Sowing Sprouts: theodore

When Mama's away for the last day, we all love on our Daddy! The kiddos even let me take pictures of us together!

Even my mini-me loves on Daddy and lets me dress him in a nice shirt for Sunday! I think he liked the idea of looking like his Daddy. :)

From Emmaline Ruth 2 years

I even let the littlest one choose what she wears ;)

From Emmaline Ruth 2 years

Just as long as she keeps giving me loves :D

Saturday, June 15, 2013

One More Day to Play (not counting today)

Posted by Theodore Elial at 7:05 PM

Tomorrow Mama comes home, but we may not see her until Monday because she might get home after our bedtime :(

Today we did all sorts of fun things. We helped Daddy dust the house & mail some letters. Then we went to the neighborhood park where we played on the monkey bars, climbed all around, slid down the slides, and even played hide & seek. Emmaline needs some pointers on hiding behind trees, don't you think?

Later we went to the library, sorted & folded socks, and talked to our Aunt Becky, Uncle Jesse, Grandma & Grandpa (but not all at the same time)! We even snuck in some time to play with our toys!

Phew!! What a full & fun today!

Friday, June 14, 2013

Only Two More Days (to be silly)!

Posted by Meredith Jane at 5:08 PM

In two days Mama comes home, that means we better get our sillies out now!

So we're practicing our silliest faces and our silliest moves.

From Emmaling Ruth 2 years

Because, you know, Daddy's the silly one and Mama is the serious one, of course! ;)

Thursday, June 13, 2013

We Love You So Much! (three days to go!)

Posted by Tim at 5:41 PM

We love our Mama so much!

Meredith says, "I love you because you hug me and play with me."

Theodore says, "I love you because you play with me."

Emmaline says, "I love you because I love you!"

We can't wait to see you soon!

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Four Days and Counting

Posted by Tim at 5:54 PM

Mollie left on a church youth retreat today. She'll be back Sunday evening. That means Daddy-kiddo time for 5 days (and 3 workdays with a good friend). We now have 4 days to go.

What four things are you going to do when Mama gets home?

I am going to play with her, and I am going to paint with her. I am going to play gymnastics with her, and I am going to color with her.

I am going to play gymnastics with her and I will tell her that I love her and give her kisses. I want to play checkers with her too.

From Emmaling Ruth 2 years

I will play with her, tell her "I love you," play in the playroom, and play in our bedrooms.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Cannon Beach

Posted by Meredith Jane at 8:58 PM

We went to Cannon Beach, Oregon last weekend. It was SO MUCH FUN! We of course went to the beach (and saw Haystack Rock).

We also saw Multnomah Falls! They are HUGE!

We saw sea anemone.

And lots, and lots of sea stars!

We swung on swings!

And swung...

And SWUNG!!!

And best of all, we got to see our family! Thanks for coming to Cannon Beach!

The future

Posted by Tim at 8:49 PM

I foresee "danger" in my future...

From Emmaling Ruth 2 years

And mischief...

And silliness...

I think Mollie and me have our hands and hearts full!

Hells Gate State Park

Posted by Meredith Jane at 8:43 PM

We went camping at Hells Gate State Park in May. We played on the playground.

Swung on the swings.

Slid down the slides.

Honed our orienteering skills!

Went on hikes to see cool rocks and learn about how Lewis & Clark made it to the Pacific Ocean!

Christmas

Posted by Emmaline Ruth at 8:14 PM

Christmas happened too! No, I'm not kidding, really, we had Christmas here in Washington!

We had a party at Church where we decorated ornaments!

We also decorated our house!

And Mama planned Advent activities!

And, of course we opened presents! :D

Halloween

Posted by Emmaline Ruth at 8:08 PM

From Pumpkin Patch 2012

Did you know Halloween happened, like, last fall?! Who knew? Not you, because you didn't see any pictures from us!

From Pumpkin Patch 2012

We all went to the pumpkin patch. We picked out our pumpkins to carve and got a lot of fresh apples!

From Pumpkin Patch 2012

Meredith had a hard time picking hers up!

From Halloween 2012

Meredith dressed as Shiny from Dinosaur Train, Theo as Petey from Dinosaur Train, and I was Dorothy Elmo's fish!

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Happy Independence Day!

Posted by Theodore Elial at 9:37 PM

What does Independence Day mean to you?

Do you want s'more?

And campfires in the backyard!

And you, Meredith?

From Meredith Jane 4 Years

Playing with friends & family! Thank you, Joel, Noel, Mrs Marci, & Mr Aaron for coming over!

And you, Emmaline?

From Emmaline Ruth 1 Year

CHEESE!

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Cut It Shorter, Please

Posted by Theodore Elial at 7:45 PM

Mama had my hair cut the same way we always get it cut. That's no fun!

So I asked for it to be cut shorter, can you tell? (Look at the top)

Monday, June 25, 2012

Bye, Holden!

Posted by Emmaline Ruth at 9:45 PM

A Holden tradition is to wave bye to all buses leaving the village. We decided to wave back on the way home!

Hopefully we'll be able to visit again soon!

What did you do at Holden?

Posted by Emmaline Ruth at 9:42 PM

We went on hikes...

...to waterfalls!

We went bowling (and even knocked down a few pins)!

We played in trees!

We went to Narnia!

We ate ice cream!

We played on the playground!