Siena can leap through the air with the greatest of ease and jump over mountains with a single bound! She has successfully taught Carson her tricks and he has been the perfect protege. He is now in Tumbleweeds, a tumbling class for preschoolers, in hopes of improving these skills. They have both been blessed with the most amazing physical skill and agility above kids their age. As a result, we receive strange looks implying, "You let them do that?!!" -- Yes, yes we do. I don't think Kurt & I were much different as kids.
This was the fun we had a family night at the MTSU home football game. Siena had not been to a game since she was one so this was a first for Carson & Allegra. We all faired well (the weather was in our favor) but the youngest in our crew crashed early and we called it a night shortly after halftime. (Lower the volume on this video for the sake of your ears; the kids are dancing to the halftime performance of the band.)
Happy Birthday to our dear beautiful Siena Rose! She is such a breath of fresh air and a bright light in a dark world. Her teacher continues to brag on her, both academically and the compassionate heart she has. Siena was so delighted to celebrate her day with chicken corn chowder and carrot cake with her family outdoors.
Allegra is such a source of radiance in our home. Her eyes sparkle and her grin is absolutely contagious. To say we have been blessed by this baby girl in our lives would be an understatement. God has answered my prayer: she has blended into our family seamlessly, she goes along with chaos of our home happily and never complains. It's like she has always been apart of our little team. She has made the transition to 3 children a joy. She sat up with Daddy's help the other day and she has been eating rice cereal for a couple weeks. And she loves to suck on her two middle fingers --
go figure!
Our church small group took our families to Lucky Ladd Farms (a pumpkin farm) for a day of fun. The kids enjoyed their first pony rides, slid down tunnel slides, rode on a tractor, played in corn boxes (instead of the typical sandbox) and never left the side of their little buddy, Clark. I predict these two little boys are going to continue to be close as they grow.
While so many of those around us are moving on and moving up, constantly looking for the next new thing, we continue to keep the status quo and to embrace what we have. We have found meaning and purpose in changing diapers, nap times and repeating ourselves over and over and over and over again. We have found the exact thing we have been wishing for -- love, laughter and each other. May God bless each of with the same joy-filled life that we have found.
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