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Jack loves to pull himself up on anything and everything!

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>Yesterday while we were driving, just Nadine & I, she saw the moon in front of us. It was very large as dusk was coming upon us swiftly. In an excited voice she said, “Look, Mom! The WORLD!” I laughed and expalined to her that WE were on the world and THAT was the moon! SO funny. =)

>The boxes in the dining room are stacking up as everything is emptied around here… it is a little crazy! The kids are feeling the changes which makes it a little difficult on everyone. Tonight they are all sleeping in the same room as we are re-painting their room before we leave. Lots to do! Busy days. I am going to bed soon… which reminds me of what Nadine said the other day about snoring. She said, “Maybe if we’re upstairs storming and sleeping…” =)

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Tonight we brought some delicious Buca Di Beppo’s over to Daddy & M0mmy’s new house to celebrate! We had great food, real plates, paper napkins, placemats, even chairs… but no silverware. The one thing we forgot to pack! Ah, well! So, we improvised in a good, old-fashioned missionary way and ate with sporks, measuring spoons, wooden spoons and paring knives! How fun! =)

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>Sometimes I just sit on the couch with my crocheting and say nothing. My ears are peeled though, and when this happens I usually catch quite a few hilarious moments. Most things are impossible to capture by merely writing them down on paper. But quite a few times yesterday, I laid aside my crochet hook for my pen to remember them saying:

“Save me, oh fire cheeter!” -N
At one point Nadine was playing that she was Daniel in the lion’s den. “King Daria” & “King Daniel” were both key characters in this charade. In one breath, the game was changed to David & Goliath. Then, one breath later, “I’m not King Daria, I’m a fire cheeter.”

Nadine started reading a book to Elijah. When he asked her why Goliath was bad, she stated simply, “Goliath doesn’t have Jesus in his heart.”

Then while reading the story about Noah and the ark, Nadine made this comment about the rainbow: “It’s not a rainbow! It’s pink and blue!”

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What is happening in this picture, you say? Well, yesterday we had to play “rescue Daddy from work” day. Matthew’s work van died. This is Matthew walking away from a VERY overheated van… the billows of steam are not quite distinguishable in this photo… but they’re there! It is so funny to watch people’s reaction to broken-down vehicles. The traffic was stop and go to our left and some people pretended like they couldn’t see the big steaming van on the shoulder, with the rescue car behind it, full of antsy kids!

Jack got lots of cuddles and kisses from Daddy.

When the tow-truck finally arrived, Nadine & Elijah enjoyed watching it load up Daddy’s van.

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