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Gusto

January 10, 2014 Molly 2 Comments

Reed got some delayed birthday excitement today.

My dad likes to tease and prank us. He’s also a bit of a health nut and always trying new foods and asking everyone around him if they’d like to try it. When we were there over the summer, Reed tried coconut manna and instantly gagged into the trash can. So, for Reed’s birthday, my dad took an empty coconut manna jar and stuffed it full of Clif Bars, something that Reed actually likes.

In true cousin sweetness, my niece insisted that Lena would really like this Strawberry Shortcake DVD that she found at a thrift store and made my mom buy it and send it to her.

And his other delayed birthday excitement, our babysitter sent him a birthday card with an Amazon gift card inside. He was so excited to pick something out. And it arrived today!

And, the littlest man. He got a postcard from my mom with a doggie on it, but was really just happy to eat a Clif Bar and get back to sitting in the toy shopping cart.

I have decided to start calling him Gusto, because that’s how he approaches life.

And lastly, a video of Gusto. Just try not to smile when you watch it.

Everyday Life, Photography, Project 365

Thursday

January 10, 2014 Molly Leave a comment

This post is going to be a bit unbalanced. Which kind of suits my day.

First, I have two prayer requests for you:

A friend’s 9 year old daughter was just diagnosed with a brain tumor the size of a kiwi. She will have surgery to have it removed next week.
My uncle, still very ill.

Both of these things are so heavy and sometimes I find it hard to be a parent AND process the hard things. I might feel sad, but as a mother of young children, sometimes I feel like there is no room for that. Someone always needs me. Life is always so busy.

We also got to spend some time with a friend tonight. You might remember him– he came home from Ethiopia shortly before Gus came home.

These two don’t see each other often, but they pick up right where the left off.

The way he is reaching up to hold Lena’s hand… so sweet.

Everyday Life, Project 365

Little Mama in Action

January 8, 2014 Molly Leave a comment

I am pretty worn out, so this will be quick. We had a long day. Well, I had a long night first. Gus wouldn’t go to sleep, then my dogs kept barking. It’s very rare that they start into a fit of barking in the middle of the night, and it happened twice last night!

While the kids went up to their beds tonight, I finished up the last of some dishes. By the time I got upstairs, this is what I saw:

Asleep already.

Me: Who tucked him in?
Reed: Lena.

That girl loves her brother.

Reed also really wanted me to take his photo and he posed in this lovely straight-up-the-nose shot.

Everyday Life, Photography, Project 365

Sledding

January 7, 2014 Molly 1 Comment

We were all going a bit stir crazy. Reed and Lena started school again today, but none of us, dogs included, had spent much time outside recently. Something had to happen.

So, we went sledding. Someplace where the dogs could run around.