The digital age...

We're back online with a new digital camera and the kids couldn't be more thrilled. Actually I'm pretty excited about it too, but the kids are glad that they can now see the picture right after I take it. It was so hard to explain film to them! On that same note...I was reading a story from my childhood to Ella Jane and wondered if she realized what the picture on the cover was. She didn't, and I told her it was a telephone. She very adamantly said, "no it's not!" I realized she'd never seen anything like that before; a phone with a cord and a dial that you have to, well, dial.

Went to our community wide yard sale this weekend and found bikes for both of the kids. Ella Jane's has training wheels so she's able to ride it but Matthew's does not so he needs one of us to balance him on it. I'm amazed at how strong Ella Jane has gotten in the past two weeks even with being on her tricycle. I tell her to use her muscles and she has delighted in showing me how she is pushing her muscles everytime she goes up our driveway. She's really gotten good.

Above are some fun new pictures...enjoy. The first three were taken today. Imagine that!

"Tow truck man...

but some people just call me man." The kids were just outside riding tricycles and Ella Jane still needs a little push to get up the incline of the driveway. Matthew became the tow truck and gave her a little push from behind. It's fun to watch when they play like this. So later, he says that he's the tow truck man, but that some people just call him man. Fair enough.

I think Jim is nesting...

Matthew hard at work

Ella Jane LOVES puzzles

Baby girl about a month ago

Some light reading...

Building the snow fort


Matthew did great at the dentist!

You know how pregnant women tend to "nest" when it comes time to get ready for baby? They decorate the nursery, move furniture around etc. I did this about month ago with Matthew's room. Turned the whole thing upside down; books, toys, bedding EVERYWHERE only to return everything to its almost previous spot. Oh well. At least his room got a thorough cleaning.

Can husbands nest? If so, then Jim has! This last weekend he spent outside raking the front and back yards, cleaning up leaves and pruning plants that had missed out from last fall. He was very hard at work. Next up was laundry. He has washed every piece of winter clothing we have; hats, coats, mittens, and even boots. One night last week we had just put the kids down to bed and I was putting the days dirty clothes into the basket and he came in the laundry room and said "are we doing laundry?" "Uh, no" was my reply. Over the next two days he went on his laundry spree and now everything is clean and ready for storage.

Above are some fun winter pics of the kids, Matthew's first trip to the dentist, Ella Jane's love of puzzles, and a few more. Enjoy.