Where a dad can be a kid (again)

On Friday we made a trip to the "sort-of big city." Facing a two-week deadline to get all of our Christmas shopping done (we're celebrating early this year), and with very few local options, we headed out to Topeka and spent an entire day dashing from store to store. The kids were such good sports that we decided to rock their worlds and take them to Chuck E Cheese! It was a first for five of us, the Ringmaster being the only CEC veteran among us, but he was more than happy to show us the ropes!

Miss B's way with words

"Dear Lord, I praise You for being very righteous and shiny."

(After I had been encouraging her about the fruit I've been seeing in her life) "It was so much easier to not sin when I was four. Now that I'm five, it's way harder."

Mama: "What was the name of the ship that took the Pilgrims to America?"

Miss B: "The Cauliflower!"


Miss B: "Satan was trying to tempt me the other day, but I hid from him, and he couldn't."
Mama: "Oh? Where did you hide?"
Miss B: "Behind the basketball hoop."

The month in review...

So I kinda dropped out of the blogosphere for a while there. Consider this my re-entry into the world of virtual communication with unknown recipients! First, a quick pictorial month-in-review. In October we...

discovered the wonderful world of K'nex and quickly became obsessed...

...spent lots and lots and lots of time in the dirt...

...escaped to Ventura for a little getaway...

...became soul mates with Grandpa's new dog...

...made new friends...

...charmed all the neighbors...

...celebrated a big birthday...

...decided remote-control helicopters are way cool...

...and treasured our brief together times.

And now we're back home where, after rearranging our entire bottom floor (don't ask), we're starting to feel settled. There's no place like home, there's no place like home...