Kids Do the Darndest things ...

As I look through all of your amazing family photos ... I've decided to come clean with you all and let you know that Jim and I are the proud parents of two boys and two girls ... It may seem virtually impossible, but with the advances in modern science, it's been quite the science project, er, umm, I mean miracle. It's time to introduce you to our brood. As it seems, with all of the 'comings' and 'goings' of our busy summer, what with their athletic practices, and Mensa meetings ... I haven't been able to get all of them in the same place at the same time for a family photo ... so until we're able, these still shots of each of them will have to do ...


Here's our fifteen year old Jimmy John. He's quite little vocalist. He's first soprano in the all boys choir ... Jim is so proud.

This is our little artist ... you knew we'd have to have one sooner or later, huh? Our little Saffron is quite talented. When she's not eating the glue, she using it to stick all kinds of macaroni to her shoes. At thirteen, she's almost to the second grade reading level ... and if she keeps practicing, she should be able to form audible words by next spring.

At ten, Lionel Rupert is our resident health fanatic. As soon as he learned that eating carrots may improve eyesight, it's a rarity to find him without a beta carotene popsicle hangin' out his mouth. Bless his heart ... he's got perfect vision, and we just don't have the heart to tell him.

Oh our shining star ... little Chrysathemum ... we like to call her 'Rysanthemum' for short. She's almost three weeks old and at this rate, doctors tell us we'll need to buy her a girls size 8 outfit for her first birthday ... can you believe it? Quite the over-achiever already, wouldn't you say?!

Oh I feel as though a weight has lifted from my shoulders ... I mean, if you can't laugh about it ... you'd cry, right? Where's the fun in that???!!!