Life of the Lorenzens

I've been holding back on posting about potty-training, but I think it's time. When my mom was here to visit a few weeks ago she ju...

Snow Day #2 was declared "Baking Day". Emily was quite the little helper. She helped roll and cut out the Christmas cookies and e...

Lincoln tried his first vegetable today--green beans.

With the monstrous snow storm forecasted for Iowa this week, I made preparations to not leave the house for three days. I was actually pre...

We had Lincoln baptized at our church today. Pastor Ed married us and has now baptized both of our kids. They both did great up on stage, bu...

After some big hints and a little nagging, Austin has replaced the 60-year-old pink toilet in the master bathroom. Besides having a very un...

Thanks to the wonderful generosity of a good friend, we acquired a Little Tikes play cube/slide. It was a bit of an adventure getting it in...

Emily made another fashion statement today. She completely dressed herself and even pushed me away when I tried to help straighten out her ...

I introduced a sippy cup to Lincoln today. He loves to gnaw on it, but is quite surprised when something actually comes out. He was more ...

Instead of a developmental update, I bring you a sampling of Emily's quotes from the month of November... "Would you like milk, ice...