Spring Stuff

Whew!  Spring has been a blur of sports, school projects, holidays and fun times with these boys.  Aside from the sports, here are some of the things that spring has sprung.

Corey started teaching Asher to tie his own tie.  Brilliant!  I, myself can only do the 'fastening snap in the back kind' made for kids so I should probably take a lesson too.  Ironically, Corey can't get the snappy ones right, so this seemed a better way to go.  Either way, Asher is learning a valuable lesson each Sunday morning with his Dad. When I peak around the corner, this is my view each week.  I love it.

 

The annual Chamiza Science Fair was a success this year too.  Beckett chose to do a research type project this year on Garter Snakes.  He'd found a snake skin on a camping trip and had been wanting to delve into snakes a little more.  He worked hard on his project, learned a lot and he was able to proudly display his snakeskin!  Asher's project this year was an experiment with growing crystals of several different kinds.  We both learned lots as he observed the jars we set up all along the kitchen window sil.  Growing different crystals was fun and some of them were truly amazing.  The boys both had a great time presenting their findings, learning more and getting to be a part of science night.

We celebrated St. Patrick's day with our (now) annual fruit plate.  Green clover pancakes for breakfast were great too, but their favorite thing was after school when they found that the toilet water had mysteriously turned green.  This is something that started up after Beckett brought a leprechaun trap home from preschool a few years back.  Leprechauns hadn't visited before then, but now the boys write notes, hunt around, and expect some sort of mischief and prizes.  It's an interesting thing, this Leprechaun business, and it definitely never happened when I was growing up!

Then there's this little guy.  His curiosity about the world and his love for, well, everything is just wonderful.  He's always smiling, continues to sleep like a champ, and everyone adores him.  He gets to play basketball with Corey, Beckett gives him rides in the giant Tonka truck and Asher scoots him through the house in his little chair. He just loves to go outside and cries if the boys go out without him.  He's started playing on our climber and his most favorite thing to do is the big pink slide.  His laughter as he shoots on down is just the best.  He loves ALL of it.

 

We planted a garden this year too, so we will see how things go.  We planted absolutely nothing last year.  A new baby put the garden on the back burner, so we are excited to see what will grow this year.  Asher planted some melons and Beckett really wanted some carrots and pumpkins.  I am so excited about tomatoes warm off the vine.  Yum.  I'm the only one so I'd better get creative with ways to hide them in whatever it is we are eating come August.

Welcome Spring!