Baby Blues and Giggles

I love these pictures of Z's blue-blue-BLUE eyes (you will have to click on the pictures to really see those Baby Blues)...as well as the ones where his smile nearly reaches to the back of his head. He is such a happy little guy. During his bath last night in the BIG tub he discovered he could kick his legs and hear a neat sound---Splash!!! Once he figured out he was the maker of that interesting sound, he had a good time trying to figure out the best way to kick for the loudest splash.

This is a fun time: watching Z discover and try new things, seeing him realize his world and that he can grasp at it himself. Just last weekend he was under his baby gym moving his arms all around and looking at the different animals hanging over his head. After his arm kept hitting the little bird, Z realized he could control his arm movement and would then grasp the bird, pull on it, and push it so it would swing back and forth. Milepost markers for Z: splashing and grasping!!!! Priceless!

















E loves to play with z. He and Z will be good buddies. The picture with the orange hat (thank you Miss Suzy and Miss Leigh) was taken after our walk last night. Z and I had to come home earlier than the rest of the family----brrrrrrrrr!!!!

Step By Step

Here are the kids singing some songs. D-D's, of course, is one she made up herself!! :)

And, if you are able to download these videos, you will hear the kids "change" some of the words to the songs. Though they are not all the CORRECT words we sing, they are the words the kids THINK we sing. :)

Oh, Christmas Tree

The kids helped decorate the Christmas tree yesterday. They each have a box that holds their ornaments. All of the kids had so much fun pulling out and remembering their ornaments---I had fun watching them. M-G, of course, has a few more than the other children---but she has been alive a bit longer. We will have to find an ornament for Z this year---he does not have one yet.

The kids had a blast and, amazingly, only one ornament broke---fortunately it was one of mine and not one that any of the kids treasure. We decided after the breaking of that ornament that there would be no more glass balls or other fragile ornaments to go on the tree---this means that many of my ornaments are staying packed away. Maybe next year we will put the tree in the office area where there is carpet and it will not matter if an ornament tumbles off of the tree or not.

Hope you are all having a wonderful time getting ready for the Christmas holiday!