And more pics...

Here's more... I had to post them all since she is just so darn cute...

Pics of Evelyn...

Here are some pics of Evelyn eating cereal! Unfortunately, I didn't take pics when she ate it for the first time, so here are pics when she ate it the second time! She seems to really like it! :)

Josiah's First Day of Preschool

Here are some pictures of Josiah's first day at preschool. He is going twice a week for just a couple hours each time. He is enjoying it very much! Notice how difficult it was to get him to just look at the camera for 3 seconds and give a us a huge smile?! (If you want to see the pics larger, you should be able to click on them and they will open up a larger pic.)

Look what I got, Mama...

Josiah has this thing lately where he knows what I don't want him getting into, but it doesn't stop him from getting into it (especially when I am not looking). Today, for example, he got into a small box that had some bottles in it. I told him this morning that I didn't want him getting into it. But while I was nursing Evelyn, he got into it. A few minutes later, he brings over one of the bottles to me. He looks at me with mischievious little eyes, and a big grin. He hands me the bottle and nods his head, like he is saying, "Look what I got, Mama..." He often does this half-way through things that he knows he shouldn't be doing. He just pauses and looks at me with a grin, letting me know that he is in the middle of doing something he shouldn't be! Silly little man...

And I thought I would add this... Josiah decided to add some crayons to my grape juice today.

Evelyn's first taste of cereal

Today, I took the plunge and gave Evelyn her first taste of rice cereal. She handled it like a champ! She ate almost the whole thing of cereal. Took her a couple attempts at first to figure out how to keep it in her mouth. She really seemed to like it though! Pics to come...

It is all because of the Haircut...

Today was a rough day.  Josiah was into everything and anything!!  Here's the list:

* There was a box of crayons on top of the microwave.  He pulled a chair over and ended up dumping all the crayons out.

* He took a magenta-colored marker and scribbled (quite a bit) on the carpet.  

* I spilled a little bit of couscous (a tiny, pebbly pasta) on the floor and he had a hay-day spreading it everywhere wildly with his hands.

* I had him sitting at the table with his markers.  I am fixing dinner, and when I look at him a minute or so later, he has bitten the blue and black marker tips out of the markers-- he has marked all over his arms with the black marker and there is marker all over his mouth.  Thankfully, it is very washable (thanks Crayola!)

* He of course wouldn't leave sis alone on several occasions, which led to several time-outs. 

* He got into a bottle of dawn on the countertop and spilled a nice puddle of it on the floor.

* He bit into a lovely rotten apple on an outing at the park across the street (that was just gross)

* At the same park, I thought he was following behind me as I was pushing the stroller.  When I look back, I see that he has found an old fast-food cup on the road, has taken the lid off, and has the straw in his mouth.  Nasty.

Now why was it a rougher day than usual?  Well, I cut his hair this morning.  According to Jason's mom (hi Angie!), boys act up when they get their hair cut.  At least, both Jason and Eric would act up, so I guess he is at least continuing the tradition.

Josiah and Pop

First cute story about Josiah.  He is such a smartie pants (most moms probably think this about their kids!)  All four of us are sitting on the couch tonight.  Jason is drinking some pop, and Josiah already has a sweet tooth.  Sometimes daddy will pour a little pop into his sippy cup as a special treat.  Well, Jason told him that he couldn't have any pop at the moment, but Josiah wasn't done trying.  He reaches over and holds Jason's hand-- the way to daddy's heart.  Jason nudges me to show me what he is doing.  I bend down and whisper into Josiah's ear: "Are you holding daddy's hand because you want some pop?"  Josiah, with a big smile, nods his head yes.  Silly little man!