Sweet Days

We have been having some sweet days around here. The beauty of our time together is not lost on me. I cherish these moments and know that they are going by too fast already. It has been a gift to see our kids playing together, learning together, going on adventures, and forming close bonds as we go through our years. We are all learning and growing, praying and forgiving, making mistakes and getting back up again. 

As promised, there are some more pictures of sweet Silas in this post.

 Ella loves to make apple sauce.

And she also loves getting Peter geared up to go outside. Sometimes he ends up wearing her coat.

I hope Peter's future wife will thank me one day for training him early ;)

 Last week we went on a nature scavenger hunt with some friends.

And all 3 girls passed their swimming lessons. Wahoo!! They worked so hard this set and they all improved drastically - especially Juliette. Swim kids 3, here we come!

Karis left me this note in the back of my Bible the other day.

She is reading up a storm. Karis is so determined to do everything that her sisters do. I love her tenacity.

We often walk to the mail box before lunch to deliver a letter the girls have written to a friend / family member. The view from our mailbox is beautiful. It looks over the Fraser River. Peter loves watching the tugboats haul crates of sawdust down the river.

Juliette is enjoying reading the Milly Molly Mandy storybook series. The front of the book has a map of the little town that Milly Molly Mandy lives in. Juliette loves to read a chapter and then narrate the chapter to me by using the map.

3 little moms.

Our friend the beaver. There are several beavers living in our local pond. This guy is smaller than the one we met a few weeks ago.

The highlight for Peter lately has been seeing Mrs. Mallard with her 9 ducklings. He is thrilled. "Momma, can we go see the ducklings?" This is his daily request. This has also upped the amount of times he wants me to read "Make Way for Ducklings" to him. I love this little boy.

Reading the Bible with Dadda.

A friend from our community group, James, got baptized last Sunday. We are so proud of him for taking this step and it is amazing to see how God is working in his life.

Our butterflies have emerged! We now have 6 butterflies. They emerged over several days, which was very exciting to see. Last year they all emerged overnight. It has been fun to look in their habitat and sometimes see that another chrysalis was empty. This process is so much fun for the kids.

Sometimes Peter puts his shorts on backwards :)

He loves to zoom up to the bridge and be the first to spot the ducklings.

After seeing the ducks at the park, Ella was curious about their lifespan. 

Soaking up the sun.

 Juliette lost her 4th tooth. This is the first top tooth that she has lost. It makes her look so much older. In other news, Juliette had another hearing test today. We were told to not make another appointment because her hearing has improved drastically and she is now hearing in the "normal" range out of both ears!! Thank you to all who have been praying for her. We were so grateful to hear this today. Yahoo!

 

One of our chrysalides had fallen from the filter during the chrysalis stage. So, instead of hanging, it was lying at the bottom of the cage. This resulted in a butterfly with crumpled wings. The girls have been trying to care for the butterfly but it does not appear that this little one will fly. This process has sparked so many great conversations in our family.

And Ella has decided to write a newspaper for our neighborhood. I love her creativity. These will be delivered tomorrow.

Thanks for reading our blog :)