Primary

Every January the Primary classes at our church switch and the kids get to move up to the next class.  Usually, this means a new teacher and new room.  For Brynn, it was a much bigger change.  She left the nursery and is now a Sunbeam.  She has a lesson that usually ends with coloring and her class gets to join the other classes for sharing time and singing time.  This is a big deal.  She was so excited. 

My handsome boy

Caroline moved up to CTR 7 but got to keep Sister Topp as her teacher. Lucky girl!!  This year when she turns 8 she can choose to be baptized.  This is such a great year for her.

My two Primary kids!

Brynn + Ballet

 Brynn has moved from the "Mommy and Me" movement class to a preschool ballet class at Mrs. Shelley's studio.  She loves it.  
She goes on Tuesday afternoons and usually starts asking me on Saturday, "What day is today?"  

When I finally get to tell her it is Tuesday she will immediately put on her leotard and ballet shoes, 

at 10am.  

Her class starts at 3:30.  

See, she loves it. 

Too Too and Skye

Caroline has an alter ego named Too Too. When she was about 2 1/2 she began acting like a puppy all the time.  We had to talk to her like a puppy.  She would eat her snacks in a bowl on the floor like a puppy, etc.  
Well, along comes Brynn and she continues the tradition.  Her puppy name is Skye.  
The girls found an eyeliner pencil in my makeup bag and transformed themselves.  
They stayed in character for the rest of the afternoon.  

I wonder what Russell's puppy name will be.  Maybe he will just play the dog catcher. 

Leaf pile...

Brynn loves to "help".  As soon as Kevin brought the rake out of the garage she had her duck boots on and was out the door.  

 This is a new phase for her.  Whenever I tell her no, she gives me this pout.  I can't be mad because it is too cute.

#kidsarehere...

I don't know why but one day I got the idea to document the children's bedrooms.  

I want to remember this moment in our lives.  

I want to remember that the girls picked their own color.

I want to remember the room I put Russell down for his naps in. 

I want to remember all of Caroline's "collections".  

I want to remember where Brynn put her stuffed animals.

Thanksgiving...

Food for the soul

Play...

My life is really hectic these days.  From my babies, to my house, to my husband, to my calling, to life in general my calendar is full ALL THE TIME.  I sometimes can't remember what day it is and sometimes I forget to eat.  

Hectic, I tell ya.

But there are moments during my day where I stop and take a look around (like Ferris Bueller told me to) and I just breath in the moment.  I stop and really look at how much my girls have changed and how big Russell is getting.  Brynn will never be 2 3/4 again.  Caroline will not have numerous holes in her mouth where teeth should be.  Russell will not fall asleep on my chest and breath his baby breaths for too much longer.  
I made the choice long ago that I wanted to stay home with my babies.  I wanted to be here for as much as I could for as long as I could.  It is the hardest job I have ever done (and I taught high school)!  There are some days were I wish I had a job to go to.  There are some moments when I can't wait until all three are in school.  And there are times when I want to keep Caroline home from school and just breath the same air.  There are moments when I honestly can't get enough of Brynn.  There are times when I get weepy thinking about Russell growing up and not being my baby anymore.  
This is the season of my life where I have my babies surrounding me, hanging off of me, filling my days.  Like the seasons, one will slowly dissolve into the other and I won't realize the change until one day I will stop and realize my house is too clean and too quiet.  But at least I will have these moments, these memories that I am creating now to keep me warm on those chilly nights.