Pots & Pans

Pretend play is so fun! I love for my children to make up fantasy stories and also act out real life possibilities! These stories are usually a good gauge as to what they are absorbing from life! (and me and my actions - scary!) Jack doesn't get as many opportunities to initiate things like this because the other kids are usually one step ahead of him, but the other day he decided he wanted our "pots and pans" basket down. He proceeded to pick up trains and train tracks by himself so he could move onto something else! When he dumped out the "pots and pans" basket, he immediately flipped the basket so he could set the table for a snack for his older brother and sister! They would come check on him and he would say, "it's almost ready." How neat to watch Jack serve his siblings, even if it is pretend play!

Spring Nests

Our sweet neighbor made my children "nests" last weekend! Mrs. Irma is German, and I think this is part of her Easter tradition. I thought the idea would go great with the spring celebration my friend, Tamra, mentioned on her post a couple of weeks ago. That celebration was originally spoken about on girl talk. I hope I can remember these ideas for the beginning of spring next year!

Uncle Dave

Sweet Uncle Dave sent us a pic! We will have to print it, since the pics we have of him are probably 11 years old! When Jack saw the pic he said, "I want to hug him."

Friendly Fellowship

We had a sweet time of fellowship with the Hamm family last night!

How special is it to have such sweet friends!

Happy Birthday, Mr. Hamm!Big Buds!!!!
Yummy hotdog!
The girls are outnumbered!!!!!!!!!

Sweet friends!

TAXES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FINISHED!!!! Yes, I finally finished our taxes this afternoon! After a phone call, looking up some info on the internet, and a live chat with the TurboTax online support guy ... it is DONE! Thank the Lord that task is done again until next year! I may train Shelby to do it for me next year! HA!
Have a great day!

He is Risen!

Thank God that our Savior is alive!

Happy Easter!

Welcome

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