A City Life For Me

:: Daddy Jail Ben is always very creative keeping the babies happy while he does something else! :: First Tooth :: Trouble maker

My four kiddos on Christmas morning…

Last Sunday our children & teens at Bethel presented a Christmas program called Come as a Child .  I played the piano and Elaine & Nolan were to participate in two of the songs. We had issues with our kids.  I could tell from the moment they woke up that they were not going to perform well.  I should preface this with the fact that Elaine missed three Sundays because of illness and travel, and then she was promoted to a different class (and they were singing a different part of the song).  But as the piano player I had a book at home and we tried to practice.  Sort of.  I totally forgot that she was supposed to learn a second song.  So I already knew that one was going to be a flop. During the dress rehearsal Elaine didn’t particularly want to sing.  She wouldn’t stop holding hands with her friends.  She was picky about her seat and fussed with her friends when it didn’t work out right.  On Sunday after the initial song she ...

This is a long post.  So grab your cup of cocoa and let me tell you a Tale of Times Square. A couple of weeks ago we made a trip into Times Square.  It was one of those rare Saturdays when there wasn’t a million things on the schedule, the weather was not {quite} bitter cold, and we were all healthy.  This was the twins’ first trip to Times Square. Our neighbor runs one of those vendor carts in Times Square that sells t-shirts, hats, scarves, and NYC memorabilia.  I wanted a couple of NYC items to use on our display table on deputation.  It should have been a simple, easy trip into Times Square.  It ended up being a seven hour excursion. First, we were using a new stroller.  It’s a double-wide, which isn’t the greatest idea for the packed sidewalks of Times Square.  But it was our lighter stroller and the easiest to get down the train steps.  About halfway to the train stop I realized I had left the Ergo baby carrier at home (so that ...

Nehemiah got caught and tied up by the Lone Ranger! She is “getting married” Homemade Doughnuts.  And can’t a person have a craving without everyone assuming she’s expecting?!? Liberty was playing with the kiddos in their room, and came crawling out to me like this! Nehemiah is pulling up on things!

The twins are both sitting up now…making bath time even more fun! Liberty has some serious fat going on…

We got snow last week.  And it’s still on the ground!  Its been a cold week, but the kids have enjoyed the white stuff.  It was a nice wet snow, perfect for making snowmen and snow balls.  We scraped the yard pretty bare to make our snowman, but it didn’t take long before the ground was covered again! Our neighbor has a vending cart in Times Square where he sells these hats.  He gave one to each of the kids. Nolan wasn’t happy unless he had two snowballs.  He held onto them for so long that they froze to his mittens!  If he dropped one, he cried for “’nother ball, Mommy” until I made him another one! Elaine wanted to write her name in the snow.  The smile quickly faded when she realized that Nolan was standing on her “N”. I wrote Nolan’s name too, but he didn’t really care.     Catching snowflakes on their tongues!