Tubing Fun and BIG Birthdays!

Archie was fearless on the big hill. I had to beg him to go down with me because he was so infatuated with doing it by himself. I finally convinced him two went faster than one, and he was sold. On the way home, Hunt explained the physics of friction absorption and why the back tube could go faster because of diminished air friction. (Knew everyone wanted to know that :)

Grace was only allowed on the kiddie hill, but she still had a blast. The best part was going with our neighbors whose kids are the same age as ours!

 This pic may not belong, but there's no way I can let Grandpa DeJ's SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY go by without a big shout-out! We were so glad to spend it in Chesapeake!

The Making of Our Christmas Card Pic

I Have a Dream

Recently, I've been reading some Martin Luther King, Jr. books with Archie. I gave him an assignment of writing down his dream. Once I got him to get past, "I want a new race car," I thought he came up with a nice dream for the world. "I have a dream that nobody would get sick. I hope they stay healthy for Ever."

Grace is too cute. She has no clue what's going on and hasn't learned to see the world through race yet. Archie rightly decided it was not fair that black people and white people couldn't always go to the same schools. Grace got excited and interjected, "It's not fair. There needs to be schools for peach people, too, 'cause we're peach people." Guess that's what you get for always using a peach crayon in self portraits.

Silent Saturday: From the Grandparents

Merry First Round of Christmas!

Pre-Christmas cookie party

We had a blast with Me-maw and Papa, but their trip was too short!

Me-maw receives the first clue to her scavenger hunt.

Hunt's been chomping at the bit for years for Archie to have his first science kit.
This is even better - an engineering kit!

I've wanted to get Hunt a Superman shirt so he and Archie could match forever.
Glad I finally did!

Grace has had a Minnie themed Christmas so far. Archie got her the dress and Me-maw and Papa gave her the Minnie and Daisy tea set and wedding cake.

Archie couldn't wait to build his fort. He loves it!

We've had a great Christmas so far and are thankful that Jesus IS the Reason for the season!

Frogs Are Green

Archie has been working hard for several weeks to prepare this little guy for the Frogs Are Green kids' art contest. Isn't he a cutie? I never really realized just how tricky a frog is to draw.

Double Trouble and Other Funny Pictures

One of the many things the kids like to do on the Ipad is make funny pictures with the photo booth app. Here comes double trouble!

These are funny in a different way! We were at some friends' playing games and put the kids to bed. Archie fell right asleep, but Grace got scared and came out to sit on the sofa. She fell asleep looking over the edge, watching us play but eventually shifted into a seated position.

I think these look pretty cool!

Archie is pretty fond of this scary monster pic!