Growing Up

Grace is growing up.

Shocking, I know.

Grace (6) with Josiah's slingshot

She has already had two grown up teeth come in, even if you can't see them.  Grace apparently has stubborn teeth like Robert did, where the permanent teeth had to evict the baby teeth by pushing them out.  However, Grace's two permanent teeth have come in directly behind her lower front teeth

and the promise of a visit from the Tooth Fairy isn't enough to get her wiggling those baby teeth to help them come out...not just yet.

So I still have the baby face to look at for a little while longer...j

even if she is growing up.

Photos are SOOC.

Wordless Wednesday: Bono

Bono, our 7 month old puppy, thinks he'd make a great lap dog.

...And he loves to try.

This post is linked to 5 Minutes for Mom and Sarah Halstead at The Naptime Momtog for Wordless Wednesday.

Silhouette

This post is linked to 5 Minutes for Mom and Sarah Halstead at The Naptime Momtog for Wordless Wednesday.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

This week's photo scavenger hunt items were:

1. Sparkle
2. Pattern(s)
3. Machine
4. Signs or logos
5. Rocks or stones

Sparkle

Grace's eyes sparkled when she had the chance to ride a horse for the very first time last night!  We went to a fall festival at a local church, and this was the first time there was not a terribly long line to ride the horses they have every year. 

Grace (6) was tickled!  She loves horses!  She said she felt really big way up there.

Pattern

The birds flying together didn't seem to have any pattern...I think they were just thinking, "We have to get out of here!  Now!!"  The temperature dropped dramatically yesterday afternoon.

Machine

My 13 year old washing machine died last Tuesday.  :(  We are hoping to buy a new one in the next couple of days, but in the meantime, thanks to my friends Kim and Kelli, there have still been clean clothes hanging to dry in my laundry room (and elsewhere).

That's homemade laundry detergent in the Purex bottle.  :)

Sign

We saw the sign for the hay ride at the fall festival but decided not to stay out in the terribly cold wind any longer.  (OK, Jason and I decided not to stay any longer.  Josiah and Grace would have been fine with taking a ride, I'm sure.)

 

 Rocks or stones

This was the best I could come up with this week for this topic.  This is what we use to hold the pens and pencils that are always on our kitchen table.  I decided not to fight that losing battle and came up with  something pretty enough to keep out. 

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Giveaway Winner

Thanks to the help of my lovely assistant,

I can tell you that the winner of my recent PrintRunner business card giveaway is Alicia!  Congratulations, Alicia! 

Bunny Bono*

*Title compliments of Josiah (age 10).

We spotted a new bunny in our yard a couple of nights ago...

a much bigger bunny...

a much goofier bunny...

and he had a lot of fun running hopping around the backyard.

Bono seems to either run at full speed (at which point 6-year old Grace calls him a cheetah), or hop like a bunny.  This particular night, he felt like hopping.  I have yet to get a photo of Cheetah Bono.  ;)

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Fall Flowers

My morning glories (although Grace has certainly claimed them as her own)...

Grace's cosmos that she planted this summer...most of them are at least as tall as Robert!  They tower over Grace now.

What's blooming in your yard?

Photos are SOOC.


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