Little Miss Blue Eyes

I just swoon over this little girls bright blue eyes. I've posted this in Facebook, but just had to include it here in case you missed it.

Tired of pictures

Mackenzie and I headed to the park while Madeleine was at dance this past week. Of course I brought my camera to get some photos, but that was very short lived.  Mackenzie quickly went from this:

to this:

She was crying no more pictures, no more pictures.

Hmm...maybe she needs a break from the camera.  

Madeleine is 12!

Yesterday was my baby girl's birthday, and I can't  believe she's 12 already!  Only six more years! In six more years, Lord willing, she'll be an adult, preparing to leave the protection of our home.  Six years is not long enough! 

She and I have had some challenges now that she's growing up and changing into a young lady.  I know this six years will go quick, so praying God will guide me to train her and prepare her for adulthood, and she'll have sweet memories of the years ahead. 

It's Just a Worm!!

A few days ago, we were out in the front yard playing around and enjoying the weather.  Lucy was digging a hole, and the children were curious as to what she had found.  I suggested she had found her a worm.  Sure enough, it was an ugly, fat grub worm. 

Madeleine picked it up and displayed the worm for all to see.  My children love critters--insects, spiders, snakes, frogs, and so on.  However, Mackenzie is not so sure of such things.  She got one glimpse of that worm and ran away in mortal dread, crying and screaming in fear. 

I know it's not funny for her, but we all couldn't help but laugh at her reaction. I did have my camera out, so before I grabbed her to calm her down, I had to snap a few pictures of her.

First, checking out what Lucy has found:

Then, after unearthing the grub worm:

She did calm down, and I convinced her to just look at it.  She was never thrilled about it, but she at least realized it wasn't going to hurt her.  I'm not sure she'll ever like critters as much as her big brothers and sister, but hopefully she won't be dreadfully afraid of them either.  

Blogger App

Trying out the new blogger app. If this works. I can easily and immediately update my blog with photos from my iPhone.

Here's a small collage of a few photos from a recent trip to six flags. It was done with my favorite photo app, but I couldn't tell you the name of it. It's in Chinese or Japanese--not sure which.

Anyway, enjoy the pics.