A couple of pictures...

Barend wanted me to, "Hand me a wrench mommy! I need to fix the chair." And if I had sound for Juniper...she has thing grunt thing going on. It's between a growl and a grunt. Cute, but she does it alot now :)

"My eggs are raken."

Barends sentence from today. We were outside the other day and I had the snowshoes on and the next day when I was playing with Barend I told him I had to stop because my legs were aching from walking around in the snow. Today, as Barend was getting down from his chair after lunch, he said, "My eggs are raken." and proceeded to point to his knees and legs. That was the only way that I got it without asking him again. My little guy :)

Here's a picture of me and what my sister in law says as, "Barend with hair!" : ) And one of Barend back in August.

My little girl...

Is almost pulling herself up to a standing position. She does stand on her own, but she tends to go "timber" unexpectedly. When she's on the floor she tends to stick her butt up in the air alot. She's getting so big.

New arrivals...

So we got a dining room table :) No more eating on the floor during breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Juniper has got her fifth tooth, so many more to go.

Pictures are: Barend and Dad working on putting together the table and chairs, Barend waiting on the timer so he could play "Uncle Mark's game" (PS2 Star War Legos), Juniper going at great lengths to get cords to chew on, Barend taking a picture of Juniper going to great lengths to chew on cords, and Barend and Juniper being Barend and Juniper. Enjoy!

Snow and stuff...

So here are a few pictures of the snow that we got last night and this morning. And Barend and Juniper playing :)

Pictures of late..

Ok, so I only have a couple...we've been sick the past 3wks and just now catching up on things :)
The handprint is Barend's. We were making sugar cookies :) Juniper is eating coco wheats.

Teeth and Thanksgiving...

Wow, what happened to November? Juniper is getting her two top teeth and hasn't been sleeping. She's actually up right now chewing on a DVD case staring at her dad as he eats ice cream. She likes watching people eat :)

Barend has his first dentist appointment tomorrow. Hopefully it'll go ok. I want to take some pictures, but I'm not sure if they'll allow it in the office. Hmmmm...

I'll be "home" for a week starting this Saturday for Thanksgiving. Hopefully, I'll be able to see family and friends that I haven't seen in awhile.

I'm thankful for all the people that God has put into my life at appointed times to help me along the race that he has called us to run. What a challenge the race has been, but worth every step.

Have a great Thanksgiving!!!

Sick babies....

Yup...my babies are sick again :( Looks like a week of staying at home...

Pumpkin Carving and Stuff...

So we got a pumpkin this past weekend that was big enough to carve...Trav did the cutting and Barend looked cute :) After Trav got the top off though, I was sure Barend was going to "dig in" and get messy. He looked inside the pumpkin and wouldn't even put his hand in. He ended up just watching, but he did want to help with the carving part (the part with the knives....). We also saved the seeds and tried our hand at roasting pumpkin seeds. Needless to say, they needed more salt and not be cooked as long as they did....they were still good though :) Here are some pics for your enjoyment.

Heros and Applesauce...

Teeth and Harmonicas...

So my daughter has her first tooth at 5months of age. She's been fussy lately and hasn't been sleeping too well and now I know why. Her little sharp tooth (yes, it's very sharp for such a little thing) poked through a couple of days ago. We are now awaiting the one right next to it, which should come any day now. She's also rolling to get to places and when she's patient she'll scoot using her toes.

My mom got barend a harmonica. He loves it and actually plays very well. He doesn't over play so it sounds really nice. Anyway, this is how the harmonica conversation goes:

Barend: "Cry mommy, cry."
Me: (I pretend to cry)
Barend: "What would you like, baby?"
Me: "I want some music."
Barend: "O.K.!" (plays the harmonica)

Two seconds later....

Barend: "Cry mommy, cry."

He's so funny sometimes :)

I have some more pictures, however, my son has confiscated the batteries that were in it for some of his toys, so I'll have to get more at the store next time I'm out :)

Pictures :)

So my baby boy is now 3yrs old :) He's getting so big and talking so much. He plays by himself alot with his super hero guys and has them converse with each other (he does the voices). Its so cute! Last night he was playing with all the playdough that he got for his birthday and I happened to peek in the dinning room and on the window he had made "his project". As you can see from the picture he put playdough dots all over the window. Silly boy :) Juniper is still waiting for those teeth to arrive, but she's sucking her thumb like a champ and is kinda pushing herself along with her legs when shes rolled over. Won't be long and I'll have to figure out how to split myself in half with Barend going one direction and Juniper the other. We started CBS today and will be doing MOPS too, so we're finally meeting some people around here :) I've gotta go...Juniper is tired of being on her belly. Enjoy the pictures!!

Stuff...

So, Barend is going to be three very soon (Monday) and he's my little character. We've been to the beach a few times this past week (love being 15min! from Lake Michigan) and Barend's routine is get in the water, roll in the sand like he's taking a bath, then get back in the water....thus repeating even after we get him "rinsed" off when we are about to leave. Today while putting away groceries and cleaning the kitchen I gave barend 7 little chips of baking chocolate and as you can see from the pictures he savoured them by playing with them in a variety of ways putting them through the paper towel roll and "hiding them" and placing them on top of the puffs box, his "tower".

Juniper is sucking her right thumb, following in her brothers footsteps (although he sucks his left thumb) and is almost rolling over. She gets her hips over and just can't get the rest of the way. She's also got one heck of a smile :) Well, enjoy some of the pictures :)