sink or swim

Well, pretty much same old same old for Jack and his swimming lessons. Not paying attention or participating again. I asked him if he wants to quit and he has said yes and no. I'm guessing he doesn't understand. Chad thinks we should make him go if he's going to do it sooner or later. He is just three, so maybe skipping it this time isn't such a bad thing. It sounds like the YMCA is going to take over the pool, so there will potentially be more lessons to come. We will see.

The weather has been nicer here, so Jack has been out in the sandbox lately and playing in the mud next to it. Give him a dirt pile and a loader and he's set for the afternoon. Total boy!

windy

It has been blowing hard here for the past two days. Such a bummer when it looks so nice out, but it's really not. Jack has been wanting to go to the farm so bad, but it's way too cold. The weather looks like rain/snow for the next week--HELLO! It's almost APRIL!

Jack has his first swimming lesson tonight (of the second set of lessons). His cousin is going, too so that might help. He's been really excited and we've been taking him to Alex's Parent-Tot swim class so he should be a ready as he'll ever be. All I'm asking for is a little participation this time. We'll see how it goes.

happy easter!

Hope everyone is enjoying their Easter. Here are a some photos from last night post-haircuts. Hope you like them, Nana!

Alex enjoying his first "peep".

Oh, and just a quick shout-out to my Auntie Pam---Happy Birthday! Hope you're having a great one with great weather and great family! Love ya!

i'm dreaming of a...

...white spring? Come on! Woke up this morning to about 5" of snow. SNOW! I was just beginning to get excited about spring. Cleaning up the yard, seeing how my flowers and plants fared, thinking about what plants to get from the Amish this year, putting up the awesome new play set for the boys, but NO. More snow. I'm sure it'll melt quickly, but still... This has been a long winter compared to what we've had for the past 10 years. Oh well, you remember what I said about complainers from WI?

Tonight I gave my first haircut. We bought some clippers and decided to cut the boys (and maybe Chads) hair at home to save a little money. Jack was my first victim and it didn't turn out too bad! My dad cut his hair last summer and it went well, so we'll try it again. He wouldn't let me take a picture yet, but maybe tomorrow. I'm going to do Alex and Chad's hair this weekend so we will see how that will go. They both have such large foreheads I'll have to be careful how short to go. Success or failure, I'll take pictures.

Not much planned for this weekend--Chads at John's Saturday. Maybe a movie and haircuts, and hoping to get some stuff done around the house on Sunday. I was thinking about a super simple scavinger hunt for Easter baskets for the boys, not sure yet.

Hope everyone has a happy and safe Easter!

snow daze

Here's a few pictures from this weekend at the playground...

The boys had such a good time. It's so neat to see in little ways how Jack (and Alex) are growing up. Jack was able to climb on every piece of equiptment and go down the slides and climb everything by himself. The last time we were there, it was fall and he was getting there but now there was no hesitation. I love to see how big he's getting. Now if he could just get a job and start pulling his weight around here!

is it wednesday already?

Had a fun weekend. The boys and I went to the school with Lisa and her boys on Saturday to play on the playground. That was fun, yet a lot of work. We might have stayed too long because by the time we left, my little one was getting restless, Jack and Casey didn't want to push their mowers that they pushed all the way to the playground home so I loaded them on the stroller. Then Jack didn't want to walk anymore, so for a short time I had one kid in a stroller and two lawn mowers and Lisa had two in her stroller and carried another. Yea, not working. She's got a double stroller where the older child can stand or sit facing back. Very cool and had to get one of those.

Chad went straight to John's after work ( at about 4 am) to haul manure and clean barns. By the time he got home, he was spent so he took a short nap while the boys played. Sat. nite we did absolutely nothing, just a little reading and computer surfing.

Because we can't get enough of it and wanted to boost the economy, we ended up in LaX again on Sunday. It's Chad's only day to do anything not work-related and there's not a lot to do here so...

We wanted to look at play sets for the kids and I wanted to look for a better stroller so off we went. A success all around for us.

Monday, Casey and Ryan were here so that was a busy, fun day. Alex is in love with the baby. He took the burp rag and wiped the baby's face and handed it back to me. I can see him being a good helper some day.

Update on Head Start for Jack: Called and they said they have his app. and the head lady person will make her picks in May so we should know something by June for this fall. She said his chances for getting in are 50/50 for being over-income. We will see and everyone cross your fingers and thing good thoughts for us, because he needs this so bad.

Took Alex in for a re-check for his ear infection and everthing looks perfect. I need to get one of those otoscopes or whatever their called so I can check this stuff at home. Didn't you know--while I'm not blogging, I'm practicing medicine! OK, I'm going to bed now!

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Can't seem to settle on a template for the 'ol blog, so hang in there. I'll probably change it a few more times!