To Make You Laugh

Yes, that is Miss Evangeline with a new haircut. We're trying to grow the bangs out with the hair. We're now down to two layers or less . . . and counting. She's looking at some of the 560 seedlings that the kids and I started this past month. We've now got nearly all of them planted in huge recycled wine barrels. Those things are beasts. I cringe to think of how we will move them to the new house. Thank Providence for moving dollies!

You know you're building a house when...
Eva came into the kitchen after her bath carrying a brush and asking me to brush her hair. I asked her if Daddy had washed her hair, to which she replied: "No, he didn't put any air conditioning in tonight!"

You really know you're building a house when...
Your daughter points out every single outhouse around town as though it's a vacation destination: "Look Mom, dere's de outhouse!"

Funny mistake:
Seth was caught red-handed the other day with something he'd stolen. I took him to his room for "the routine." We ended with a discussion about stealing and he recited the eighth commandment to me (You shall not steal) very nicely. However, when we went to pray, he confessed, to my surprise, breaking the seventh commandment. "Dear Father, please forgive me for committing adultery!"