11 months

Molly Moo is officially a mere month from her big first birthday.

She's already mastered walking, climbing the stairs,

and added climbing the ladder to the bunk beds

to her resume this week.

Will she survive whats next? Will her mother?

Catechism

Right before Christmas, Mach successfully recited the entire Children's Catechism to an elder at our church. His reward? $50 towards whatever he wanted. He never wavered (though I tried all options I could think of), from his original request: a Steelers jersey. Once his mission was accomplished, the only question was which player. Hines Ward won out...


Steelers? Don't you live in Philadelphia? Thanks to these guys and their certain father who received a lunch box when he was 6, our son is now a die hard Steelers fan....

Chile Treats

What do good boys and girls get from Chile?

CHONO HATS!

(clearly everyone is thrilled)

Best of all, we get Daddy back...

and on his

BIRTHDAY!

Shields

Making King Richard the Lionhearted shields...

Got food?

Molly Moo LOVES the frig - she cries when I close the door. So much to pull out, chew on and scatter all over the floor.

80 lbs.

"Mom, she's eighty pounds."

Thanks, Charlie. We'll keep workin' on that math...

snow day!

We had our first "real" snow today - They loved the sandbox covered in ice.


This is who ends up shoveling when Daddy is off in Chile wearing shorts in 90 degree temperatures....

Dem's camera

Dem got a camera for Christmas and hasn't stopped taking pictures since...

Some of her latest uploads:

Funny Mach


The photographer and her camera (I'm sensing PINK):

Charlie the Viking

First date

"Jofish," as Charlie calls him, was over last week wooing Molly Moo with his cool shades.


Don't think she's biting, Jofish.

"It's you!"

Weapons

Watch where you point those, sonny.

Rudolph

Reading with Charlie this week:

Me: And here are the deer (pointing to deer).
Charlie: No, Mom, those are rudolphs.
Me: It says deer.
Charlie (now laughing): Nooo, Mom. Those are RUDOLPHS.

Coat of Arms

Our latest school project/art project: Design your own Coat of Arms.

*Yes, Demaree is wearing a newborn sweater. This a battle we've chosen not to fight.

sisters

"Molly Moo" as she's affectionately called, is now 10 months old and walking all over. When she was born, a certain little Judah called her Molly and its stuck.

Machdog's 8th Birthday Bash

Some of the guests....
A very happy chocolate-eating Dem


Charlie

Birthday boy examining star wars gear

Excited

Happiest over a new watch