What We've Been Doing

As you can probably tell by the lack of new posts, we are extremely busy. I am doing a summer waitressing job at my grandparents local Cafe, -which keeps me hopping! Si and Chris are doing outside work for right now and Soph is visiting our other grandparents. And with our house being remodeled, our house is quite chaotic! Between that and the little girls being little girls (i.e. making messes, running around the house, making more messes :) we are swamped! Mom and I finally found the time to give Sam a haircut (which he badly needed). Note: make sure you have time for this activity, especially if you're giving a young child a haircut! Twisting and squirming to get down to play, Sam was difficult to entertain enough to sit still. But, in the end, he was finished and it turned out pretty well. Below is a picture of the finished product:

He's really cute in this picture, so concentrated on looking out of the window, he didn't even know I was taking the picture! Well, hopefully we will find more time in which to post, but for now, this will have to do!

You Are Special!

The other night mommy had to go to a meeting, my dad was working in his garage and I had the girls and Sam in the house (the boys were still up at Grandpa and Grandma's house). Soph and I were put in charge of cleaning the kitchen up after supper and the little kids were watching a show in the living room. Soph was supposed to sweep the floor while I loaded up the dishwasher. When I turned around, there was Soph sitting in the living room with the kids - watching the show. I was frustrated that my only helper decided to 'take a break' (as she put it) and desert me to do all the work.
"Soph, you get up here right now and start sweeping the floor. Why is it that I am the only one up here?! Stop watching the show and come finish your job." I have to admit, I didn't talk to her in the best tone of voice but she came up looking pretty remorseful. I turned back to my job, satisfied that she would do hers.
"Hanna," Soph said in a quiet voice at my side. "Here. You are special." She handed me one of our refrigerator magnets that has a picture of a rose on it with the words "You Are Special" written below it. It was so funny that it was all I could do to not laugh out loud! Instead, I said while trying not to laugh, "Well, Soph, thanks alot! I love you, Soph. Now, let's get back to sweeping the floor." I reached out and hugged her. Little people can be so funny. Let's just say that with lots of kids around, life is NEVER boring!