"I'm putting a pumpkin in my shirt to be warmer."
"What's the stickiest tape in Texas?"
"Do you think 20 rats could fit between here and here?" (indicating half of the space under his chair)
"I know how to make rice crispy. You put rice in the microwave for three minutes."
Adeline quotes
"I was not yelling with my mouth. I was yelling with my nose."
Peter quotes
(grabbing leg) "Ow, ow, ow .... Pizza will help."
"I'm planting a tree with my shoe."
(upon being discovered putting clay in the microwave) "I'm sleeping." (pretends to snore)
(to Abram babbling in car) "I sleep with you!" (They share a bedroom.)
Peter (dumping out yogurt) Alicia: "Stop." Peter: "I'm making donuts."
Most requested bedtime songs of the last 6 months:
Everett- Give Said the Little Stream, Jesus Once was a Little Child, Tell Me the Stories of Jesus, Nephi's Courage, variations on I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas with silly things he says he wants for Christmas, Books of the New Testament
Adeline- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, I am a Child of God
Peter- Rock a bye baby, 5 Little Speckled Frogs
Abram thinks it's really funny when I sing 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed
Most of this post is in chronological order.
Puppet show
Dallas trip
Abram had a pre-surgery appointment in Dallas; so we all went and visited a couple of places while there.
Dallas temple (sun in eyes pic)
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Touch-a-Truck event outside our library
Story hike along Lanana Creek Trail
Summer music series at SFA rec center pool
Adeline at a friend's birthday party
Abram's birthday
Playing well together with Lego Duplos
Art series class at the library
Balloon soccer at the library
July ward party
Summer Road Trip
First stop- Utah
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| My Grandma Lowe as a girl |
Springville Splash pad
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| meeting cousin B. |
Lehi Pool
Salt Lake Temple and Visitors Center
Church History Museum
Museum of Natural Curiosity at Thanksgiving Point
Hanging out at Jacob and Susan's home (Michael and Alicia came over too!)
Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point
Headed to Spokane
(several of these pictures were taken by Julie)
Manito Park
Mobius Science Center (at which Abram took some of his first steps)
Mobius Children's Museum
Stopping at a park in Winnemucca on the way to Fallon
Lake Lahontan
Headed to San Jose
See Shannon's post of this leg of our trip here.
While in San Jose with cousins, the kids starred in a
Marr Minor Mysteries family video
While in San Jose with cousins, the kids starred in a
Marr Minor Mysteries family video
Gramma's play
Climbing at a rest stop on the way home to Texas
Splash Kingdom
Everett liked going independently on all of the big slides
Everett's First Day of First Grade
Teacher: Mrs. Petty
Friends he talks the most about- Ezekial, Francisco, and Miguel
Connect 4 was one of Abram's favorite toys for a while (boxes are still a fave for everyone)
Birthday party play-date at a friend's house
Play-date at another friend's house while I celebrated my birthday
Abram Learning to Walk
This first video is one I took after he had taken a lunge a few moments before.
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Abram's hernia-repair surgery near Dallas on September 13th
He was already a bit sick going into it, so recovery was rough with him developing a terrible cough and needing breathing treatments. But we're so glad to have it done!
New splash pad in Nacogdoches
Everett
Art series class at the library
Everett's puppet he made at an activity at the library
Butterfly Peter at a library event
Adeline in a dress that Aerin wore when she was little
Abram's tutu phase
Peter rolling yogurt onto a pretend pan
Playing on his pretend trombone
Collecting acorns in our yard
Collecting pecans at pecan park
Visiting the duck pond at SFA
Sitting in their chairs
Story hike at Pioneer Park
Adeline at a classmate's birthday party
Cute yogurt face
Everett and Adeline enjoyed a gymnastics class together
Peter and Abram found ways to entertain themselves during their siblings' gymnastics class
Abram would also fall down on purpose when doing a small "tantrum", usually a demonstration of his sadness or tiredness. When he's super mad he'll hold his breath and sometimes turn slightly blue until ultimately breathing again and crying loudly.
Everett making French toast
Fall Fling at the Farmer's Market (at which Peter got attacked by fire ants again)
Our oven stopped working for a while and a worker found and replaced these
Making a mini world after reading a book called Mattland
building together
The Health Museum in Houston
"going on an adventure" in SFA gardens
Playing at a friend's house
Everett's scavenger hunt clues
Playing with oobleck
Precious
Painting a "new" dresser for Peter and Abram's room
Outdoor skills Family day at Pineywoods Native Plant Center (Everett took a little archery lesson and he and I got to shoot a few arrows, but I didn't take any pictures) (Adeline's bag in this picture is the one we weaved on her loom)
wearing Daddy's shoes backwards
Halloween events and activities
Adeline made herself a Mary Poppins costume a few different times
SFA homecoming children's activity area
Carving a pumpkin
Playing in our yard
Abram shenanigans
Visit from Gramma
Adeline's birthday
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| purple frosting on an oatmeal cake (her choices) |
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| shirt made by her Aunt Shannon |
Adeline's birthday play-date at Pecan park
Playing with some of her gifts
Painting pumpkins at the library
Abram sweeping the kitchen
Making a very specific sandwich with meat, cheese, ketchup, mustard, in a certain order between at least 4 segments of bread
Play-date with a friend
Banita Creek Park
Glimpses of Autumn
At a friend's birthday play-date
Some of Abram's hairs from one of his first trims
Exploring at Banita Creek
Art series class- clay pottery
impromptu autumn leaf pictures
Adeline surrounded by books she was looking through
zoo trip
building with blocks and lining up cars
purple heart plant by the church close to our house
Everett's Birthday
He got a few chapter books and read them with much concentration throughout much of the next few days
Everett's birthday play-date with friends at Manito Park
Excerpts from Everett's notebooks and loose-leaf papers
Headed to go play with puppies!
Peter's favorite was a black one that he named Eggy
Peter's favorite was a black one that he named Eggy
Abram in overalls in a box
Peter playing with nativity toys
Discovery Science Place in Tyler
learning how to do a new do
Finding Giant leaves while visiting SFA gardens during a visit from Grampa
I snapped a picture of the holly because it was nearly Christmastime
More pics from Grampa's visit
Adeline's artwork
Adeline extended her train track with board books
Finally have both cross-stitch pictures by their Gramma Marr up in Everett and Adeline's room
Trip to Etoile and Lake Sam Rayburn
Music class with Brandi C
Abram and all of us loved the model train display at the old train depot
Opening some Christmas presents at home before leaving on our trip
We think this translation is funny
Abram thinks all cans need opened
building with K'nex and Legos
visit from Santa at Everett's school
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