documenting my babies...

charlie

loves purple

wears layers

says, "ridiculous!" and makes us all laugh

likes to raise her eyebrows and proclaim, "AWKWARD" at inopportune times

loves tea parties, dancing

loves learning to read

perfectionist at art and writing

an emerging artist, a defined style

love her microscope

is obsessed with power rangers as of late, especially the pink one

loves her ballet and jiu-jitsu, loves "to train" and is turning into quite the athlete

big helper - loves to stir a pot, wash a dish, sweep a floor 

hates lettuce but will eat her weight in broccoli

hates any form of beef but loves steak (weird)

has discovered the magic of milano

has the funny little soprano voices that shakes and quivers and is full of confidence

hates having her hair brushed

is our big kisser, has perfected the british kiss (don't ask) and carries around a ball of plastic mistletoe

loves to make believe with everything, especially her pillow pets

finally loves legos

is best friends with her brother and does everything with him

play checkers and womps gramma

plays tic-tac-toe and gramma womps her

is "in love with love", really and truly

luke

loves blue, red and camo

loves nerf guns and garfield

loves the charter school two days a week and has convinced me to do all day classes

reads calvin and wimpy kid non-stop

loves to rake and demand money

keep raking even when we deny him his spoils

loves the idea of his new room getting done but wants to keep sleeping with his sister

is best friends with his sister, they are inseparable lately

is obsessed with italian tacos and loves carrots, hates broccoli

asks lots of deep philosophical/universal/eternal questions

is beyond excited it's his baptism year and is determined to know all the articles of faith off the top of his head

loves jiu-jitsu and hates hiking with us this year, moans and groans the whole time

loves to build with cardboard - cars, rockets, computers, cell phones, spy kits

adores legos

loves to wear matching jammies with his sister

still struggles with buttons, especially on his pants right at the moment when he desperately wants to go to the bathroom

loves science, microscopes and online math quizzes

loves to hold the hymn book at church and melts our hearts when he sings along

loves one direction (band) and loves to dance a really awkward dance that makes us all laugh

loves minecraft and all his boy cousins

lives in his cousins sebastian's awesome hand-me-downs and thinks he's the coolest thing ever

ALWAYS volunteers to give talks at church and gives them regularly and writes them all by himself

loves to cuddle at night on the couch - with mom and dad

it's not all that they are, 

but this is a glimpse at who they are right now -

well, all of this and the fact that they are anxiously awaiting a new brother or sister.

that seems to be at the root of everything for them right now.

you should see their faces light up around babies -

sweetie-mc-sweetnes.

okay, babies documented.

time to take on my day.

ps: my camera is ready for pickup -

halle-flipping-llujah!