I took some pictures of the kids this morning, all put together and adorable and ready for church. In each kid, I noticed some changes here and there that I figured I’d lump into a post and highlight. Along with a new photo, of course 🙂
Dekker has become SO artistic! He spent his free time between getting ready and leaving for church colouring! He pulls out pictures he brought home from school and adds to them. “Wouldn’t this look even better with a rainbow border?” he often asks. He takes great pride in what he creates.
Laela is SO grown up these days! So many things about her are changing, but today, she looked like a teenager! Yes, she is wearing makeup, and yes, I let her wear it to church. And no, I’m not worried about it 😉 She likes to play makeup with me, plain and simple. Its playing, and having fun, and something fun to do together! But seriously, in this photo, she’s deadly, and I know we’re in trouble. She has a good mix of teenager Laela and four year old Laela still, don’t worry.
Rowan has been a tough cookie these last few weeks, but he is growing and changing in some wonderful ways also. Change is always hard, right? Ro is SO clear, SO aware, and learning SO much from his siblings! He’s also started cooperating well with me putting his hair in a ponytail, and now that he is comfortable that way, he spills his milk less, concentrates harder on pictures or toys, and he LOVES reading/listening to stories! Be ready, if you come over to play (with the kids or Brady and I, you will be asked to read story after story after story….) And for those of you nay-sayers, yes, we have offered Rowan haircuts, and he has politely declined each one 😉 Its not just what we want. He wants his hair long as well.
As I’ve been saying, now that Solly’s bowels are healing, he is a whole new man! With his newfound confidence, he is getting hurt a lot! I love that he’s brave, but YIKES he’s a mess these days, haha! You can’t see it in this picture, but he’s got a good blue bruise on his right cheek and a partial shiner from when he was trying to climb between a chair and the front window and wiped out, smacking his cheek hard on the window sill. Whatcha gonna do?? He’s finally comfortable, he’s making up for lost time!
They were all looking and being super cute at church this morning, minus the coffees being held hostage. Sigh.
Brady and I could’ve really used those coffees, haha! We snagged sips here and there, but for the most part, the boys hauled them around. Solly even figured out how to unlock the safety on Brady’s mug. Shoot. They’re lucky they’re so cute!
This weekend has felt short, but there is a good week to come! Another series post to come tomorrow 🙂 I can’t believe that the Mondays keep rolling in and the weeks keep rolling on. Just surreal.