it's nearly time

So once these made it through the laundry...

...it was quickly apparent to S&P that the crib must. be. put. together.  Our bedroom was crib-free for more than 10 months!!  It was teamwork the whole time.  They did (some of) the heavy lifting.

and wiped it down.

Afterwards, they were adamant that Baby4 will need her very own under-the-crib library.  We like reading around here.

We made a watermelon house to celebrate (once Baby A woke up).

The LG is teaching Baby A to wash watermelon juice off his hands.  He is positively wild for wearing undies over his diaper.  When I change him and hold up a pair, he nods and exclaims with delight.  Then once he is standing back up, he keeps lifting his shirts to admire the undies.  Awesome!

little man in the backyard

Still wants to grab all the green tomatoes, and boy does he love the cucumber blossoms.

Excellent laundry take-downer.

Sheet folding companion.

And then he rests.

our boy jams

He picks, washes, squashes, mixes, pours, lids, and smiles.  Yeah, he's pretty much a pro.

good things happen in the kitchen

Baking dish most likely to be dirty: the pie plate.

Little A made some donuts.

 And discovered the canned good cabinet is just his size.  I've had to relocate all the cans.

 We turned 2 bars of soap into 5 quarts of body wash.

 LG got some pink sparkly toes while S had a Daddy-date.

 For his newest trick...

suncatchers

Is it really the end of July?!  Gracious.  S went to the craft store with me (needed yarn for Baby4's blanket) and picked out a craft.  Remember these?!  They're plastic now (pretty sure the one I made was glass back in the day) and their little fingers did a splendid job.

I like pictures of fruit.

 Small A is getting in on puzzle time.

S is into taking my picture and telling me that I look tired.  Thanks, son!

And P is sticking pretty close to me these days.  She woke up late one night to tell me she was so hungry.  I said she could have Cheerios.  She climbed over me, stretched out and fell back asleep.  I don't think she was really hungry.  Dustin must have tossed her back into bed, 'cause I fell asleep too.