6 months old!

Our Cassie Lou is 6 months old!  What a sweet, giggling, happy girl she is!

She loves tummy-time and sitting up...as well as being held by Mama.  She's got some great chubby thighs and weighs in at 18 lbs....already very much into 12 month size clothing and inching towards 18 month size.  Slow down kiddo - let us savor your babyhood! :)  Her older sisters continue to adore her, and she loves watching their antics all day long.  Mama is quite pleased that she takes two long naps each day, so everyone is happy. :)  

We love you girlie and we are so thrilled you are part of our family!

love those blue eyes!

and....oh yes, she chews on EVERYTHING!!

new chicks!

We are raising a new batch of laying hens.  These little beauties arrived a few weeks ago and we are enjoying having wee ones again.  Hopefully by this autumn they will begin laying for us.  Until then, they are getting some snuggles and have a neighborhood fan club. :)

chomper

This little missy has been teething for weeks now....still nothing has popped through, but she's been drooling and chomping like a champ.  A few weeks ago at dinner Daddy gave her a carrot stick to gnaw on.  She was "happy as a clam" as her sisters like to say. :)

Philly Farm and Food Fest 2016

We spent a fun afternoon at the Philly Farm and Food Fest in center city yesterday.  Erik popped around connecting with potential social series vendors for work, while the girls and I browsed and enjoyed all the samples! 

(photo credit - Meredith) 

Cassie Lou was a trooper and flashed her smile to many folks along the way.  

Sweet Eliza Wren was a bit under-the-weather, so we popped her in the stroller and she was able to nap most of the time...although I caught this smile from her and Meredith after they slurped up Little Baby's sea salt chocolate ice cream samples. :)

Every year it becomes more and more kid-friendly throughout the festival. 

Meredith had a blast participating in many different activities.

Fun day and sweet Philly tradition!

Now We Are Six

Meredith turned six years old today!  Can't quite believe the time has flown by so quickly, and yet this age fits her so well.   She is learning to read by leaps and bounds although our special reading aloud time each day is what she loves the most.  She is a sucker for any audio book we have on hand and listens for hours to the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, A.A. Milne,  Mr. Poppers Penguins, Charlotte's Web, and recently the All-of-a-Kind-Family series. 

She is currently fascinated with monarch butterflies - so her chosen theme for her celebration was monarchs.  The celebration began this morning and carried on throughout the day (and will continue the rest of this month in various forms!). Granna and Grandaddy sent two new books with stories about monarchs which were a huge hit!

Her favorite toy gift was a covered wagon playmobil set (my old set from when I was her age!)

We had fun trying out the monarch butterfly craft punch from Granna and Grandaddy - I'm looking forward to making some sweet decorations with it!

Chocolate cake with strawberry frosting has been her request for several years now - fun spring treat!

Happy, happy day sweet Mer Mer!  We love you oodles and oodles!