afton chose this cute little number, complete with diaper showing through the tulle skirt.
usually my kids come home from "morning sing" at school with the most annoying songs stuck in their heads (ie. "proud to be an american"). i thought this one was actually cute, and made even cuter by the cutie singing it.
While Tuck enjoyed his bath, I was able to feed Afton lunch, take a phone call, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor.
He had so much fun splashing that I had a hard time focusing in for a photo.
Children have the natural instinct to find raw materials around them and build creative things. When do we lose this instinct? Mia will never let me throw out an egg carton before she's filled it with collected treasures from the outdoors and covered it with drawings and scraps of paper for decoration. Annie must have all of my empty cardboard boxes to decorate with marker. On our trip to Utah, the girls spent about an hour outside before they called out an adult to put the head on top of their snowman because they were too short. We were shocked at the size of it, and their determination to complete it. 
In "cliff's notes" form: The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind. The kids have been in hyper-excited mode. It began when school let out for the winter break. Unfortunately, Papa's health took a turn for the worst. Jordan and Maci came out with the babies to say goodbye, and ended up staying for the funeral that Monday after Christmas. So, we had our usual Christmas eve here with all of the fam, did the Christmas morning frenzy, then to Tim's parents' later that morning, Uncle Rich's in the afternoon (my mouth is watering remembering the turkey. Yum.). 
he picked up the guitar, self-taught, and became proficient.
