Outnumbered and Overjoyed

Eli just got the most AWESOME bible: The Action Bible. Not only are the pictures awesome, but the stories are told in a great kid (not toddl...

Maddux came home from school yesterday with an American Flag sticker on her shirt. Apparently she was able to say the Pledge of the Allegian...

No new photos, no first-hand stories. For the second season in a row, I missed the game where Eli earned the game ball. Last night Eli's...

In the last week, Maddux has worn a red cape, and usually a blue mask, more days than not. She wanted to wear the cape to school on Wednesda...

Eli had his second game last night. He loves baseball so much! He still has his heart set on first, but since he barely touches the ball whe...

Eli loves this song. Absolutely adores it. He plays it over and over again in his room, and when it comes on the radio in the car, he stops ...

Little by little, Eli is starting to actively choose to play with his sister. He's even showing signs of (gasp) caring about her! The ot...

Maddux loves to help pick out her clothes. Sometimes I let her totally pick the outfit too, which she goes ga-ga for. Since we get our cloth...

Eli is really, really, really, really, REALLY into space shuttles and shuttle launches these days. It started a few weeks ago when Discovery...

Eli is back for another season of baseball. This time around he's on the Twins, and he's just as into it as ever. Tonight was his fi...

Maddux so loves to dance. Especially when I turn on some songs from Zumba and show her the 'real' dance that goes with the song. Thi...

For the first time we allowed the kids to sleep in the same room/same bed last night. We came home from a family dinner date and the kids we...

Eli's been back at it again, full force, since the holidays. In recent weeks, Lehr set up Eli's smaller set that he received for his...

NO clue how it came up, but one day last week the kids and I were enjoying a lazy breakfast, thanks to our Winter Break from school. Either ...

This morning I got home from camp a few minutes before Eli's bus arrived. I met him at the driveway as he and Lehr were 'scooting...

I've been trying for several months to teach Eli to tie his shoes. One main obstacle is his refusal to be open to teaching in this area;...

Maddux is at it again, singing up a storm. Today's selections were a Valentine song she learned at school and "Just The Way You Are...

I took the kids to the park to ride their bikes yesterday morning. They had a BLAST and did really well. Eli needs to work on his 'start...

We had an awesome day yesterday. It started with FIA and only got better. After we finished our morning of service, we went home to ride bi...

As we've done before, we brought the kids to Faith In Action this morning with the intention of them participating. Since I'm alwa...