curly hair

I did two french braids in Isabel hair for church on Sunday and we just barely took them out a few mins ago (tues morning). Her hair is exactly like mine so that means it is CURLY. I mainly wanted to post this picture so Joseph could see it at work because he loves curly hair. Isabel of course is hugging her little puppy in the picture. I wonder if she will ever play with dolls.....

On a separate subject (that I want to write now so i don't forget...), last night at dinner Isabel was telling dad about her day. She told him how she climbed up the ladder on a bunk bed at a store we were at but didn't climb all the way to the top because there was no bug. We paused for a min looking at her and she said, I mean bed. (She actually meant mattress.) Then she started laughing so hard and said, "I said the wrong word, ha ha, I said bug, but I meant to say bed....that's so funny." Joseph and I just died. That is such a grown up thing to say. Isabel will sometimes do the same thing that Ansel does to make us laugh. We have explained to her that when she acts like a baby it's usually not funny. It's funny and cute when she acts older than she is. Maybe her sense of humor is maturing. lol.

Every morning I change Ansel's diaper as soon as he gets up. Lately I've been asking him to throw his diaper down the stairs. (Isabel or I used to do it, but he is capable, so we are teaching him.) Well, this morning I turned around and the kids had already gone downstairs for breakfast. I was looking for the diaper to take care of and couldn't find it anywhere. Well, I went down and saw that it had already been thrown down the stairs. I didn't know how he could have done it so fast without me seeing. I asked Isabel and sure enough she had NOT thrown it down. So, I was so proud of Ansel for taking care of his own things without being asked. Now, if only I could get the rest of the people in my house to follow Ansel's example!