Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Spring Pictures

Could these be any cuter?! Love them!

More Child Labor

We're trying to remove a rather large trunk from our flower bed. Jack is very excited to help.

He wants to be in the middle of ALL the action. ALL of it. Lol!

Artist Study

The boys studied Georgia O'Keeffe before spring break. These are their art pieces using pastels and done in O'Keeffe's style. 

What did you learn about Georgia O'Keeffe?

J: She actually moved to Mexico and died there.

S: She liked flowers and kisses. (He broke into hysterical laughter. Um, what are they learning at school these days? lol!)

Awesome job, boys!

Jumpin' Around

These two had quite the time in the bouncy house. They yelled, "Boingy Boingy, BOINGY!" the whole time. lol. I'm sure the neighbors LOVED it!

Cute Big Boy Saturday

Late night antics by this guy. So much for going to sleep at bedtime. Oh no. He thought it would be a good idea to pull his tent onto his bed, fill it with all of his babies, and then loudly declare (repeatedly) how scary "this cave" is. lol

We turned on the light when we went in to investigate, and this is what we found...

Friday Five

This is the boys' last weekend of spring break. One isn't looking forward to going back to school on Monday. One can't wait. It's always that way with these two.

This has definitely been more of a stay-cation for us. Our one attempt at a "trip" on Jack's birthday didn't work out very well, and we haven't really had the mojo for doing another attempt yet.

Instead, the boys spent most days outside playing. I think for the most part, they had a nice break even without a big trip, though. :)

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Jack's been back to his early morning wake-ups lately. He has this way of pounding on our bed to announce his presence before he jumps up and positions himself in the crook of my arm. While these early mornings are killing me slowly, I do have to admit to secretly loving the extra snuggles. I just wish the snuggles could come a few hours later! lol

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We've been working on the backyard this week, with the ultimate goal of paving/repaving a few the patio to make more room for the boys to play back there. While we were out there working, Jason asked why we were doing all the work. I explained my thoughts to him.

Oh boy did he take that conversation and run with it. I may need to limit his viewing of HGTV, because he has some definite ideas of what should and should not be done in a backyard. Basically he nixed my ideas and described his own vision of the ultimate backyard. And contrary to his wishes, I am not pulling out the grass to install a "little" skateboard ramp. Just saying.

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Earlier this week, Shawn asked me to replace the batteries in his keyboard. It had been quite some time since he last even looked at that thing, so I was a bit surprised by the request. Since then, Shawn has been in his room playing his keyboard several times a day. What's most impressive to me is that he remembers how to play all of the songs he learned last year. The kid has a crazy, amazing memory!

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Jack is always on the go. Even when he is sitting still, he is moving. Honestly, I'm not sure how he does it, but he does. lol. To supplement all of the expended energy, the boy eats. A lot. Take today, for instance. Jack had breakfast, a mid morning snack, lunch, a second lunch, afternoon snack, a banana while waiting for dinner, dinner, and then a snack before bed. It isn't like he's overweight or even a bit pudgy, either. He's fairly lean! It blows my mind.

It also worries me. If the kid eats this much now, what is it going to be like to feed him when he's a teenager?! Yikes!

Um, Okay?

He rounded up every stuffed baby he could find and created this masterpiece...

Not sure what the reason behind it was, but he was proud of it nonetheless. 

Me thinks we have a few stuffed babies in this house!