Rub-a-dub-dub

Rub-a-dub-dub four kids in a tub!

Last day of preschool for this year

Remember what Isabel looked like on her first day of school last September? Looking back now, she looks like such a tiny baby in these photos to me!

Well, look how much she has grown up in the past 8 months! This is a photo of Isabel and her teacher, Miss Debbie, from the half-day Christian preschool program that she attends one day a week. As you know, Isabel is actually now in school every day, instead of cared for in our home, but it has been important to Luke and I to keep her in this faith-based program one day a week instead of having her in her regular school every day. She will continue in this program next year along with her best friend, Camille. The girls' two little brothers, Josiah and Levi, will likely follow the year after that. The two girls will also be attending a program this summer one day a week at Miss Debbie's house, which they are very much looking forward to! Thank you, staff and teachers of the Children's Praise 'N Rainbows program. It has been a great year!

Visiting Mommy in the hospital

As many of you know, Isabel became a big sister on January 29th, 2010. Her brother Josiah arrived into the world very unexpectedly, 8 weeks in advance of his due date. (You can visit his website here.) A hospital room is a very boring place for a two-year-old to be for any long period of time, but Mommy was going crazy without being able to see Isabel, so Daddy brought her up to see me twice on Saturday the 30th. In the middle part of the day, she went over and played with her best friend, Camille, at Jenna & Aaron's house. And as you can see, when they both came back in the afternoon to visit, both girls were having a grand old time clambering all over my bed! It was fun and refreshing to have the energy of two toddlers around me during this challenging experience of Josiah coming so early and being in the NICU. We can't wait for Isabel to be able to see Josiah. We think she is going to be a great big sister!