Five-Toes: July 2008

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Silas is fascinated by bugs. Sara loves to know the in's and out's about how everything works. They had captured a caterpillar a while ago and wanted to keep him to see if he would change into a butterfly, but long story short, it died. SO, one of the teens in our youth group brought Sara and Silas two caterpillars in a mason jar all set up with milkweed and one of them already in his chrysalis. The kids thought it was great! So, we "photo-journaled" our caterpillars' transformations from each stage until we released them. The kids loved checking on the caterpillars progress each day. It was a neat experience for all of us as we watched our kids in awe of God's creation. I think Matt and I were just about as amazed as the kids were!

This was Silas's caterpillar--he changed it's named about four times.

Sara "claimed" the caterpillar already in the chrysalis--she named her Rose.

"Rose" emerged from her chrysalis

Getting ready to set the monarch free

CLEAN!

Monday, July 28, 2008

Still wakin' up!

Loving our little guy

We are really enjoying Ezekiel! He is SO happy, so easy-going and smiles and laughs all the time. He is such an enjoyable little guy and we are SO thankful for the gift he has been to us. God has used this little baby to bring us so much joy. We are incredibly blessed!!

One of the teens from our youth group who watches our kids for us a lot brought this t-shirt to the hospital for Ezekiel. I think it is so cute and it describes Ezekiel perfectly! Thanks Alyssa!

Tired out!

I LOVE these little lips--the cute little "oo" sound he makes is just adorable!!

All of our kids have such great "munchy" (as my sister calls them) cheeks!

Outdoor Art Museum in Minneapolis

Silas LOVED the big spoon with the cherry on it!

We had a picnic lunch at the park and Matt told me from where I was sitting the cherry looked like it was above my head. We figured out a way to "situate" me so I could take a bite!

There was a beautiful flower garden there as well.