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Nathan got a load of hand-me-downs today, lucky boy. In the bag was a fleece Elmo bathrobe, much too big for him but much too appealing for him to pass up. He's been wearing it over his clothes ever since. Eating lunch in your cozy fleece bathrobe--sounds nice, doesn't it?
We have much to tell about our days lately, but I just saw this and it struck me as funny.
Well, you can probably guess that most of us do so most of the time. But we had a new initiate into the club the other day. (Then he finished on the floor.) Look at the proud smile! He spends a lot of time sitting here lately--not doing much, but getting the lay of the land. Such a big boy!
From last week, when we still needed hats at the park...
Rachel has gone from trike to bike...
and Nathan has gone from scooter to trike! 
Very exciting all around. Rachel in particular is over the moon. She is becoming quite adept at braking and steering and would ride her bike up and down the sidewalk all day if she could!
Of course you can tell this from the picture, but I'll tell you anyway: this is Ronald McDonald in his giant red shoe parade float. He is waving enthusiastically, and his helper (in the yellow hat) is ready to throw candy (markers) to the crowd (me). The best part is that I had nothing to do with this, except catching the candy. This was all them. And next we had a barbecue. Happy Fourth of July!
Nathan was sick yesterday, poor kid. His tummy hurt and wanted to be empty. And he ached and wanted to be snuggled. This was not a bad thing for his mother, who enjoys a good snuggle at least as much as anything else on yesterday's to-do list. It was a little hard for his sister, though, who wanted to be going to the park, to the store, anywhere! She did a great job of playing homebody and ended up going to more places in her imagination than I was likely to take her anyway. In the morning, she put on a white t-shirt (backwards, so Tinker Bell wouldn't show) and tied a red ribbon around her waist and spent a lot of time as a liturgical dancer. Later, she entertained her poor sick brother by donning a tutu "swimsuit" and doing wild jumps into a comforter "lake." There was a sleepover at school that she was in charge of preparing the food and sleeping bags for--you can imagine that such a big responsibility took quite a bit of time! And later, after Nathan was long-gone for the night and she had her parents to herself, she put on a show for us. Yet more costuming was required, and the pillows and blankets for her dollhouse people were pressed into service as makeup applicators as she put on her stage face. Here is the result:
(You will notice that we have definite favorite pieces among our dress-up collection, and no self-respecting costume would be complete without at least a few of them!) The show was mostly twirling. I suspect that the great majority of preparation time went into costuming and anticipation--at least, that's how my childhood shows usually went, since that's the fun part! For a sick day at home, Rachel did an awesome job of keeping herself busy and the rest of us entertained. Joy to watch!
