Walking

Tristyn thought that it would be cool to start walking. He is so funny when he does it though. He will be crawling, then he will stand up and slowly start to walk til he feels like he is going to fall then take as many steps as he can till he actually does fall. He keeps his balance with his little hands and arms, it is so cute to watch. He is so short, but to him...I'm sure that he feels so much taller standing then crawling! He is 10 months old today. Too early to start walking in my opinion, but he just wants to keep up with older brother and sisters! What a joy to have in my life. I call him my "little man" it's kinda my nickname for him

The other day I was hurrying up Navek to get ready for school. I said something like "Hurry Navek, it's almost a quarter after!" He thought about that for a second and said "Mom, will it ever be a penny after?" What a smart little brain! I did my best to explain what a quarter after means but I think that's over his head right now!!

What will they think of next?

Lately Emerald hasn't been wanting to get buckled up in her carseat. It must be annoying and uncomfortable to have a big puffy coat on and be bucked in a seat like that. I think that she feels like she can't move at all. Anyway, I was trying to persuade her to get in her chair and I said something like "You need to get in your seat it's the safest way to drive, how else are you going to me safe?" well she kind of looked around and said...dragging out her words..." Hoowwww about I hollld on toooooo thisssss" then she grabbed the back of my chair... and held on to it really tight! Too safe!! She cracks me up.

We bought a frog at a fair that we went to in July for the kids. It was just a tiny little thing. Well one day I was cleaning out the jar that he was in and I put him in a little dish. I went back later in the day and the frog was gone. I asked Yzabelle if she had seen it because it seemed like she was keeping an eye on it. She didn't know. Well, as time went by I kept wondering what had happened to the poor little thing. About 2 weeks ago i opened up the silverware drawer and was looking all the way in the back for something and saw a tiny little dried up frog laying under some plastic ware. The girls were very interested in the dead frog. I picked it up with some gloves and put it in the trash can. Yzabelle went over and looked at it and was totally fascinated by it. Now (that happened like a month ago) she loves to talk about the "fwaag". Every day she will get a piece of paper and either draw or paint a picture of a frog. Then she will fold it or cut it. The folded paper always goes into a plastic sandwich bag. She will carry it around all day. The cut up paper she puts in a cup with a little bit of water and also carries that around all day. I don't mind too much because it gives her something to do!