Some things change and others stay the same

It is the same table with just a little different pattern on the umbrella and the two sweet little faces. I can hardly believe that it is been just two weeks short of 6 years since we first put this table in our back yard but it has. The NM and AZ sun wore out the first umbrella but fortunately a new one was easy to order and Allison and Johnathan are just as excited as Charlie and Zachary were when they first sat in that shade :)

5 for real

Up until now I really had about 4.5 kids. Lia doesn’t require the coins at Chuck E Cheese, admission at the museum or her own meal at a restaurant. Last night, I pulled out 4 bowls for ice cream, like usual, but when I started handing them out something changed. Lia caught on to the whole thing and started bouncing around the kitchen like a pin ball with her hands out. She ended up by me, arms up, screeching, “mom”, over and over. “Mom” is Lia’s first and only word. If you picture her saying it like a sweet 15 mo. old baby girl, you would be wrong. It is more like a NJ housewife, loud and screechy :) I got one more bowl out and I now officially have five whole kids ;)

View from my desk

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