Tuesday, October 23, 2007

It's Been So Long

It's been so long since I last blogged. But when you still have dial-up internet, it takes forever to upload just a few pictures. We are seriously considering switching to wireless. It's pretty expensive since we live in the country, but sometimes it's just not worth the hassle. Anyway, I have new pictures of the girls. A few weeks ago we went over to spend some time with Great Grandpa and Grandma Rader. We had a really good time. They have this really great marble game that's very simplistic compared to today's toys, but all the kids seem to love it! So the girls spent most of the time playing with that while Marc and I played dominoes with grandpa and grandma.


We've had some big changes in weather the last few days. It's been beautiful here up until yesterday where the rain and cooler weather came in. We're usually dressed in warmer clothes by now, but we've been in shorts and t-shirts. We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful fall. We were hoping that our indian summer would come during Halloween so that way we would be a little warmer this year than in past years. But I think that has come and gone. Oh well. We're taking the girls to the zoo for trick-or-treating this year. But I'll blog more on that after we've gone. Here are a few pics of the girls.

Well, the girls are growing up so fast as you can see. We are enjoying every minute of them. Emma started school and is doing fantastic. In a short amount of time she's learned how to add small numbers and also started reading two and three letter words. We have thrown in a few four and five letter words and she does well. I know that in no time, she'll be doing what she loves me to do best -- read stories. She also tells me on a daily basis that math is her favorite subject! I'm so glad to hear that. She's a girl after my own heart!! Lily is learning from Emma. She knows how to count to 20 and knows all her abc's. She is my mommy's girl and I am soaking it up while I can. We had a day together, just the two of us, a few weeks ago and had a fantastic time. Maggie is also learning from Emma. She's in the process of learning her abc's and knows how to count to 10. She's also potty-training herself pretty well. She goes to the potty about 30 times a day, but hey, it's progress. She is definitely a girl in the fact that she loves to talk. Anyone that's talked to her on the phone knows exactly what I mean! It's great. I love being a mom. But I especially love being a mom to these three gifts from God!!! It's fantastic and I wouldn't trade it for anything.