Turtle in the pool

Today we saw a turtle swimming in our pool

 So we rushed out to the pool and scooped him out with a net.

Then we set him free to live happily ever after.

Just let her sleep

If she falls asleep, we leave her be.   And Faith can fall asleep in any position...

My sweet kids

Grace and Faith are best friends and already they both look out for Benjamin.  I hope the three of them stay this close forever. 

Wedding day dress up

Already I can tell that Grace is going to be a hopeless romantic as she grows up.  Today we were cleaning out our hall closet and moving stuff to a better home when Grace saw my wedding dress.  And she thought it looked just like a real princess dress.  And she asked very sweetly if she could try it on.  And of couse I let her.

 So we put it on her.

 And she turned very slowly all the way around.

 She already talks about getting married.

 She says, "I'm gonna marry Jack when I grow up."   Jack is a very sweet little boy that Grace has been head over heels for since preschool.  They go to the same school now but aren't in the same class.  Occasionally they see one anothe and Grace gets excited and tells me all about.  Ending by saying she's going to marry him one day.

 And today Grace told me that when she gets married she wants to wear my dress.

One thing's for sure.  Raising your own princess beats any fairytale.

Grace and Faith's room

Faith and Grace are sharing a room.

 They just both seem to sleep better at night with one another in the same room.

 So we put the bunk beds side by side.

 And decorated the growing tree on the wall.  The growing tree measures how tall we each are.

 Then there's a dress up mirror along the wall outside their bathroom.

 Speaking of bathrooms, here is Grace and Faith's own bathroom.

 They also share a walkin closet with plenty of room for clothes at the back.

And dress up costumes at the front.

Let sleeping girls lie

Faith has the uncanny knack of falling asleep wherever she happens to lie.  And as much as I love her, this little girl has a mean temper when she's woken up inadvertently from her nap.  So I have learned to let this sleeping baby lie.  Even when she's on top of the ottoman...

Benjamin's room

We've pretty much unpacked the house and finally started to settle in.

 This is Benjamin's room.  It's a good sized room.

 It has plenty of room for a big dresser, crib, and rocking chair.  It also has a large walkin closet.

And it's very own bath.  I'm sure he will appreciate that in years to come.