"The Lime Sherbet Man"

We like to sing while we swing (much to our neighbors' delight, I'm sure). Today Max and Emma were coming up with lots of new renditions of "The Muffin Man". We were singing about the donut man, the ice cream man, the lime sherbet man, and many others. Emma especially thought it was hilarious.

A Good Day

We had the best morning today! We spent most of the morning outside swinging, singing songs, going on a walk, and playing at the park. Everyone was in a good mood, and all was well. It's funny because this is a stark contrast from yesterday morning. Yesterday morning was really hard. It seems like God does that sometimes. He gives us a hard day so that we can fully appreciate how good the good days are.

Readers

The big kids ran out to the "tree house" with their stacks of books right when we got home from the library this afternoon.

Siblings

Natalie loves to have Isabel sit by her.

Max and Emma are quite the pair. They're always coming up with something. Today Max was pulling her around the yard like this. They were much more excited about it than the faces in the picture suggest.

Farm Fun

Cousin Callen had his fourth birthday party at Grandpa Mike's farm last Saturday. "Farm Day" was rained out earlier in the summer, so the kids have really been itching to get out there. We all had a fun time.

Isabel's Baptism

Isabel was baptised on Sunday, August 18 only minutes after Grandpa passed away. We figure that Grandpa wanted to watch her baptism from Heaven. Isabel slept through most of the ceremony, and she still faintly smells like the oil that Father soaked her hair in. She wore the baptismal gown that my great-grandma Bishop crocheted for me to wear to my baptism. Now all of our girls have been baptised in it too. We had a nice lunch at our house afterward, but it just didn't feel quite like a party without Grandpa's laughter.

One Month

Isabel turned one month old yesterday. Over the past month I have been asked many many times how the transition to four kids has been, and the question is usually accompanied by a laugh or a look of dread. My answer is always that this transition has been the easiest of all. Four feels like three did. Isabel fits right in. It feels like she has been here forever.

She still sleeps most of the time, and she actually sleeps fairly well. Maybe my sleep expectations are just extremely low though! She has gained quite a few leg rolls over the last month, and she already weighs around 11.5 pounds according to our scale! 

She is so very loved, and she puts up with all of the loving from her siblings fairly well. Emma helped me take her pictures this morning and ended up in a few of them too.