Getting big!

I was thinking today how funny it is that even after posting something every day for SO LONG...

I am still so behind and have a lot of stuff that I want to get on the blog so it can make it into the book!

Oh, maybe after our trip life will calm down and I can do some of that catching up...right?

So Elsie decided she didn't want to sit in her booster seat anymore.

So we decided to put Porter in it.

He loves it.

I know it is hard to believe, but this kid is not a big eater...AT ALL.

For real, I'm not joking.

But since we have been putting him in the booster seat, he must feel like a big boy or something, 'cause he has been eating like a champ.

He works the fork like a pro!

Go big boy!

While we were getting food put together and the kids were setting the table I realized that our table in completely full.

Brent at the head...

Each chair filled with our wonderful little family.

Call me corny...but that just filled my heart with joy.

I am gonna miss these little bugs next week!

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Also...Cassi made lunch for herself again today.

We were all out of bread...so she made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on a tortilla...which is totally great...we actually do that sometimes...

But what I loved was the heaping mound of jelly that filled the tortilla.

Seriously, that little girl cracks me up on a daily basis.

I have realized that it is much more fun to let loose and relax.

She definitely does some very frustrating things...but she is just herself.

I want her to be the best HERSELF she can be...so I am gonna make more of an effort to still teach and be a Mom...but to also let loose and not let things make me so angry.

Cause you know what...kids are pretty fun.

Tonight Brent was working with Madi on her Rocket Math...which she has been struggling with, only because she feels like she can't do it and she hates to mess up.

So he has been trying real hard to help her not get so frustrated and flustered about it.

So they would go over the rocket math problems...then all of us would do a set of sit-ups.

Man those girls can go...especially Cassi.

I had to leave and go running...but he said that there were a few 'fights' and high emotions running...but she calmed down and she was very excited about working her brain muscles along with her body muscles.

"Even the journey with a thousand miles must start with one step."

That quote can fit into so many areas in our life right now.

Madi in school...

Elsie with her physical limitations...

Me with my organizational problems...

Each of us have our own little or big issues that all start with the first step.