Around Here Lately

This about sums up the way we've been feeling around here lately.

I went out of town to a homeschool conference and left the boys with Christian. Sarah and Rebekah stayed with Mimi. I left on Thursday and when I talked to Christian Saturday before we started back, he told me that Jackson and Sarah had both been puking. By the time I got home...Levi and Caleb bit the dust. Sunday everyone seemed to be on the mend, but Sarah awoke this morning throwing up again. She has not been very happy today.

At least there was Diego to keep a sick little girl's mind off of her hurting tummy. Is it just me, or does she look like a little girl in this picture and not my baby girl!

I guess that title now belongs to this precious thing...I sure did miss her while I was gone. She is trying to suck her thumb and is just cooing and talking up a storm.

Caleb is giving Levi a run for his money in the pig pen department. He got up from dinner tonight and I snapped this picture. I wonder why my floors are always dirty?

He was washing up and sneaking grapes. He looks so grown up to me today, too. I guess that's what happens when you leave your kids for a few days.

Sarah is officially potty training now. Around here, potty training means you go without pants til you figure it out. No pull ups for my kids, thank you very much. Naked is the way to go.

I couldn't resist snapping a few pics of a pretty cute tushi hanging out around here.

Christian doesn't find it so cute. He said after dinner the other night that he thought that underwear should be mandatory at the dinner table.

This is what we call "crazy eyes". For some reason she'll bust this out every now and then. She did it to the waiter at Mi Rancho. I think it kinda creeped him out a bit.

Jackson and Aaron bought some airsoft guns the other day, and Christian said that as long as they wear something on their eyes they can shoot each other. They also got some badges and are the police of the cul de sac.

Aaron is looking at his reflection in the window.

This shows the personality of these two so perfectly. Aaron...goof ball! Jackson...at attention and ready to follow directions.

Sarah looked out the window the other day and said, "Look mommy! A squirrel!" She then made her fingers into a gun (pictured below) and made a shooting noise.

Is there any hope for her?