A couple of pictures from the Papa

Elsie likes her some McDonald's and visiting Target with her Papa.

More Quotes

While eating chick peas for dinner

Papa: Elliot would you like some more of these?

E:  Yea! Chicken Peas

Quotes of the week

I clearly am stealing this concept from Melanie Maynor, who quotes her kids on her blog. Thanks, Mel. 

Elliot: Wanna see my belly?

Me: Sure.

Elliot: You see it yet? It's a nice belly.

Me: How are you this morning, Elliot?

Elliot: I feel old.

Me: You feel old?

Elliot: Yeah. Cause I'm 3.

Elliot: (fighting over something with Bug) That's mine! They're all mine!

Me: Elliot, that's sin in your heart that makes you want to not share any of them.

Elliot: Sin in my heart?

Me: Yup.

Elliot: I want to get the sin out of my heart.

Me: Me too, buddy. 

Buggie's walking!!!

Click here to see some of Elsie's first steps.

Kiddos

Bug enjoyed a Mint Double Stuff Oreo here. She painted part of the wall with it. Elliot is sporting Papa's motorcycle goggles. Elsie walked on Friday for the first time. She's taken a step here or there, but she took 7 or 8 steps. I hope to put some video up of her walking soon!

Pumpkins

So here are our pumpkins. Elliot's is the happy one. Buggie's looks a little scared. Elliot kept telling us he wanted Buggie's to be happy. I don't think he got the finality of the carving. But he loved the candles and the glowing faces. 

Fall

Last weekend Michael spent Saturday at a church somewhere in Georgia doing a missions conference. So we hooked up with the Bass family and spent the day at a bamboo forest/banana tree farm/pumpkin patch. It was fun. Here you see Elliot with James and Sara Katherine. Jimbo, a friend of Michael's from college, is here pushing Buggie in her stroller. She did get her own pumpkin, which she didn't want to let go of. We carved them this week. You may notice the baby doll with Elliot. Strangely, she has made her way into all of his activities. He feeds her, gives her naps, drinks, and hugs. We wonder how long the babydoll era will last.

Hands and feet

So Bug likes to play the piano with her hands first. And then with her feet. She LOVES the piano, and any other instrument. She dances when you sing, hum or play any kind of music. She can now dance without hanging onto anything - progress. 

Darth Buggie

Giddyup

This is Elliot's new favorite pre-Bug bedtime activity. We must ride the horse together before Elsie goes to sleep. 

Here's what's been going on around here: Elliot successfully pees every time we put him on the potty, as well as wearing underwear all day at his school. However, pooping still occurs without warning, usually in the underwear. 

Elsie is standing for 15 to 20 seconds at a time without holding onto anything. She likes to walk with me holding her hands. I think October may be the walking month. 

I have recently quit my extremely part time transcription job and have taken on a sort of bookkeeping apprenticeship at the classical Christian school where I currently keep lunch and study hall every afternoon. So far, though I am slow to admit it because it shows my true nerdiness, I LOVE it. 

We are getting to know more and more RUF students, who I find really enjoyable as people. One sweet freshman babysat for us last night so we could go to a missions conference. Michael just left for another one this morning. Hopefully the kids and I will join him there tomorrow morning. 

It's fairly busy around here, but we're enjoying it. I have to say, though, that the fall is just not the same in Savannah. It's going to be 80 degrees all week, and there are no leaf colors. (!) The trees just don't change color down here. Or if they do at all, I haven't seen it yet. 

Oh and one more thing. While grandma was here a few weeks ago, she at one point told Elliot that she was old. I told him I, too was old one morning when I couldn't quite get off the floor. Somehow everyone other than grandma and I has therefore become 'new'. Elliot often asks Michael, 'you new, papa?'  I guess it's all relative.