Last Friday, Jonathan and the boys went to Movie Night at the chapel. The girls and Stephen were still not feeling well enough to go, so we stayed home. After the girls had gotten baths, we had a Pajama Tea Party. I put a fancy lace tablecloth over the burgandy one, and got out some of the nice china while they took a bath. They were so excited!

Grace’s comment as she excitedly got ready for her bath is such an example of her view of life. “We’re going to have a Pajama Tea Party! And we will Laugh!”

And laugh we did!

Our gourmet fare for this feast was chocolate chips, marshmallows, leftover chocolate bunny, and blueberry tea. Classy ladies!

The boys and I set out our potato patch last Friday, using a method I just learned about this year. Basically, we set the the cut seed potatoes in rows on the ground and covered them with hay. As they grow, we will add more hay to keep them mostly covered. We’re excited to see how they turn out – kudos to Jonathan for getting us the goods we needed to “plant.”

Last week, the girls got to run a few errands with me. One of the places we stopped was R&R Ace Hardware. We got to use our $5 Ace Rewards card on some gorgeous mis-tinted paint ($3 for the gallon!). We also found some lovely straw hats for the little ladies for a dollar each, and they each took a turn on the 10 cent pony – really, it just costs a dime!

It was far too warm to have any accumulation, but we had snow on Resurrection Sunday!

Stephen was watching so eagerly the other night while Jonathan was eating ice cream, that Jonathan gave him some. His reaction was so adorable that he got several more bites – gotta have pictures, you know!

He would be so excited to see the bite coming…

Then when he got it, he would make the most awful face!

But he’d be ready for a bite 3 seconds later!
I have a video, but when I uploaded it, it was too dark to see. You’ll have to trust me, I guess. 🙂

Jonathan got a few pictures of the flooding near Eureka while he was creeping along I-44 on Friday.


Here’s why traffic was creeping along. They were trying to keep the Meramac off of I-44.

A bit closer to home… this is the Union exit from I-44.

And the flea market at that exit…

And here’s the Meremac in the Dickey Bub (can you say redneck?) parking lot in Union, MO.

We had a blast at the park last week. We’re ever so glad to see warmer weather!

I was so thrilled to see Grace make a new little friend at the park. Too often, I see my children mimic my reluctance to put myself out there and be friendly.

The boys had fun skating. Ellie needs more practice with less pressure.

I know I’ve been blogging in spurts lately, and I feel another one coming on…

This post is mostly to brag on our amazing little man and all of his recent developments. It’s so fun to us that he is so unique amoung our Blessings! They’re all unique of course, but it’s fun to be so constantly surprised with #7.

So… Stephen is 9 1/2 months old.
He has 5 teeth.
He is –
crawling
pushing up to a sit
pulling himself to a stand (on anything, including the side of the stove)
cruising around on anything he can find

And here are some recent pictures from a fun trip to the park. A couple of fun firsts.

“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.” — Helen Keller