december 4th

little miss so & so likes to run around in the buff. she's pretty much like a little puppy though, since she totally piddles as she runs... and does other things too. i was trying to get her pajamajams on and she kept pretending to be asleep. it was cute. in other cute news, she keeps saying "that's so funny!" almost everything is "so funny" in delaney's world.

i appreciate that she blurred her "naughty bits" so i didn't have to.

yesterday was a meeting kinda day. presidency meeting in the morning and committee meeting at night. it was a warmish day and after our meeting as we walked to the car the girls were having so much fun playing in the leaves, so i let them for awhile.

it's nice to stop and play in the leaves when we're not running from here to there and everywhere.

when addie got home from school we decided to continue to maximize our nice'ish weather by heading to the park. it seems like delaney will forever be chasing her big sisters.

"guys!"

ps - that's some gorgeous december sky!

today was my turn to drive the ballet bus. frankie just adores mrs. brown, it's so sweet how much she loves her. she found some toys in her bag and had to show me in a picture.

 

also:

*alexis worked on cleaning her room. grrrr. on monday night she started her new job at yo kool! goodbye, applebees, hello, yo kool.

*christian is enjoying track, even running sprints uphill like they did today. he also begged for me to drive him to school since he can't drive with alexis. he enjoyed driving the jolly green when i picked him up from track.

*addie went outside to play with charlie all by herself. she is getting so big. i think i need to slow down a little bit and spend some time figuring out who this big new girl of ours is. she's growing 

up right before my eyes and i don't want to miss any of it.

*frankie has developed a nervous kind of stutter. it's not really a stutter, it's just like she can't think of the right words. she'll go

"mama, ummmm, i.... like, i..... uhhhh, when.... like..... i....." and then that lasts for awhile until she can formulate the words. it's kind of frustrating, especially when there's lots going on, but i have learned that when i try to speed her up it only slows her down. so i let her be.

*delaney is a big sweetie girl. she sings the eensy weensie spider and loves on her babies.

tom and bonnie are doing ok. as well as can be expected, i guess. they are planning a memorial, so right now our family is just waiting. tom's best friend, most of bonnie's family, and dad are there taking care of them now. i think everyone has a plan to fly out and be there for them at some point in the next little while, but we'll just play by ear. it's just heartbreaking.

i christmas'd a little. like every december i'm feeling a little behind. we'll get there, i'm sure.