A little peak into Amanda's day

I thought you might enjoy a little peak into Amanda's usual day, including a few fun details. This morning, Amanda laughed her head off while Matthew spent the morning brushing his teeth (sucked water out of his toothbrush). All of the sudden he has definitely decided he is one of the gang. The other day he even discovered that he is quite the wiz with the light saber, even though Ben and Caleb like to call him R2D2. Ben and Caleb are becoming more and more independent. It has happened that many times in the evening, after a long stretch of quiet, I run back to their rooms to see what havoc they have caused, only to find them coloring at their table. Last week, Amanda and the boys made the following diorama. Caleb was very adamant that they cover up the clothes pin that they used to keep the cactus up. When the boys weren't eating the brown sugar (sand) they're creative juices were flowing.
Amanda is a great mom. Though she says she is not creative, I think that the evidence begs the opposite. We love you Amanda.