Teenagers to Toddlers

We are past the stage of babies.  It is sad to think about not holding a new baby and snuggling with the newborn baby smells and noises.  But the stage of life that we are in now is amazing too.  From teenagers to toddlers.  Teenagers are fun and funny!  You get to have deep conversations and still act silly at times.  I love that my kids play so well together.  After we are done with school I often watch Jackie, Luke, Quinn and sometimes Hannah playing picnic or dress up or whatever they can imagine. There are also times when all of them go out on the trampoline and are out there playing who knows what.  I sometimes watch them from the window and it melts my heart to see them getting along together.  Maybe it is because they don't always do it, so when they do it is extra special, but I still love it.  I think homeschooling has kept them close.  There are ups and downs, pros and cons, good and bad things about homeschooling, but the good things seem to make the bad things seem like less. This is one of the good things.

Hannah likes to say, "creepy".  Sometimes if she sees something weird on T.V. she says it a weird sing song voice like, "creeeeppppyyy".  It is funny.  She also keeps coming to ask for a drink when she is tired and instead of saying, "I'm thirsty",  says in a tired whiny voice, "I'm drinky".  It is funny.