Bath Time

The kids loving taking baths together.

Abby's First Bath

Bath Time

Rebekah gets her baths with Bethany now. She's finally big enough to sit up on her own without me worrying about her falling! I figure if she can pull herself up to standing, she can sit!

Bath Time

Rebekah got a special treat yesterday when Daddy gave her a bath!

The Party's In Here

Bethany is coming up with ever more creative ways to have fun with her Grandma Miriam while she's here. Missing you, Grandpa Jon!

Chocolate Mess

Bethany and Jonas got into one of Aunt Sarah's valentine's, and boy were they excited. It's not often that Bethany gets to polish off a candy bar!

Mid-Week Update

Bethany, Aunt Sarah and I visited the nursery this week and picked out lots of plants. Bethany and I got a triumphans spirea, whatever that is. I guess we'll find out! She helped me repot it and got dirty, which is always fun. (Check out how she's holding A. Sarah's hand in this picture!! There's a first time for everything.) Bethany and Jonas's adventures included another bath time and fun in the sandbox. And of course walks outside and playing in the backyard.

Bath Toys

Bethany loves playing with her foam letters in the bath. We have fun sticking words up on the side of tub and making the letter noises. Pretty soon she start to actually know the letters... I'm sure that'll happen way too quickly for me.Here's a cuter picture of Bethany in her new dress.

Foot Painting

Bethany and I had some fun "foot" painting, and got to have some much needed quality time. (Granted, we still have a lot of time together, but it was nice to be focused totally on her.) The painting was MESSY! I'm determined to have her like getting messy. Like me. Not like her dad. It's much more entertaining if you're getting into messes. Makes for good pictures.

The Next Generation

As usual, the weekend was full of activities. And once again, surprisingly few pictures to show for it. Saturday, one of Matt's best friends came over from Rochester to hang out for the afternoon. That was followed by a very sweet dinner and movie prepared by Matthew.

Sunday we had a graduation picnic for my cousin, Dan. Bethany got to meet her cousins, Eric and Leah! What fun! (Leah has been the one supplying Bethany's wardrobe.) My mom took a really cute picture of all four cousins (basically the picture above but with Ben, too.) When I get it, I'll put it up.

After the picnic, we raced back home to visit with Matthew's high school teacher, Marcy, and his friend Andrew's mother, Molly. Sounds strange, I know, but they're good friends and were passing through from out of town. We chatted all evening, and they stayed over and headed back to OH this morning. Now we're racing around running errands this afternoon in case we end up heading to Rochester for the 4th. The fun never stops.