Last Week

So, I've posted before that my sister's staying with us for awhile. Let me just say that I never realized how fast this time would fly by. She's already been here for over TWO weeks! We're really enjoying having her here and I think she's having a great time as well! She is learning to rollerblade and is actually quite good. After the kids go to bed at 7 we usually head outside for a couple hours until the moquitoes become unbearable. During that time we all take turns on our one pair of rollerblades while the other two play tennis or bike back and forth down our little dead end road. It might not sound that exciting but, it is a great time. We all get a good laugh when Joel squeezes his men's size 11 feet into my women's size 8 rollerblades..... ouch! Once we're done acting like children we make popcorn, play UNO, read a chapter from John and go to bed. I love this simple life!

Norah's getting really good with sidewalk chalk! Joel was blown away when he saw this sign the kids made!

There's no way we can possibly thank Joel enough for what he does for our family but.... a Dairy Queen cake is a great place to start.:)

We love you SO much Joel!

Snuggle time with Ali.

 Tuesdays are very exciting days for window watchers..... garbage day.

Also, Norah started climbing out of her crib last week. I was hyperventilating into a paper bag as I typed that.. So, we're deciding what's next. She usually responds when I tell her that, Mommy will come get her when it's time to wake up and don't try to escape crawl out of bed..... I don't think that's going to work much longer though. What we don't want is her crawling into Henry's crib and pestering him while he's trying to sleep. I guess I crawled out of my bed quite a bit when I was a baby, so I deserve this!:)