Creepy Crawlers

Since the bunny appeared in our garage we've had lots of other temporary family members. There's been June bugs, May flies, snakes, toads, worms and Jake really would have liked to have a Dragon fly. Good thing this mom isn't too squeamish about any of them. Jake's favorite, by far, are toads. Today he hit the jackpot! Look at the size of this toad. I wish I would have had him on video tape when he came running in the garage with it. He was so excited. We kept it for most of the day in a 5 gallon pail and then he let him loose. At first I had a hard time convincing him to release his new found friends but he is starting to understand that they to be let go in order to survive.

Ben is our busy bee. He's into everything these days. Being outside is a little challenging because he isn't content in his stroller anymore and there are just too many things for him to eat while he's crawling on the ground. In the house he's into all the cupboards, up on anything he can climb on, standing next to everything, and even taking a few guided steps between things. If things continue this way he'll be our athlete and Jake will be our politician.

Tomorrow we are going to spend a few hours at the NICU 20 year anniversary party. I thought it might be interesting so we are going to try to go. It will just be me and the boys so we probably won't stay too long.

I spent a little time weeding my garden last night - it is doing quite well despite the fact that the weeds have taken over. I would have finished but the mosquitoes decided that I was their bedtime snack. I was pretty much fully clothed, sprayed with repellent and I still had about 25 bites. Yikes! I guess next time I'll have to do it in the heat of the day. Apparently radishes are quite strong when they are small. Jake wanted to try one and so we picked one and cleaned it up. He made quite the face when he bit into it. I tried it and made the same face! It was more like eating a hot pepper.

That's all for now. Enjoy your weekend.

What we've been doing...

Summer has brought about a few changes and lots of fun at our house. First of all we decided to have someone come into our house for child care for the summer. I was soooo excited. It would allow me to leave earlier and get home earlier and the kids to sleep in. Needless to say - Jake isn't found of it. It has been a bit of a struggle since Amanda started. He is fine when he's at home with her but wants to call me and cries if I talk to him. He has admitted a few times that they did have fun. :) I'm sure by the end of summer he'll be loving it and then it will be time to switch back to daycare mode. Oh well.

We've been spending some time at the park, visiting grandparents, visiting with my brothers (they were both home for week), we've gone to a parade, played outside, broke out the pool, tended the garden, played with friends and cousins and lots of other stuff. I'm posting more pictures - I think they tell the story the best.

Hope you are all well.

Bunny in the Loader?

I was a little surprised when I walked into the garage tonight to help Jake with bubbles. He was standing next to his loader with a giant grin on his face. I was startled until I realized it was a bunny and not some other creature. Jake just said "I won't dump it." Alley was sitting patiently by the step waiting to get her catch back. Jake said when he walked into the garage it was just sitting by Alley so he put it in his loader. This was my first lesson in what little boys (and their cats) will bring home. He put it in the long grass - seemed better than just letting the cat have it back.