343/365: exersaucering double-take

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{exersaucering double-take}
Keep scrolling down to see pics of Kate exersaucering when she was only 2 days older than Caroline.
People keep telling me that Caroline looks like Kate, but other than the eye color and chubby cheeks, I don't see it. What do you think?





Pics of Kate... taken when I was still on "auto!" :)




339/365: advent ornaments

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{advent ornaments}

A few weeks ago, I participated in an advent ornament exchange with my LifeGroup friends. We got an advent devotional and an ornament for each of the 24 days (corresponding to the topic). Kate's too young to "get it," but we read the Bible verses and talk about the ornaments as she squirms in my lap. Amazingly, she is able to point to the right ornaments as we ask her about them.

The tree is a small, 4 foot one I had in my classroom one year. You could tell Kate was so excited to have a tree just her size!

I'll try to post more about the ornament exchange soon so that you can have the information if you're interested.

337/365: trucks!

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{trucks!}
I love lazy Saturday mornings that spill over into lazy Saturday afternoons. (Well, as lazy as you can get with a six month old and an almost two year old.)
Kate asked Daddy to look at trucks on the computer. This is a frequent request; we do a Google image search, and she's entertained for a whole two minutes before moving on. She still loves to look at her trucks book before bed every night, and "The Wheels on the Bus Truck" is her song request before she goes to sleep.