camping trip
Dolly from Daddy-O
given her last year, but recently rediscovered and loved because of the endless "cwippie" (clippie) possibilities found in her hair.
updating at last
I don't have very many clever stories at the moment, although last week I witnessed something I've been dreading:
Brendan is putting on his motorcycle boots - big, black leather, with a giant buckle on one side. Flannery sidles up to him and says with lots of inflection, "Oh! Papa! Look at your cute boots!" Earlier in the week she had informed Ridley and Peter Olps that their lawnmower was "Sooo cute."
She's become very maternal of late. Last week I was out for the day with a cold. She walked over to the recliner where I was lying down, wrenched my head over to the edge of the chair and said very soothingly, "There mama, rest your head on me." while patting my cheek.
So, for now I'll post pictures and stop being so busy that I forget the funnies.
Brendan is putting on his motorcycle boots - big, black leather, with a giant buckle on one side. Flannery sidles up to him and says with lots of inflection, "Oh! Papa! Look at your cute boots!" Earlier in the week she had informed Ridley and Peter Olps that their lawnmower was "Sooo cute."
She's become very maternal of late. Last week I was out for the day with a cold. She walked over to the recliner where I was lying down, wrenched my head over to the edge of the chair and said very soothingly, "There mama, rest your head on me." while patting my cheek.
So, for now I'll post pictures and stop being so busy that I forget the funnies.
Glory is a swing and a slide
That should be enough pictures for now. Flannery's vocabulary is growing by the second. This morning she screamed and then looked up at me and said, "What's that sound Mama? It's horrible."
Brendan's been creating a catechism for her that's pretty simple, but she has started making the connections with things that happen at church. He always asks her what the wine and the bread are at church and she says "The body of the Lord broken for you." and "The blood of the Lord shed for you." If someone is in the room, she'll turn and look at them when she says "for you".
The other day she added (on her own) "The blood of the Lord shed for you and the many". Yay for her little mind making connections.
If you ask her what happens at church she says (again, we didn't teach her this, she came up with it herself) "Wine and bread and baptize the babies."
She gets chocolate milk as a special treat on the Sabbath which resulted in this little conflation the other day:
Flannery to her doll "This is chocolate milk shed for you and the many!"
Recently Brendan asked her what glory was (we were just curious what she would say) and she responded very promptly, "Glory is a swing and a slide."
I'll leave y'all with that.
Brendan's been creating a catechism for her that's pretty simple, but she has started making the connections with things that happen at church. He always asks her what the wine and the bread are at church and she says "The body of the Lord broken for you." and "The blood of the Lord shed for you." If someone is in the room, she'll turn and look at them when she says "for you".
The other day she added (on her own) "The blood of the Lord shed for you and the many". Yay for her little mind making connections.
If you ask her what happens at church she says (again, we didn't teach her this, she came up with it herself) "Wine and bread and baptize the babies."
She gets chocolate milk as a special treat on the Sabbath which resulted in this little conflation the other day:
Flannery to her doll "This is chocolate milk shed for you and the many!"
Recently Brendan asked her what glory was (we were just curious what she would say) and she responded very promptly, "Glory is a swing and a slide."
I'll leave y'all with that.
somewhere out west on some river
posing
4 generations
the duck pond
mom leading an expotition
She taught the kids to play follow the leader along the way...and there were popsicles
For anna again
baby Oliver...and his fat
For Anna - family hanging out together
somewhere in SD and makeup time with great grandma Haidle
The trip
Well, I have more pictures than words about the trip. For those who may not know, my maternal grandfather died a few weeks ago and we decided to drive straight through to Illinois for the memorial. So, 30 hours there (on the nose), 36 hours there THERE, and then 30 hours home.
It went really well and I'd like to never do that again. Flannery was great. I had movies and a bag of dollar store treasure (which we referred to as "mama's bag of tricks") and these things plus copious amounts of the grace of God rendered Flannery obedient and cheerful (mostly). There aren't really any stories to tell - mostly in the family jokes and such. My grampa was a Christian and ready to rest, so it was a celebration of his freedom - lots of funny stories about him and his various loves (duct tape, cars, and cars).
I'll post pictures I promise, but it's too late tonight.
However. I will leave you with a Flannery gem.
Context: potty training and Flannery's adoration of anything she considers to be a "pretty lady"
Me: "Pretty ladies don't go potty on the floor."
Flannery: "No, they go potty on the rug."
Well, that explains a lot!
It went really well and I'd like to never do that again. Flannery was great. I had movies and a bag of dollar store treasure (which we referred to as "mama's bag of tricks") and these things plus copious amounts of the grace of God rendered Flannery obedient and cheerful (mostly). There aren't really any stories to tell - mostly in the family jokes and such. My grampa was a Christian and ready to rest, so it was a celebration of his freedom - lots of funny stories about him and his various loves (duct tape, cars, and cars).
I'll post pictures I promise, but it's too late tonight.
However. I will leave you with a Flannery gem.
Context: potty training and Flannery's adoration of anything she considers to be a "pretty lady"
Me: "Pretty ladies don't go potty on the floor."
Flannery: "No, they go potty on the rug."
Well, that explains a lot!
didn't know they made those
We were driving past a ballfield today which was having it's grass trimmed. Flannery said," Look at the lillel, tiny, big, giant lawnmolars!"
of course she does...
climb UP the slide
slide DOWN the rock climbing wall
repeatedly.
We don't have photographic evidence, but do you really need proof?
Yesterday we took her out for ice cream. We got all settled at our table with some sort of candybar, cookie dough carnival cake or whatever, offered her some and she wrinkled up her nose and said, "No, could I please have some water?"
What the heck?!
slide DOWN the rock climbing wall
repeatedly.
We don't have photographic evidence, but do you really need proof?
Yesterday we took her out for ice cream. We got all settled at our table with some sort of candybar, cookie dough carnival cake or whatever, offered her some and she wrinkled up her nose and said, "No, could I please have some water?"
What the heck?!
a tower as tall as she is
see the mountains in the background!
in the Meadow
all of us
