Estella Crazy Face

I haven't posted a series of Estella's crazy faces for a while.  That doesn't mean she has stopped making them.  She is still the queen of the funny face at our house.  Daddy is the king.  I LOVE THIS GIRL!

She's Moving

Gone are the days when I can put her on a nice blanket on the floor and expect her to be there for more than 10 seconds.  The vacuum and I are seeing a lot of each other lately and will be for a while.  Now my eyes are tuned in to every little stray thing (and oh, there are so many stray things with 4 other kids) that is on the floor.  It is so comical that babies can only scoot backward at first.  They just want the thing that is in front of them...they try and try and only get farther and farther away from it.  It seems so frustrating.  Eleanor tried and tried to get that book on the floor and only succeeded in getting herself farther and farther under the bed.  Estella and Alexander thought this was so funny!

Cooking Buddies

I have the best cooking buddies ever.  

Talent Show

The boys were both in a school talent show.  They both have lots and lots of songs they could play from memory any time, but it is nice to have a performance like this to motivate us to REALLY polish a piece.  They both worked so hard on their pieces and performed them very well.  Good job my big boys!

We decided, one evening, to record each of the boys performing their pieces.  We did this several times over a few days so they could watch and correct things as they went.  I didn't have time to go through and pick the best ones, so these are just random.

Birthday Tea Party

All of the Berry girls had a very fun tea party celebration for Grammy's birthday.  Michelle went all out planning it and it was so much fun!  We met at Spoon's.  Michelle brought her china dishes and tea pots.  The restaurant people made us some fruit cups, herbal tea, and birthday cake.  

On our way there, Estella said, "Mom, what are we going to do at the tea party?  Are we going to eat on fancy dishes and use good manners like, please pass the tea dear?"  She was spot on...that is just what we did and it was so fun!

Grammy is getting more and more confused as she gets older.  We were singing "Happy Birthday" to her and  she didn't seem to understand what was going on.  She was trying to get her fork full of food up to her mouth and didn't seem to be able to move it.  When we finished the song, Michelle helped her with her fruit.  She enjoyed the presents, but was unable to open them or even take them out of the bag.  It was fun to help her and to see her excited about the gifts.  I think her favorite were the new wild colored knee high socks.

Thomas Basketball

This was Thomas's second season of basketball.  I think he enjoyed it a lot better than the first season.  He seemed to begin to get a better feel for where he should be on the court and where to stand to get rebounds.  He had the ball a lot and made lots of baskets.  His coaches always seem to like him and I think one reason is because he always hustles.  Good job Thomas!