I'm not sure where kids come up with these ideas.
Friday, October 30, 2015
Fall Craft 9.25.15
Jeralyn made craft with finger-painting some leaves onto paper to make it look like leaves falling. Of course, we don't see too much of that here.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Silly Kids 9.17.15
Jeralyn had some yogurt on her face so she asked me to take a picture of her. She's been into making funny faces for the camera lately.
And Josh, he is just cute and loves to EAT yogurt.
All About Cars 9.16.15
Josh is all about playing with cars. He will set up some cars on the table and stand next to the table and roll them around. He also likes to sit in a chair and do the same. He's loving the cars!
Lots of Cars 9.13.15
What do you do when you have too many things to carry and you don't have enough hands? You carry things in your mouth! Silly boy!
Hiking to Mahoney September 3-4, 2015
I'm probably not the best "narrator" since I wasn't there, but I will have to do, right?
Quent and Jeralyn hiked up Mahoney. How far is that? I think it's like 2.75 miles from some point, but I'm not really sure. How many feet of elevation gained? I have no idea. Ha! (This is why Quent needs to blog)
I dropped them off at the end of the south end of the road. Quent put Jeralyn in a stroller so she could ride the first part up. The first part of the hike is up a road, but it's not a public access road. It follows along a pipeline for water, where they get water from the lower and upper Silvis Lakes. So instead of having her walk all that way and then on the actual trail, he pushed her up partway. I did not envy him. Jeralyn is 40 lbs, plus he had his backpack with all of their camping gear, clothes, and food.
I can't remember if I mentioned this in a previous post, but we found out that Jeralyn is allergic to caterpillars. Yes, caterpillars. Fuzzy wuzzy caterpillars. It's the hairs from the caterpillars that cause the reaction. She had two reactions, the second worse than the first. We were prescribed an epi-pen for hiking or in case if she starts to have a severe reaction if she happened to touch a caterpillar. So Quent carried an epi-pen with them just in case. It's so sad because she loves caterpillars. So here she is looking at one. She understands she's not to touch them. You know...those attack caterpillars. ha!
Lunch break
Playing in the water.
Eating lots and lots of berries.
See all of those red berries? Those are called cloud berries. I was told that Jeralyn ate them all.
At their camping spot.
Looking out from the top of the world.
I think she was throwing rocks in this photo, but I'm sure there was also some singing and dancing involved. "The hills are alive..."
The beginning of the northern lights show.
The next day...
Some more singing and dancing.
Seriously, how many 4 year olds get to do this?
Jeralyn said she missed us. And she missed Josh so much that she gave him a hug and kiss. Awww!
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Josh Expressions 9.2.15
Joshua is starting to take after me (Christina) with his facial expressions. Quent recently told me that I wear my emotions on my face. Apparently, Joshua does as well. Sometimes it really cracks me up when he makes certain expressions because he reminds me of myself. Oh Josh! For a little while, when we would tell him "no", his face would slowly turn into this quivering, crying face, but now he sort of scowls at us. Oh man. It's SO different than Jeralyn; I don't remember her doing that.
Here he is playing with a car while riding a car. That is one of his more serious faces.
And then he's been doing the open mouth facial expression (which he gets from me). Gotta love it!
My Little Helper 9.2.15
Jeralyn has been really interested in helping me cook and bake. She's been into baking for awhile now, but now she's been asking to help when I cook as well. To be honest, it hasn't always been easy for me to share the kitchen, but now I'm used to having her help me. I recently taught her how to peel carrots and she really gets excited when there's carrots in something I'm making so she can peel them. She is such a great helper! She has some "chores" that are her responsibility. She puts some of the dishes away, she puts soap into the dishwasher and starts it, she helps fold clothes, cleans her room and toys up, and helps me in the kitchen when there's a little job for her to do. And then there are random jobs I ask her to help with. She's always willing and eager to help--for now! Ha!
Cars and more cars 8.31.15
Joshua started showing a lot of interest in playing with cars so we asked Grandma Smith to send Quent's old cars. Josh LOVES them! He will spend 45-60 minutes on the couch just playing with his cars. It's SO cute!! He will often lay down to watch the cars roll and he will just be content doing that for a long time. And now he will sit at the table and roll the cars around. He doesn't say the word "car", but he makes a certain noise/grunt when he sees a car or shows us a car.
Sharing Crackers 8.31.15
Eli and Josh were sharing Goldfish crackers and it was really cute!
They are 4 months apart and are starting to interact more. So fun!
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