. I'll let you look it up, but one word begins with a P, has three syllables, and rhymes with fruit. (upon further checking different versions use a different word here, the KJV has harlot, but our ESV has prostitute, so dear Brie said "song prostitute")
  

spring break ?!?!?

Since I'm no longer teaching and I don't have kids in school, yet, there is no spring break at our house. Except from the blog . . . evidently I took an unplanned break. I have been on my computer plenty and the kids have been doing plenty of cute and exciting stuff . . .

Gideon has started taking a few steps. only when coached . . .
Briella has been singing. she has a better voice than I do . . .
Gideon likes to throw things. lots of things . . .
Briella likes to be a mommy. to lots of things . . .

Here are a few websites that I've been looking at:
Photography tips for newbies : Pioneer Woman
Great deals, lots of freebies: Hip2Save and Sarah's Deals
Super recipes like Texas sheet brownies, tater skins, and cookie bars: ShortStop
Funny cake mistakes: CakeWrecks

Wordless Wednesday--laundry day

Birthday fun

Happy First Birthday Gideon!!

Gideon Michael was born a year ago today weighing 8 lbs 12 oz, today he weighs 19 lbs 12 oz. This year has gone by so quickly!! Gideon is a happy little guy and we have a lot of fun with him.


Gideon has an obsession with putting things on his head, as seen at a couple of our recent dinners:

Happy Birthday Mom!

My parents and my sister came to visit this weekend . . . my sisters, mom, and I went to a women's conference in Byron Center. It was a time of encouragement and also a time of challenges, I decided I should be memorizing more scripture so I am going to start with Psalm 119:9-16.
Mom also celebrated a birthday while they were here. Happy Birthday, Mom!