Friday, June 13, 2014


Last week we had France day at preschool. The kids ate crêpes and paid in Euros. I combined this with my yearend wrap-up for French tutoring. The combination was a veteran move.


Juliette helping me with baking while her rag curls set.




Last weekend Ella and Juliette had their big ballet performance. They did such a great job! We hope to get some video posted soon.


Juliette is on the far right and Ella is near the middle (mostly interested in posing for the camera).

Belly Update




                           I am now in the third trimester - 27 weeks along! The baby is making lots of movements, my belly is getting bigger every day, and we are excited to meet our little one.


The girls love feeling the baby kick and have so many questions to ask.


Karis is already sporting her "big sis" shirt :)

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Other Happenings...


The other morning while I was getting ready, the girls set up a craft store in their tent. They brought in some craft supplies, the cash register, and the recycling bin. They proceeded to make cards for their store.


Ella and Juju love Clubhouse Jr magazine, which we receive monthly thanks to Uncle Matt and Aunt Jaynie. Every month there is a section with a question for kids to write in and draw a picture for a chance to be published in the next issue. Ella really wanted to answer this months question. The question was "how do you stay cool during the summer?" Ella asked me for help spelling "slip n slide". After I told her the spelling she insisted that "n" is not a word, but I eventually convinced her that the people who made the "slip n slide" think it is. She then referred to the previous magazine entries and wrote her name, last initial, and age. 


Juju's First Pedal Bike


Yesterday we bought Juliette a bike we found on Craigslist. We learned that the little girl who was selling the bike was named Juliet as well. Our Juliette is very thankful for her new pink and purple pedal bike!

Reading Together




Ella loves to read to Juliette. Juju often requests certain books for Ella to read. I love it when Juju has a question for Ella - she either raises her hand or puts her hand on Ella's hand. Juju is very good at not interrupting.



Ethan also loves listening to stories. I like this video clip. The characters from the story are eating from a different looking plate, so Ethan asks "why are they eating from that big thing?". Ella answers, "that's a plate Ethan, just like we were eating from for lunch." Precious.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Juliette Rides a Pedal Bike!


Our sweet Juju has been asking when she can get a pedal bike. Our answer has been "as soon as you can ride Ella's bike we will buy you your own pedal bike." Looks like we are going to the store! Just when I thought we were set for bikes for awhile...

Juliette is very proud of her new skill - and so are we :)

Monday, May 19, 2014

A few things I love about...

Juliette Marie Lafleur

She calls nachos "machos"

She thinks she has a hearing problem because "when I ask Jesus questions I don't hear his voice. I was talking to him in the night and I just heard a lawn mower."

She wears her red sweater with sparkly buttons whenever it is clean.

Her hair gets very curly after a bath.

She hates the noise of a blender and must be held when I make smoothies.

Her laugh.

She tells hilarious stories during rest and read time.

Ella May Lafleur

She desperately wants to ride on a ferris wheel. It's her number one wish for the summer and she talks about it all the time. She often makes a circular motion with her hand and says "is this how a ferris wheel goes? Momma, will you sit beside me on the ferris wheel?"

She is trying very hard to stop biting her nails, mostly because I told her she could paint them purple when she does.

She often refers to herself in the third person and narrates her life. "She hopped off her chair and put her cup on the counter. She stomped into the living room and she began to play lego."

She plans her outfits the day before. She asks what we are doing the next day, what the weather forecast is, and then sets an outfit on top of her dresser.

Karis Ann Lafleur

She stays up late in her crib having happy conversations with herself.

She is incredibly independent. When we ask her if she needs help she often says "no, I can do it. I can help me."

She calls her lego towers "highers." "Momma, look at my higher."

She loves her toy baby.

She loves her strider bike.