Elizabeth Tries to Walk - 11 Months Old

Lizzy stands up all the time now, and she has even taken a few steps. She certainly doesn't know how to walk yet, but she's trying to figure it all out. She can get to standing from crawling, and then she usually stands there for awhile and then takes one step and falls down. Then she starts all over and tries again. She is very persistent. Today she got 3 steps in before falling, so that was progress, at least.

Tristan's Drawing

Yesterday while we were at church Tristan drew a picture of Jesus that I thought was really cute. We were sitting out in the foyer and he was looking at a picture of Christ that was hanging up, so he used that to look at while he drew it. The painting only showed the head and shoulders, so Tristan just made up the rest of the body.

I thought he did a good job.

Accidents Happen

Rachel has started saying something funny. She comes to me a lot with little confessions about things that happened, but before she tells me, she says, "Is 'accidentally' the one that means I don't have to go in a time out?" After I say yes, she'll say, "Well, I accidentally did . . .."

Two Troublemakers

Rachel and Lizzy cooking up some trouble in the kitchen

Rachel the Batgirl

Happy Mother's Day!

Pet Turtle for a Day

This morning while I was walking Tristan to school, we saw this little turtle crossing the road near our house. On the way back home I saw it again, and I did a brave thing and picked it up and put it in the bottom of Lizzy's stroller so I could take it home and show the other kids.

Oliver and Rachel were very excited to see it and wanted to keep it for awhile, so we put it out in the backyard. I knew it would try to escape under the fence, so I put an upside down laundry basket over it so it would stay with us until Tristan and Daniel got home.

We gave it a bowl of water and a little dish with carrots and grapes, which I hope it enjoyed.

When Tristan got home from school he was thrilled to see that I had captured the turtle. He and Ollie took turns holding it, and then Rachel managed to get her finger bitten (she pet the turtle on the mouth because Tristan told her not to). After that we put the turtle back in its cage.

When Daniel got home from work he came out to the backyard and admired our catch, and then we all said goodbye and set it free. It stayed in the backyard for awhile until it found an escape hole under the fence. The kids were a little bit sad when it left - I think they were hoping it would really like us and stay and be our pet. Oh, well.