Just Another Day in Paradise

For David, that is.

Saturday Morning, 9:30am

Two pretty special views!

A Very Hungry Caterpillar

There is one day each year at our preschool when the kids in the oldest class get to dress up as one of their favorite characters from a book. I am sorry to say that last year I forgot character day for Mac, and this year I was determined to remember Character Day for Corrie...which I did...as I was tucking her into bed the night before...when she said, "Oh, mom, tomorrow is Character Day." 

D'oh! O well. I asked her what she would like to be, and she said, "the very hungry caterpillar!" 

"Okay! Tomorrow we will wake up and make the costume together!"

Corrie seemed pretty happy about that idea. The next morning, which was yesterday, we found a picture of the very hungry caterpillar and recreated it using a little construction paper and duct tape. 

My favorite part was how Corrie made most of it herself. She cut out the yellow "hairs" for the caterpillar's back, and exactly six brown feet (as we observed from the picture from the book). We used duct tape to apply the hair, feet, and two antennae to her red caterpillar head (my old red winter hat). 

She was as proud and as happy as could be, and all day she excitedly greeted everyone with a loud, "Hey I'm a very hungry caterpillar!!!!!" 

One of our friends drove her to school, and they apparently sang caterpillar songs the whole way there. Corrie said, "I'm really good at singing." 

When I picked Corrie up from school that afternoon, she was still bright-eyed and all smiles. It turns out that her class had a parade through the whole school, and she made sure to "caterpillar walk" the whole way (imagine her trying to impersonate an inch worm). 

Wish I could have been a fly on the wall in her school that day! What a fun, sweet and imaginative personality God has given you, Corrie! You truly have a gift of bringing joy to others, starting with me!

Ants in Paradise

We have got a horrible ant problem right now in our house. I can think of a few reasons why!

The other day I was nursing Abigail in our bedroom, and I thought Davey was napping. Next thing I knew, he was happily standing at the foot of our bed, chomping down in quite a crumbly way on a piece of "jelly bread," as he called it. 

He said, "Mommy I made it myself! Jelly bread! I didn't use a sharp thing! I just grabbed jelly with my hand and put it on the bread!" 

Then he ran away. 

I finished feeding abigail and tried to find David. It wasn't hard to follow his trail. You can't see in the picture that there were blobs of jelly all over the counter and floor.

I turned the corner to the living room, and though I wasn't sure what to expect, I certainly did NOT expect to find him trying DRINK jelly out of one of my most fragile china cups!!!!!!!! Looks like the the ants will have another day in paradise. 

Poor #4

We managed to find a play yard in the attic for Abigail, but sadly, no objects to hang on it. She seems to be taking it all in stride. 

David in Paradise