We're still alive and well!

I've tried several times to post pictures... but for some reason it hasn't been working... so I thought I would just write a little update of the more recent things... and hopefully get some new pictures on here soon.

Josh is doing great with school... he recently had fun making Valentine's for his class and cousins and friends! He is learning to read and is doing great! Our favorite thing is to see which books he picks out from the library! He is very diverse in his book selection.... last week was about Pompeii, complete with drawings of people being smothered by ash and lava! and this week he brought home Kat Kong, the cat and mouse version of King Kong! too funny!

Caleb is our little wild man! He is talking more and more! In fact his first official complete sentence was when he said, "Don't tickle my feet!" He also likes to cheer everyone on when they do something good/cool/etc... "Good job, Dad, Gimme high five!" And he is quite the class clown in nursery, as he has been known to fall off his chair just for the laugh! He really is quite the character!

Mike is busy working through a "slow time" in real estate.... but have complete faith that he'll pull through it! he always does! He is teaching Sunday School again... and playing Mr. Mom on Sundays, since I usually have meetings and can't do a lot.

I'm staying busy at home.... trying to keep up with these boys... they wear me out! I was recently forced to contemplate my role in life, when my neighbor said that she wished she could stay home all day... she said she deals with problems all day long at work, and would love to just sit at home. Hmmmmm.... is that all I do??? ... sit at home?? I don't think so... but it was in interesting statement!

Well, thanks for listening to my "ramblings".... bet you're wishing that I would have just posted pictures like normal! :)

Have a great day!

Deep end of the bathtub

This is what happens when I leave for a second and put Caleb in charge of filling up the tub. It's hard to tell from this picture, but we were only inches away from a major flood! Unlike some adventurous moms, I'm glad I didn't have to see how long it takes before a bathtub of water starts pouring out of the light fixtures below! (I've heard first-hand from someone who knows... you know who you are, Heather Payne!)

Science Experiment

This was something that Josh did at school, and he explained how he did it... and then we tried to re-create it. According to Josh, not quite the same effect as at school... but that's what happens when you get the instructions from a 6-year old. Thank goodness for the internet, I finally was able to glean some key information, despite his incomplete instructions.

The idea is that the more baking powder and more vinegar, the bigger the balloon! After some serious reflection and further analyzing of this project... I have come to the conclusion that there was one major flaw to our experiment.... too small of balloon, that was difficult to blow up without turning blue. Thus, even though there was some serious chemical reactions taking place inside the bottle, it just wasn't enough to blow up these mega-strong balloons. (I must have picked them up from NASA or something) But despite my incompitent materials, we still ended up with a slightly larger orange balloon, which had more juice inside!

And at the end of the day... we all had a good time!