Meaningful work

The other night during the witching hour, things were really falling apart.  People were bored and there was lots of crying, fighting and misdirected activity.  In a moment of desperation, I recruited some kitchen helpers to use a device that turned out to be new and exciting to them: the cherry pitter!  Thankfully, all the boys wanted in on this job!  There was instant co-operation and taking turns!  It turns out this is a miracle device.

 

I also recently discovered that Jake is old enough to cut soft foods with a knife.  Give a boy a small sharp knife, appropriate supervision and some safety rules… he feels like BIG STUFF!  They do this in Montessori classrooms regularly, so I should have thought of this sooner.  He made a salad almost all on his own. 

It’s a…

As all 2 of my blog readers know, there is another little Pereira on the way.  Here we are in the ultrasound waiting room yesterday.  It has become a family tradition for us all to go see the new baby together. Historically, daddy is wrestling with a squirmy toddler the whole time while the older ones look on in fascination.  This time was no exception!  Mommy’s rules:  Be quiet and be still!  And there might be a treat afterwards if you’re good.  Thankfully, little baby #5 is growing well and looks healthy so far.  At the very end of the study, it was revealed, much to mommy’s surprise….

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had planed to offload a lot of clothes at a consignment sale next week, but now it looks like we will need to hang on to them for a bit longer.  We are so thankful for this healthy little boy.  Each time I see a fetal ultrasound I am so in awe of God’s creativity and power in his perfect design. 

The newest little Pereira

Jason’s brother and sister in law have recently completed the long process of adopting a little girl from China.  We joined the big party at the airport last Thursday to welcome little Belle Qing Pereira to her new home.  She has been loved on heavily by her 4 older siblings and has made a great adjustment to her new home so far.  Our boys are in love with their new little cousin.  She is the same age as Abby so that will be fun for them as they get older.

Enjoying getting to know her Papaw- he has a special way with babies!

Sweet Abby

Happy 4th!

We attended the Pegram 4th of July parade again this year.  Its fun that the boys are now old enough to remember these events from last year and look forward with great anticipation to doing them again.

We had Papaw and Ellie over for dinner and watched the neighbors set off their fireworks.  The boys could not wait for it to get dark, and we had a few small fireworks of our own.  Its scary how much they LOVE fireworks!  Careful!!!

I love how Jake’s face says it all in this picture!