Combing Your Hair

Celeste loves to comb her hair and everyone else's too!

Celeste and her comb

Happy Belated Birthday

Celeste got a card from her Grammy today in the mail.  She LOVED it! 

Fold Your Arms!

Celeste has learned to fold her arms for prayer - but just while at the table.  She won't do it at church or for family prayer (yet)!

New Photographer

While getting pictures off of my camera to update my blog I found these.  I can only guess that Anna Elise took them:

Playing with Toys

Today Celeste is wearing one of her new outfits and playing with her new baby doll and her new toy.  Madeline and Lilah are helping her, a lot!

Madeline wearing the purse/baby's bed as a hat

 

Lilah is using the baby's blanket

 Celeste in her new outfit, playing with her car and people

Happy Birthday Celeste!

Celeste turned 1 today!  Lilah says she is now a kid!  She is excited because now Celeste can play with her.  I think it's hilarious that Celeste is suddenly 'different' because she turned 1.  Calvin really wanted her to take her first steps on her birthday but she is still determined not to walk.  We work with her and she refuses to.  She'll walk next to us and hold one hand, but will not budge if you aren't holding on to her.  It's actually pretty funny.  She is getting more verbal (read screaming and squealing) playing with the kids more (taking their toys) and getting around more (climbing on more things, sliding down the stairs by herself).  She is a lot of fun.

We sang Happy Birthday to her a lot today - she sang with us!  She liked being the center of attention and hearing her name.  Her dad helped her pick steak, twice baked sweet potatoes, and green beans for dinner and I helped her pick chocolate fudge fantasy cake!  There are (or will soon be) some recipes from dinner on our food blog.  She didn't know what the candle was and didn't open her presents - but she loved the little baby doll and her new toy.

Mike took a lot of video but no pictures, warning some of the videos are long:

Singing Happy Birthday

She enjoyed mushing her cake through her fingers as much as eating it

Opening presents

Garden Update

Our garden is growing.  Our early spring planting was mostly successful.  The strawberries, potatoes, some broccoli, and lettuce is thriving!  Unfortunately very few peas came up and no carrots.  In the past years I never had problems with seeds coming up, it was keeping them alive later that was hard.  So, I was perplexed.  Unfortunately it's too late to plant more peas, but today I did a late spring planting and was able to replant my carrot seeds.  I also added pepper plants, tomato plants, beans, corn, melons, squash, and cucumbers.  We've also put in some blueberry bushes and are going to be getting some raspberries from a friend to transplant.  I am so excited.  I am determined to have a real harvest this year not just a few handfuls of this and that like before.

Celeste slept and Madeline and Lilah helped me plant.  Madeline got bored after a while and wandered off but Lilah helped me to the end.  Such a good helper.  She is really good at finishing things.  I didn't get a picture of her red cheeks and sweaty hair - we've had more unseasonably warm weather. 

most of my garden