The Days of Spring

So, here are some highlights of May I failed to blog.



Jacob got to see a double rainbow and learned about how God gave it to us as a reminder of his promise to never flood the earth again. you can't see it very well here, but at least one part of it is visible.

We spent a lot of time outside and the kids drove me nuts annoying each other, even though they were good from time to time.
Jacob spent a few days living in the shoes of spider man. He is still afraid of spiderwebs though.

Last fall our mower broke to the point of "useless to fix", so this spring we had to purchase a "new" one. Jacob got a kick out of it and loves every moment he spends with daddy on it, and Daddy loves to mow with the hydro-bla bla bla and the pull lever thinga-ma-doobie, and yada yada yada. He was able to hook up this garden trailer we got from a friend and give Jacob rides in it. This he LOVES and will sit here contently for hours.






Then we had the excavator come out and dump 25 loads of top soil on our lawn to smooth it all out... needless to say, we weren't mowing for a while.
But that didn't stop Jacob from taking full advantage of using his power wheel.

While the hills of dirt were still there he loved to dig in them and made us wish we had a sand box for him. Hopefully someday soon we can do that for him.


Jessica got the real sense of what it meant to "scoot" she could crawl if she wanted to, we just know it. at 9 months old this is the age Jacob really took his first movements to crawl, he was a pro by 10 mos. Doesn't this look painful?
Jacob Put his garden gloves on and helped me in the flower beds. Mostly looking for worms. he does complain later that his hands smell like worm and makes a special trip inside to wash them.
Jessica continues to master the art of "scooting" this time while sucking on her lips. I call this her "fish face" though I believe she is ham through and through.



I was also working part-time at the school trying to scoop up as many hours as I could, but at the same time was looking forward to the last day of school. Jason started working HVAC and putting in between 50 and 60 hours a week.

well, TTFN! Kids are crying and dinner needs to be made!

Jacob's a little man!

Here are some of the things we missed in April:

Jacob loves playing outside, even more when he has his four-wheeler!
This is a cute story! One day we (Jacob, Jessica and I) went to Wal-mart to get some groceries and Jacob announced he wanted a cake. I saw him looking at the deli are where the cakes are and I told him I could make a cake when we got home. He said "But I want a BLUE cake!" I told him I could make a blue cake. "I want a blue cake with COOKIES" I told him I could make a blue cake with cookies. "That would be GREAT!" he said. so we got home he forgot all about it, and the kids were put down for their naps, and I got to work. When he got up and saw the cake he jumped up and down and said "WHOOPEE! A blue cake with cookies!!" it was a good mommy moment.
Here is Jacob with the shop-vac helping daddy clean up the mess he made from doing the railing on the stairs. He loves to use the shop-vac and does a pretty good job!
Finally here is Jacob hanging his first sheet of drywall and using the screwdriver for the first time. He was so proud of himself! My little boy is growing into a little man!