Our Ordinary Miracles

It's been a slow week or two. It's like the cold came and we started having no plans! So we've been home a lot and enjoying the coziness of a warm house since it's been so cold outside. I LOVE the cold, but it is harder when you have kids who love going outside. Good thing we have this bouncer that the kids love!

There's something about these green shirts that make the sisters feel very lovey toward each other. This picture is from a while back:
And this picture is from today. They were snuggled up together telling secrets.
Today we babysat our buddy Ben. This child knows how to make a mess! Yep, that's every single piece of Tupperware that I own! Love you Ben :)
We did have one nice day to play in the leaves.

Oh! Julia is famous. If you go to sonicdrivein.com you will see our super star! And if you don't, there's an option in the lower right corner and you can scroll through pictures and find her. There's a rotation of pictures, none of which are as stunning as the blue eyed curly-haired girl of mine. Shane has been working overtime like crazy at his job helping to redesign the Sonic website. I think they're finally done. Anyway, that's how Jules got her picture on the homepage!

The kids are getting so smart and even funnier lately. Sophie ate her sandwich into the shape of a moon and said "moon," then she turned it over on his side and said "tunnel." She counts to 10 - she says 1, 2, 3, 6, 9,10. Then pauses and says 7,8,9. She totally forgets about 4.

Today I came upstairs to find the children without pants. And Jules took it one step farther and chucked her diaper. Nice. But Sam led me to Sophie, pointed at her fingers and said, "Sophie. Gross." Sure enough, her fingers were gross. They were covered in poop from her diaper.

Julia surprised me the other day by knowing her colors! Our parent educator came over the other day and asked if any of them knew colors and I said that I thought Julia did, but it might be a fluke. So we gave her a pop quiz and she really did know them!

The kids' latest phrase is, "I DID it!" Sam and Sophie say it like "I DEED it" but Julia says it right. It's so cute!

There's not much else going on. We've just been listening to Christmas music all day and hanging around the house. I'm resisting the urge to Christmas-ify my blog until after Thanksgiving!