Big Brother

Being a big brother can be tough sometimes, what with learning to share toys and being really gentle with your little sister. Plus, the baby gets lots of pictures of her shared, so here are some of the big guy.


Cool dude stegasaurus hair.


Checking out daddy's owl before it goes to rehab.

 Fun times in my inside fort.






This mud just jumped up and got me....all over.

Even with all the mud on his face, he's still pretty cute






Apparently it is easier to put on roller skates if you hold your head up with a chair. We just got these for a dollar at a yardsale on Saturday so we are trying them out inside before we go for the big time.

Good Friday

Today Bryce and I made our pie pan tomb. I suppose some people might see it as sacrilegious to wrap Jesus in a piece of toilet paper and put him in a pie pan filled with dirt, but this is one of the things I remember very clearly doing with my mom when I was little. I hope that Bryce remembers it too, and that he knows Jesus in an intimate way from the very beginning, and comes to understand his sacrifice for us. 

Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,

Smitten of God, and afflicted.
⁵ But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
⁶ All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.

Isaiah 53:4-6

 

 

 

 

 

2 Months Old!

Normally I really like him, but I'm not sure about the hug from big brother today.

Pretty girl.

Hi daddy!

Fishing Derby

Daddy was working the fishing derby with the firefighters so we went and tried our hand at fishing. He was very determined and stayed there for quite a while dipping his pole in the water and reeling it in. Some guy came over and told us he was impressed by Bryce's attention span. The boy just likes to fish.

Very shortly after this picture he took a digger off the edge of the rock and into the water. After a new shirt from the kind firefighters who were worried, he was back at it, squishy shoes and all.





It's been especially warm so we've been doing some of our potty training outside. These are going to make some great shots for the wedding slide show some day.

Quick break for something really interesting in the grass....

Easter Tree

Occasionally, when we get his colicky sister to nap, Bryce and mommy do some fun things together. Here he is putting the eggs on the Easter tree. He has been asking to do it for days now and thankfully the eggs were not up in the attic like we thought, so there did not have to be an early morning foray into the attic.

Yes, he is wearing Christmas pjs, but when there is a wet bed disaster at 2 in the morning, Christmas pjs are still ok in February.

Bryce and mommy at the Valentine's Day party with a group of little kiddos from church, making a hat.

Little Pengies

Some days when being a mom is not easy, and these kiddos are driving me nuts, I am reminded that they are totally worth it by silly things like matching pengie pjs. I mean, really, how can you resist?

Joyful Noise 2

As a companion post to our previous list of the cacophony of joyful noises which come from our little girl, we have two additions. 1. The sneeze: Now maybe I just don't remember Bryce sneezing very often but I'm pretty sure Jocelyn's sneeze ranks high in the record of ladylike sneezes. It is such a cute noise we have plans to put her outside in the sunlight to see if we can record it on video (these kids both have sunlight sneezing genes). 2. Radio static: This noise is a happy one and appeared around the advent of the smile. I guess it's her main method of communication, but it sounds just like the noise you'd make if you were pretending to play walkie talkie with a little boy who want to be just like his daddy and have a "radio".



Yes, I realize this is a "boy" shirt, but I couldn't resist. 

Who can resist a wee girl with a great smile? When she is not colicky, she is just as perky as her brother was. Here she is making eyes at daddy while mommy slept in.