Little Sweeties

Thursday, May 26, 2011

My little pals

Here are four of my five best friends:

This one is already growing up.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

When Anna was born, we gave her the nickname "Anna Bell." Mary soon started attaching "Bell" to everyone else's names as well. We have a song we sing to anyone in the family (goes to the tune of "We Love You, Conrad" from "Bye, Bye, Birdie"). Lately, we've been singing it to Sarah Bell:

We love you, Sarah Bell!

Oh, yes, we do.

We don't love any Sarahs as much as you.

You are a sweetie pie, it's true.

Oh, Sarah Bell, we love you!

Here's Austin singing his favorite line:

Anna loves to spend time talking to Sarah while Mary is at school.

It's pretty hard to get all four children to look at the camera.

Grandma Joy came to meet Sarah when she had a doctor's appointment in Salt Lake.

Look at this happy girl!

The kids love to give little Sarah good-night kisses.

And everyone helps out with diaper changes. We love our new baby sister!

Monday, May 23, 2011

Easter pictures

Getting ready for church:

All four munchkins:

Coloring eggs in our pajamas:

The Easter bunny brought stuffed animals this year:

Austin calls his "gunetat" even though he can say "kitty cat" now:

Anna's primary teachers brought her a bird in a nest:

We had fun hunting for eggs with cousins (I pilfered this shot from Andrea's blog--thanks!):

Mary's mushroom book

Mary was writing a book about a mushroom the week Sarah was born. After we brought Sarah home, she modified the story to include a baby mushroom. She is getting so good at spelling she only had to ask me how to spell a few words for this book.

"Mushroom Brings a Swimming Pool Home," by Mary

There once was a mushroom who went to the store to get a swimming pool.

Then the mushroom went in the car and went to the store (note the seatbelt; the two buttons are to make the car go and stop). Then the mushroom went in the store and saw the swimming pool it wanted.

Then the mushroom went home and had a baby and had a cake (the zero on the cake is a "zero candle" because the baby is zero). Then the mushroom made a swimming pool for the baby.

Then the mushroom made a picture.

The end. The end. The end.

Mary likes to put a "surprise picture" on the back cover. It is always an object from the story. Anna and I like to guess what it will be.

Family photo

This was our attempt at a family photo after church yesterday. Sarah was sleeping and didn't want to look at the camera. The kids liked watching for the flashing light on the camera's self-timer.