lets go random!!

Ughg no pictures again..the silly things are on the external hard drive (and well you already know I have no idea how to get them!!)

So this post will just be lots of rambling about absolutely nothing....

1.) So I feel like we are back in business..The Maynards that is...this is us a family of seven...a family that takes 2 carts through the grocery and they are both overflowing...a family that asks for one highchair and 3 boosters at the restaurant.... a family that gets 3 loafs of bread, 4 gallons of milk, 2 cartons of eggs, 3 boxs of pancake mix and wonders if it will last a week....a family that only eats a restaurant if it is kids eat free....a family that drags so many toys out of the garage that I am sure passerbyers think it is an in-home child care center.....but really it is us! I feel like we are on our A-game again I feel like these boys have been ours forever! The whole 5 kid thing has not been hard...really!

2.) Even Paul told his sis-in-law today that the jump from 2 to 3 children is harder than 3 to 5! (any of you want to weigh in on this?? Shanna ?? )

3.) Oh my goodness little Camden is HYSTERICAL!! He is just a dumpling! He gets so excited about well ...lots...and then he jabbers in his language at 90 mph! He loves to sing and dance..and his dance it is just adorable! He ends up with a toy a day...one day it was the "makeena" (car) his aunt April got him...yesterday it was a tape measurer..and today it was a pink princess microphone that sings "Bippity,Boppity Boo" and "Under the Sea"..yes we got some stares with that one today! He is TERRIFIED of dogs.....He is a VERY picky eater....He is a very good big brother to Linc....He is HAPPY...

4.)Paul and I were talking about how well the boys are doing and we looked into the back of the van and he said "They're happy, Bethany....they are HAPPY" it sounds trivial but seriously....they were dropped into an alternate universe! If Annie was dropped into Africa I would pray as her mommy that she was HAPPY, truly happy! I know their momma would be satisfied if she could hear that deep laugh from the bottom of their tummy. So happy is good.

5.) My little Lincoln, his little world revolves around food! We were in a cabinet store today and when he saw the refrigerator his eyes lit up, he wanted to open it and find some food! He picked out his own little snack at the grocery and held it tight the entire trip, when we got home he pushed his snack on his riding toy for about 20 minutes! We have eaten out a few times and he can eat 3 plates full but as soon as I begin to clean his hands off he starts to cry...he truly does not want to stop eating. He is a smiley thing, nearly everyone we meet comments on his smile!

6.) Tonight after returning from the grocery with LOTS of foods to put away, Camden was precious. He helped me put every last thing away. It was like a child pulling gifts from under the tree. He was excited to hold and touch every last item of food. He is so smart that he quickly figured out what went in the pantry, what went in the lazy susan and what went in the fridge! THe little things our kids take for granted! (picture of the pantry he loaded coming soon!)