HANNAH

This blog hasn't really given appropriate attention to our oldest, Hannah, who (as a normal 4th grader) spends a good amount of her time at school, doing homework, or practicing. She is growing to be such a sweet young lady (not a far departure from the sweet young girl she was a short while ago). I was sick a few days last week & don't know that I would have gotten through it without Hannah. She was so quick and happy to help. She also has a gift with the boys: Hannah can play "teacher" and the boys fall right into line and all play happily together for an hour! She is a great sister, daughter, and young person.

Valentine's Day Cookies

We sent out packages of cookies to some friends and family this year. Below are pictures of Will being silly with a cookie cutters (which we didn't end up using). He was helping me with the first batch while Charlie was sleeping and Hannah was at school. Will is an expert mixer and cookie sugarererer-er. He asked to have pictures taken like this, so I thought it should be posted.

Red-Shouldered Hawk

The hawk you see in this picture swooped down and attacked a pigeon sitting on our fence. It was crazy! You can see the mess of feathers behind the hawk. I have posted the least disgusting of the photos taken as well as a video Hannah took once the Hawk flew into a nearby tree. (Our neighbor Alexis is the other little girl you hear in the video). I was slightly creeped out being that close to an attack (and in our own backyeard), but Pace and the kids were totally into it!