Our little toddler

Our little Sarah is becoming a toddler before our very eyes. Her personality is in full bloom & it is so much fun. I took a little video of the girls splashing in the tub tonight. I love that Sarah keeps looking to see if I'm watching. What fun girls!

Sort of like Christmas morning

Today felt sort of like Christmas morning. UPS delivered the Little People Nativity after the girls were asleep last night. As soon as Jolie spotted it in the playroom this morning she was SO excited! Sharing her beloved Little People with Sarah is difficult, but we are working through it.

Playing with the nativity...
I asked them to say cheese. Can you tell who cooperated? I LOVE this picture of Sarah with her bed head & all!Thanksgiving Little People meet Christmas Little People. Everyone needs Jesus, right?

Yummy!

We are trying (rather unsuccessfully) to put some pounds on Sarah so we gave her a "white donut" (as Jolie calls them) the other day. Here she is enjoying her treat...

Our little cuties

I took a couple of pictures of the girls yesterday afternoon while we were playing outside. They are such a joy - most of the time! Jolie has really been loving Sarah & enjoying her ability to participate in life more. I pray this continues :)

Our big girl.


This is the face of a little girl who has just spotted her Daddy! Sarah LOVES her daddy! She spotted him outside mowing the yard yesterday & just stood at the window watching & saying, "Da, Da, Da, Da!" So sweet!

Fall Festival Photo

Here is the family picture they took of us at the Fall Festival at church on Halloween. I thought it turned out cute...

Sarah Update

Our little Sarah is growing up on us! Over the last few weeks she has been up to all kinds of new things such as...

Climbing into the dryer:

Climbing up on Jolie's step stool in the bathroom:

Climbing on Daddy's exercise machine:And walking!!! You'll have to excuse her older, louder, sometimes obnoxious older sister in this video. I have a feeling she'll be battling Jolie for the spotlight for the rest of her life :)

Our turkey

I found this fun craft idea in my latest issue of Parent's magazine & decided to give it a try. Jolie had a great time working on it with me this afternoon. We all wrote a few things we were thankful for on the turkey's feathers. When I asked Jolie what she was thankful for she replied, "God, friends, my Gran, my Sarah girl, books to read, my mommy & daddy, I'm thankful for everything!" All these & a few others made it onto the feathers. So sweet!

Happy Halloween Day!

Jolie has been looking VERY forward to Halloween this year! She's been counting down all month! I'm glad it has now come & gone. Out of all the dress up clothes in her closet she chose to wear the EXACT same costume as last year. (Click here for last year's Halloween post) I found a cute strawberry costume on sale yesterday & couldn't resist getting it for little Sarah. They were super cute & we had lots of fun at our church's Fall Festival.
The first time I've put her hair in one french braid. She loved it!I wish my hands were usually this empty. (One of our college students was hanging out with Sarah.)Jolie ready to ride in the barrel train. Fun times!