A Break in the Clouds

So it rained most of the night and into the morning, but quit about 8 or so and didn't rain the whole rest of the day. I took advantage and raked the carpet of leaves. They were way too wet, but with more rain in the forecast and a busy schedule I had to take advantage of the situation.

Jakey played outside all afternoon while I worked in the yard. He decided he was a big enough boy that he could follow the rest of the kids down the street to the neighbors house. It was pretty cute to see him walking next door all by himself. I called after him and he came right back. I can't believe how big he is getting. His latest thing is waking up in the middle of the night crying and asking for "da da" until Amber lays him next to me. He is definitely a daddy's boy.

Austin is loving school. He experiments with math all by himself. Last night he came to me and said, "Five and four is ten". I told him he'd better count again, so he did and came up with "Five and four is nine." I told him good job and he proceeded to tell me what five and three was. Then said, "I'm doing grownup stuff." I'm thinking "yes you are, but you need to stop. You're my little kid." But I said, "Yes you are" and asked him who told him that. He tells me his kindergarten teacher did. I'm sure glad he is learning. He loves to read, and has several books that he can read all by himself. He also loves to practice his math.

Jeffrey likes school when he gets there. Getting him there has proven to be quite the adventure for Amber each day. I'm glad that I can be at work and not have to deal with it. I've got it pretty easy. He calls Jakey "His best buddy", and is so concerned whenever he hears Jakey in the crib even if Jakey has just been put there and is supposed to be going to sleep. Jeffrey will go in and play with him and tell us "Jakey is awakey".

Well, enough of the boring life of me. This post has gotten tons longer than I anticipated. I was just going to write about the leaves, but then decided that nobody cared about me raking the leaves and decided to add a little about the kids and stuff. As soon as we take some cute pictures, we'll get them posted. Until then . . .

Rain, Rain, Go away. . .

We have an entire trees worth of leaves in our little tiny front yard. I've been putting of the chore of raking them because I haven't had time during daylight hours. Finally, I was looking forward to this afternoon when I would get off work earlier and be able to rake the leaves and do a few other outside chores that have been put off. Alas, mother nature has had other plans as it has rained most of the day, and it is no longer suitable to be outside raking. Although the kids sure love being out in the rain, it's just not my cup of tea anymore.

I guess maybe mother nature is telling me my laundry needs done more than the leaves need raked. There is a rather peculiar smell coming from that corner of my abode. . . .

New Slide Show

Check out the new slideshow. All photos are courtesy of Jeffrey: age 4. He likes to use the digital camera when we aren't looking. Some of his pictures aren't half bad.

P.S. Slideshow is on the right. ;)

P.P.S. I know that the "new" show looks vaguely similar to the one that was already there, but I can't get Picasa to talk with Blogger as quickly as I'd like. I think they need to go to counseling so that they can share their feelings quicker. Check back soon, it should be working correctly before too awful long.

P.P.P.S. Ok so it was all fine and dandy in the time that it took me to write and post the last p.s thing. I guess I could have gone back and just deleted it and left the original post. But then you wouldn't have been able to see the inner workings of my mind. Enjoy!

Bravery!

No this is not a post about the bravery of one my three sons as they tried something new for the first time. It's a post about me! It's a post about the first of, I'm sure, many nights waiting up for my kids to get home from where ever they are.

The neighbors, who we love to death, had a halloween party put on by the wood mill where the husband works, and invited Jeffrey to go along. They have a little boy about his age so we let him go. Then, one of Austin's friends invited him to go over for dinner and watch a movie, so . . . a little nervously because it's the first time, we let him go. About five minutes later I yawned and wondered if my kids were too young for me to be waiting up for them to come home. Keep in mind it was only 8.

Anyway, I guess parenting is all about the "firsts". There are so many that we look forward to, and yet, so many that we wish would never come and some we hope don't come that do. So, to my first night of "waiting up" I say cheers. And here's to many more.

Turn off the faucet!!

So, I usually do pretty good about staying a couple steps ahead of the sicknesses that go around my house. But, this time something snuck ahead and ambushed the heck out of me. My head is all swimmy and light and my nose runs like a faucet! Literally! I am constantly wiping it and it hurts! I wish I could turn it off like you would the water faucet. But enough of the gross details. I need my sleep!

Under Construction

Another reason to be annoyed! :) If you are reading this, then you will most likely notice a few things that seem to be incomplete on the right hand side of the page. I am currently doing some construction, or re-construction, and have decided to go to bed without getting everything set just the way I want it. So, forgive me, and come back soon to see the changes. Or, don't if you don't want to. I promise they aren't really going to be that exciting. I just discovered some new blogspot features and have been playing with them. Anyway, I'm off to bed before Amber wakes up and wonders where the heck I am.

Annoyed?

I recently had an interestingly ironic thought. For those interested to know, no it wasn't the first thought that I've had, and no it didn't hurt. But, what it did do was cause me to reflect on the fact that we haven't made a post in almost two months. Now, this is where the irony comes in. If I were looking at someone's blog and they hadn't made a post in almost two months, I would be annoyed. So hopefully for the one or two of you out there that actually take the time to come visit, you aren't too annoyed by the fact that it's been almost two months since we've updated this thing, and hopefully you continue to check back occasionally.

It's been a busy two months. Austin started kindergarten and is loving every minute of it. Jeffrey started preschool and he too is loving every minute of it. Jakob has grown in to quite the teaser. (I wonder where he got that from?) He is a hoot and keeps us on our toes. He loves to climb, and will climb onto or into anything.

It's getting into the busy season for both of my jobs. UPS is starting to pick up with what will be another busy Peak Season. Radio Shack is gearing up for Christmas as well. We are getting new toys, for kids little and big, almost daily. Between the two I'm not home much during the day, but the boys sure love to gather at the window and watch me ride up in front of the house on my motorcycle each evening when I come home.

Well, since I can barely keep my eyes open I guess this will have to do for now. I hope you don't get too annoyed waiting for the next new post. Who knows when it will arrive.