This house has been such a good home to us.
Our neighborhood and street have the best treasures anyone could ever find. ever.The best neighbors in the world just happen to live next door.
Many other precious people surround us on all sides - smiling, hugging, loving my girls - helping to create the amazing family of friends we have here.
I love our life here and am so very sad to leave.I know we will find another house, another neighborhood, other neighbors...
there's just no way they will be as perfect as they are here.
At six months, Ellenie is developing into her own little person...with lots of personality and lots of things she likes and dislikes.
She loves to eat...but she really loves to chew. Fingers are her fav.
She loves to scoot. First it was only backwards but in the last week or so, she's been working on her forward motion.
She does not like getting stuck. It's so embarrassing!
Ellenie is loving her new ability to get up on all fours and pose. Then she started rocking, then in the last few days she pushes with her legs, thumps down on her chest, and then back up again until she has "crawled" her way to me. That's her favorite destination right now. ME. I can't believe we're already at the "Mom, where are you going? MOM! YOU CAN'T WALK OUT OF THE ROOM!!! COME BACK!!!!! " phase. It's not my favorite.
This is my favorite face right now. Good thing since ol' lizard lips is around all the time. If she's not smiling or crying then this the tongue is out. It's really funny and pretty cute.At six months, she's a whopping 13.8 pounds and 26 inches long. Her head is the size of Sputnik according to the doctor. I know that huge head is housing her huge brain that is really going to take her places one day...like the White House.
That's almost as crazy as the silly colds we all had last week. Who gets sick with colds in the summer? Apparently anyone is 4 or younger or anyone who lives with them.
It really doesn't get better than this.
The strained cheese.
The phony cheese.
The Are you eating my arm? cheese.
The She's Singing So Loud In My Ear Cheese.
The Sweet Cheese.
Lillianna ate the first few dozen she picked until I remembered to explain that we were here to pick them and take them home to eat. They were so yummy it was hard not to eat them.
You been pickin' long?
Nah, You?
Abby was snacking on some goldfish and supervising the others.
Sam got right to work picking the best of the bunch!
Bibby shows off her loot.
It was a really fun activity and made us a little more thoughtful about where our food comes from, how much we take for granted, and how much more you appreciate something when you work for it.
Lillianna: See Mom, you don't want to pick green ones like this. Only the big blue ones for me please!
Ellenie: YAWN. You'd think they could do this a little faster.Virginia: I know I sure could if I could figure out how to unsnap all these buckles.
In the end, Lillianna had about three times this amount and I filled up another bucket. All for $11! What a deal and what a treat! We have enjoyed them on cereal, as a snack, in smoothies and put some in the freezer. We also loaded some up in tupperware, then Lillianna packed them in her doll stroller and delivered them to several neighbors.
What more can you say about friendship than this?
