Here comes the sun

Sun = Maple Bay Beach in our household. It is still too cold for the rest of us to actually get in the water, but nothing stops Jackson. He just eats it up. It is so nice to get out and to shake off those winter "bugs". We really do love it here!

And yes, Jackson is wearing doctors gloves and he is in his underwear (all of our summer stuff is still packed!)

Mini Me

It is a little scary how much your kids mimic you. This one does everything I do. I caught her the other day in the study working out to a video that I had just finished, she got it to play and brought out the matt and weights all by herself. I watched her silently for quite some time without her knowing and she was following the tape very well. It was too cute. I also find her randomly on her own "feeding" her baby dolls. She loves to cook for her brothers with her play kitchen. She reads to them and "mothers" them (ie: tells them what to do) and she loves to shop. I am creating a little monster!

Men at Work

Lately the boys have been doing a lot of work around the house. Jackson and Oliver take it very seriously...until they get distracted with sticks and homemade swords, of course. It is significantly more quiet around the house with those three outside all day. Ava, Gwen and I get to just hang out, read books, cook things or run to town. It's quite nice actually and then we get to come home and see the neat stuff that is getting done. I will post before and afters of the work after it is finished. This week they should have most of the fence built and the front porch completed. Good times and dirty boys!