Laurel Elisabeth Stevens

Elisabeth makes her tent with a quilt from Grandma Marva. She happily read books inside for a week. John had a birthday on June 6th. Elisabeth was happy to celebrate with him by making a mess with a cupcake. Later in the week we had my family over to celebrate and Elisabeth was very excited about celebrating a birthday again—sure enough, after she and Timothy ate their dinners, she asked for a cupcake. Can’t sneak much by her these days! John's birthday box from home included a marvelous gift that would keep his daughter occupied for hours--a potty for her dolls and things to go with it. John's gift will be much used: new baggy bike shorts. John enjoys a piece of his Ding Dong cake made by his mother-in-law. It was a cake she just had to make for him. And did he love it! A prominent feature in our home these days are potty accoutrements: downstairs we have a potty seat and various books by the toilet. Upstairs we have a potty, a doll’s potty, various books, and various stu...

Timothy turned 2 on May 6th and enjoyed a red fire truck cake (not much left!) Elisabeth enjoyed eating a hot dog like a "big girl." It has opened up a world of opportunities. Oh, look, there's even pictures of Laurel and John on this blog! We're the mature parents. (ed. note: my daughter must be getting older, because we aren't taking nearly the number of pictures we used to! hence not many updates on the blog. Sorry! I could tell you lots of stories though! Today Elisabeth and I were standing in the bathroom (we spend a lot of time in there lately) and she closed the door. Then she said, "This is how we're going to get out" and went to open the door. Then what she said must have reminded her of a book so she said, "Hi, Mommy, this is how we are going to get out." I was confused until I remembered Mike Mulligan and his steamshovel: "Hi, Mike Mulligan! How are you going to get your steam shovel out?" I laughed and laughed, then ...