They grow up so fast!

The children have been especially amusing this week. They are learning and doing new things all the time and growing up when I'm not looking! I kinda like it.

Check out this lego tower. Super high, right?

Check out the base. Joshua figured out all by himself that he needed to make it more stable. Then he and the girls built it till it was taller than they were. I think they are quite brilliant!

I got up from a nap to see Callie making herself some peanut butter graham crackers for snack! She did it all by herself. Its kind of nice, except I'm pretty sure she was licking off the knife before putting it back in the peanut butter jar.

Yes! I finally got a shot of her smiling! She somehow knows to stop the second I push the button on the camera. You should see her huge grin. So cute!

Now this is too adorable. This is Delaney, changing her baby's diaper! Its doubly amusing, because her baby's name is Prudence. For those of you without little girls, Prudence is the name of the little girl in the "Once upon a Potty" book and video. (Which Delaney loves and has watched 5000 times.)

Here's baby, all freshly diapered! The only problem with this is that Delaney uses up my wet wipes on her baby, and when she changes the baby, she throws away the "poopy" diapers. This means I have to fish out the (clean) diapers from the trash so I can use them on Rylee. And did I mention that the baby here gets changed 10 times a day? She also gets dressed in Rylee's clothes a lot too.

Here's my big girl! 2 1/2 months and getting so big and adorable. Still a crank though. Must be held all. day. long.

Joshua has become a surprisingly fantastic brother. Not only does he like to hold his sister, but he can be relied upon to pick her up and comfort her in a pinch. As I may have said, she must be held or she cries. Then she screams. Then she's nearly inconsolable when you do finally pick her up. Then she settles into pathetic snuffles. Joshua can pick her up before she reaches the screaming, inconsolable phase. Rylee prefers Mom, but she's content with Joshua for a bit, which is a big help to me. Here Joshua is playing with her. She does like to "stand", but right about now she is reaching her limit.

This is the most wonderful thing! Marian actually WANTED to read her library book to me! And she did.