After I sent Callie to her room...

...this is what I found!  I guess it helps to explain the disobedience that got her sent up to her room in the first place!  :)

She's been indoctrinated!

Callie brought this down from her room after rest time yesterday.  She made it all by herself and I thought it was adorable!  First - that she knew how to do the USC logo. Second - that she knew how to spell Gamecocks all by herself!  And Third - that she spelled "Caalina" the way MOST South Carolinians actually pronounce it with their southern accents!  :) 

THIS is why I LOVE living in South Carolina!

January in South Carolina - LOVE it!  Shorts, tshirts, soccer and basketball, outside with no jackets - YES PLEASE!!!

Cheeks!!!

Yep. Can't get enough of this kid!

Almost 5 months old...

And couldn't be happier!  :) 

(Hair is definitely starting to get out of control though...)

The Treehouse

David has always dreamed of building a tree house.  A REAL one. Up in a tree.  It all makes me very nervous!  But he's been excited about it forever, and we finally have the house (and the YARD!) for it!  Things are really starting to happen around here!  The boys are getting super excited about it as it comes together!

 Judah and David checking out Josiah's Kindle!  :) 

Good Decision, Josiah!

Josiah has been saving his money for a LONG time.  We don't do allowance in our family.  But he does earn a little bit of money every week from teaching his karate lesson as a junior instruction in his dojo.  So he has been saving it for almost a year saying that he wanted an iPod Touch.  Mostly because that's what his friend has.  As his amount grew, we started talking more seriously about why he wanted that and what he was going to use it for.  After MUCH discussion, and MANY emails/texts/phone calls back and forth with my dad who is a technology whiz, he decided on the Kindle Fire.  It arrived Wednesday night, David got it all set up (Parental Controls!!) and when Josiah woke up this morning, he was SO excited to see it (he didn't think it was going to ship until tonight!)! The kids - who have been told very firmly that they aren't allowed to TOUCH it without permission - were happy just to observe!  :)

Trying out his cup for the first time...

He loved it!!! :)

Jacob's Snowglobe

I think I never got a picture of Jacob's snowglobe that he made at his class party...so before it goes in the trash, here it is!!  So cute, isn't it?  Good thing my other room mom is into Pinterest!  :)

Starting the New Year off right!!

Writing thank you notes!  We have MUCH to be thankful for!  :)