Milestones

While Mom and Dad were here in April, Seamus toilet-trained himself!  He just went from diapers to gitch and never looked back!  Note to self:  when Benny is ready to be toilet-trained he will let you know - don't freak out and try to train him before he is ready...it will backfire.

Also while Mom and Dad were here Benny rolled over from his tummy to his back.  Mom was so good about making sure Benny got tummy time everyday, and one day we put him down and all left the room and when we returned he was on his back!  He is now rolling back to front as well and front to back, and pretty soon we are going to have to put the baby gate back up!

Luke, Derek and I are finishing the Chronicles of Narnia this evening.  We have been reading them aloud since the end of March.  Before that there was Two Against the North, a lot of Ivy and Bean books, The Secret Garden, and some of the Little House on the Prairies books.

Luke says, "Sometimes all you can do is read."

Book Club

Elaine and I led book club discussion last weekend on Madeleine L'Engle's journal Circle of Quiet.  If you're looking for a great book, a new best friend or inspiration to journal yourself, this is it!  We had a very nice evening of book talk, personal sharing, home made wine and snacks.  As delightful as it was, I am relieved it is over because now I can focus my entire attention on our trip to California...it's almost close enough to start counting hours!!

Seamus the Cat: I'm Walkin' in My New Shoes!

If you don't understand the reference in the title, run - RUN to your nearest library and check out all the Pete the Cat books you can find...especially if they come with a groovy CD.  You will not regret it.  And you may get a funky new earworm (that's actually what the experts call it when a song gets stuck in your head!), "I love my blue shoes, I love my blue shoes!"

This quiet moment