Mississippi

Memorial Day and Happy Birthday Scott

Scott really liked his Star Wars birthday cake!

Hiking at Mistletoe State Park. Abigail is our most enthusiastic hiker in the family.
Sam said Allison will be walking next time we go hiking.

Baby Michael is starting to wear his 3-6 month clothes.

Allison loved getting dressed for the hike.

Soo Cute!

Sooo Much Happening

Happy Birthday Abigail

Fun math for the children (sorry couldn't figure out how to rotate the picture)

Scott really enjoyed the play he did with the first grade. He was the Rooster!

Allison is getting good at doing her hair

Good Book

I just started reading this book and I am so excited about it. The preface tells a brief story about one of the original researchers involved in making this book and how it changed her life. She was a Japanese business exectutive of the fast track to success, but after learning what she did from this research she left the business world, got married, and became a stay-at-home Mom who kept a garden and spent time with her children and family. Wow! It sounds like a winner to me!

Dandelions

Allison had to show her beloved dandelions to Michael. As you can see he was pretty impressed.

Allison is in love with Dandelions so I had to get a few pictures.

I finally got a picture of Abigail "bowling" with Michael.

This is how Allison eats all her food.

Michael Ross Scroggins

Michael came hours after I stopped talking to Arletta and Claire on the phone and boo-hooing about how the baby was never going to come. He is very healthy. The children are thrilled to have him here. Abigail is the best baby monitor ever. She gives us a play-by-play of his moves and facial expressions. The only thing harder than listening to a baby cry is to have three other children screaming, "the baby is crying!" "the baby is hungry!" and "the baby wants you!" Luckily Michael is spending more time sleeping than crying these days. Yesterday Abigail wanted to play with the baby. She laid a blanket on the floor so I could put him on it. Then she got the soft bowling penguins and ball that Grandpa and Grandma Scroggins gave Allison. She lined them all up inches away from Michael and then "helped" him play bowling with her. She was so animated and patient with her little brother. I chose to enjoy watching her instead of getting the camera. Sorry! The first thing Scott wants to do when he gets home from school is hold baby Michael. Allison is much less interested in the new baby and seems to be glad for a distraction so she can spend more time unloading and reorganizing any drawers and bags that she decides needs a thorough perusal. Sam is being a great Dad. I am so glad he has this week off to help me. I love sleep, leftovers from the dinners that have been brought, and yoga. How did mothers survivor pregnancy and postpartum body changes without yoga?!

My New Jogging Stroller

The girls were having a great time helping me clean the mirrors today.

I should probably have photos of my old stroller so that the new model can be fairly appreciated, but the greatest improvement is the weight of the stroller and you can only appreciate that if you push and run with the stroller a lot. My old stroller had a steal frame and this new one is alluminum so it is over ten pounds lighter and boy can I tell. I was going to wait to open it until the baby came, but Abigail and Allison were just as excited about it as I was. I told Abigail that baby Michael was going to ride in the new stroller and she said, "but he can just walk beside it." I told her she would need to walk or ride her bike now. She decided to compromise, "We can take turns walking." Baby Michael needs to get here and do some explaining for himself.