The Story of a Pancake

Pancakes are one of Seth's favorite things. He asks for them regularly and is getting smarter about his request. Instead of saying, "Pancake?", like he used to, he now says, "Seth pancake five?" When translated this means, "Dearest Father, if you would be so kind as to prepare five pancakes, I will be so grateful."

John made his day on Saturday morning by making him an extra-large one.

This is the story of a pancake. Enjoy.

(As a sidenote - sorry for the delay in updating posts. I've been trying for several days to download a video of Seth reading a book. Several hours have been spent - and as it turns out - wasted on this attempt. John says he'll take a stab at it soon. Stay tuned - it'll be worth the wait.)

Today's Snapshot

Now that the boys have adjusted to the local time zone - sleep has been much easier to come by. They both sleep through the night consistently and they don't fight and complain when it's time for an afternoon nap.

Nap time is currently my favorite time of day. Why?

Well - while they do this...

I get to do this...

Eat popcorn, drink a Diet Coke, and watch the Winter Olympics in peace.

Just being honest.

Our Little Helper

One of Seth's favorite activities is to help us around the house. He's close on our heels whenever there's a household chore to be done - fixing dinner, setting the table, clearing the table, doing dishes, laundry, etc.


Here he is helping John with dishes. He's the rinser!

He may not always be so eager to help out but for now - we'll take it.

Oklahoma - "Where the Snow comes Falling from the Sky"

Okay - so that's not really how the song goes but it could have this weekend. Oklahoma had unusual wintery weather this weekend but we had this toasty warm cabin to snuggle into.

We took the boys on their first of many roadtrips to Nashoba, Oklahoma to visit John's parents on the ranch.

They had a great time (so did we). We're home safe and sound now but every time I ask Seth to put clothes on or put his shoes on he asks if we're going to Oak-a-home-a.

Here are pictures of our trip.

The boys in their "Oak-a-home-a" shoes

Seth got to ride along with Grandpa to feed the cows.

Colin and John on the 4-wheeler

Family picture after church (Colin's sound asleep)

Just another snowy picture because I think it's pretty.

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Haircut

Seth had his first haircut last week. He kept asking for it. After seeing a video of himself in Ethiopia, he would turn to us and imitate the action and sound of an electric razor running over his head.

He sat still and let John cut his hair with a razor and scissors. He looks scared in the picture but he wasn't at all. He ran around the kitchen rather proud of his new look.

American Pastime

We didn't have any plans to watch the big game tonight but it turned into a pretty fun evening with our little family of four.

We stood in front of the tv and practiced putting our hand over our heart during the National Anthem. They got to eat dinner in the living room (a first) and stay downstairs until bedtime (we usually hang out in the playroom after dinner). Seth walked around with his "foot-a-ball" most of the night and cheered whenever anyone on television cheered. He didn't seem to be partial to one team or the other.

And more importantly, Seth took part in the most sacred of rituals on this day of celebration...Superbowl snacks.

Welcome to America boys!