This is Elis' Santa letter he wrote at school: After reading a whole packet of Santa letters with kids saying "I want, I want, I w...

...til Eli starts preschool!  ...til I start toting all the kids back and forth from town twice a day, three days a week. ...til I start h...

Sometime last year Eli was given a train set from one of Kevin's coworkers whose kids had outgrown it. Combine it with a small set he a...

Our MOPS group is participating in Operation Christmas Child , and I was showing Eli a short video clip of the children opening their pres...

FINALLY I had a breakthrough with Eli on the potty today!! Go read about it here at our family blog !

Okay, so maybe, not bragging , because you know, that wouldn't be nice. But I sure am proud of Eli! Yesterday at Pamida (yes, that stor...

Besides Bible time and being filled with God's peace of course. This is a new routine I started last week, and I gotta say, I'm rea...

From Eli of course... 1. French toast is called "French fry toast". 2. My French horn is called a "French fry pump". (e...

ELI WENT POOP ON THE POTTY FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY!! I am so excited, I just had to share!! Eli really hasn't been taking any interes...

First, see Part 1 pictures here . Just had to show you how our dandelion fun turned out. Had to end the last post with cute pictures still,...

...of a child.

Today I decided to give Eli a haircut. Right after lunch while he was already in his chair. No biggy. I've given him several haircuts...

Eli came up with this (the creation not the title) on his own and I thought it was cute. If you can't tell from the picture it's two...

Day 2 of potty training went even better.  Eli successfully went in the potty TWICE!  Once was a partial poop and the second was a small pee...

Today was Eli's first day of potty training, and overall I'd give him an A!  There was an initial battle first getting into underwea...

We're going to try potty training with Eli starting tomorrow.  I'm not entirely sure that he's ready for it, so this is a little...

We used some cardboard pieces when we were painting Hannah's room , and before I finally put them away a few days ago I decided to draw...

I've been trying to have song time at the piano with the kids after breakfast. I play/sing a bunch of hymns, and it's a great way t...

Eli has just started calling us Mom and Dad now instead of Mommy and Daddy. ::sniff,sniff:: Why does this all have to happen so fast??

Remember a couple months ago I made the kids a cardboard kitchen ? It's still holding up, by the way, and Eli and Hannah both love play...