An Early Christmas

The day began with a wonderful breakfast of cherry scones and sausage frittata. I never get tired of these! Mainly because Mark is the one who cooks it! He did a great job.

Jack and Charlie trying out their new skates! The skates are really neat. They fit over shoes and have three different settings for different levels. Great exercise!

Reading the Chronicles of Narnia pop-up book. I like it as much as the boys do!

Buzz Lightyear and Woody (who wouldn't wear pants-but the next pic will explain why)

Charlie is officially a "big boy". Yes, he is potty trained!! Well, there actually wasn't any training to it. We just put him in underwear, which he is so proud to display, and he has done wonderfully. Today he had an accident, and he got a new pair of underwear from the drawer, put them on (backwards, but who cares!), and put the wet pair in the dirty clothes basket ALL BY HIMSELF while I was in the kitchen. But thats Charlie for you - Mr. Independent.

This video had to be shared! The two older brothers will do anything to make baby brother laugh!

We finished the day by going to a drive-through nativity story. It was amazing! A great way to emphasize to our children the reason we celebrate Christmas!

Andrew's first trip to the pool! He splashed with his hands and kicked so much!

All the Day boys/men love to swim!

Andrew's first time in the high chair today! He has started eating just a little baby food.

Ready to go for a walk! We stayed really warm :)

Maybe later I'll have time to figure out how to flip this picture. But for now, this is the best smile we've gotten from Charlie for a picture. Lately he's been making funny faces for the camera. Sweet boy!

Videos from the pool

The Aftermath

During this Thanksgiving holiday, we have so much to be thankful for. For example, we are thankful that no one was home when the fire started. The fire started in the garage, went into the attic, and then the roof fell in. It is a total loss.

Saturday morning, the men went to the property and Jack insisted on wearing his fireman costume.

The house continued to burn, so this is what it finally looked like Wednesday morning. We got a babysitter and all the adults went out to do a little digging.

Sunday morning, the pastor at Mark's parents church had a little comedy before he gave the church announcements. It was "The Benefits of a Burned Turkey". Well, the Days had a charred turkey this Thanksgiving! Gotta laugh about something! (Side note: they had to get the meat out of the freezer. It was stinky!!)

Paul and Melody methodically searching for Grandma's jewelry.

She found it!!

Fun with cousins!

Thanksgiving dinner at the Cook's, the greatest neighbors. It was so good! Purple hull peas and corn from Mr.Cook's garden! Can't buy vegetables that tasty at the grocery store!

We've had better days....

Mark's parents house

front of the house

front

left side

garage

Front

garage again

back porch

It Works!

If I had known it was so easy to add video, I would have done it a long time ago. All you get is Andrew again! Check out how chunky his thighs are!

Trying out video

I'm going to try to post videos. We'll see if this works!

4 Months Later...

Life with 3 little boys is very busy! There is always a tear or bottom to wipe! :) But with Andrew being 4.5 months old, we are settling into a routine. Recently, Mark's brother and wife went on a trip and their little boy stayed with Mark's parents for several days. It was a blast to spend time with him everyday he was here! Here they are in our backyard playing in the sandbox.

Cousins!

Charlie and Andrew. The older two boys are really fond of Andrew. After Andrew started belly laughing, those two will do anything to make him chuckle.

Jack likes to dress like his daddy. Here they are ready to go to church.

Once again, "I want to dress like Daddy!".

Charlie and I are the juice drinkers in our house. We love homemade carrot and apple juice! If only I could get him to eat carrots. :)

Sweet Andrew, weighing in at around 20 lbs, looks more like a 10 month old.

He is such a happy child! Well, as long as he is fed and well rested. Don't keep him up past his bedtime!

Bedtime routine