Our family of 5

How weird does that sound... "Our family of 5" I have suddenly realized (okay, I must be slow--Allen is 6 years old) that Larry and I are parents to 3 children. Seriously! We are responsible to raise them to adulthood in one piece physically, academically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. How crazy is that!

We have been "growing up" a lot the past few months. The most obvious grower has been Selah. Allen has physically been growing like a weed, although I don't know how when he eats the same 3 things and nothing else. He has also just lost his first tooth on Friday. He is now reading and with that comes my realization that I cannot "fake" read things anymore. He is also beginning to ask the harder questions, of a spiritual nature. We had to deal with Nanny and Poppy's dog dying. With that came the questions of heaven and how do we get there. This is very exciting for me, but the daunting task of guiding him spiritually has hit me as I try to find simplified explanations for things without the "religious jargon". Charlie also has begun to grow up quite a bit. He has suddenly grown out of his 3T pants and seems to be shrinking his 4T shirts as well. He has also begun to read and wants so much to be in school like his brother. I have finally relented and he is so happy to work. He says the darndest things and I have begun a file on my computer of the goofball observations he has come up with. He is definately my "thinker". Time will tell how Selah turns out. Right now, she seems to physically resemble Charlie the most, but her temperament is like Allen (not really a good thing as he is very headstrong--like his mother, Larry says).

This blog will be my attempt at recording these "best days of our lives". I hope you enjoy them.