Winter break project...

Joe has had two delightful weeks off and we have packed them full of work and fun. We have our front yard project that we have been working on since early summer and we have been having fun doing even more to the front.

Our youngest daughter is particularly aware of her world and loves to participate in every way she can. She even likes to participate in ways she can't yet. One example of Elizabeth's acute sense of how things work: the other evening I was finishing the kitchen and I had a washcloth at the kitchen door to take to the laundry when I was through in the kitchen. I turned around and there was Lizzie wiping the floor with the cloth! So cute!

Here is another example of Elizabeth's initiative and competance. A friend of ours put in a wonderful paver walkway leading up to the front door. Joe assisted and learned how to do the paver walkway and then tried his hand at a 4'x4' section on the south side of the driveway. We hadn't realized it, but Elizabeth Noelle was also watching and here she is applying her newly gained skills: