We decided to sign Max up for soccer. He is very young, but he loved coming to my soccer games and kicking around the yard with me so we decided to do it. The first few practices were very emotional for this little one. He wanted me to hold his hand the entire time. Max now tells me how happy soccer makes him! Kate wants to be just like Max- she tries to sit on the ball, run and kick, just like Max. It is really cute. Every practice Max drinks a whole thing of blue Gatorade. He takes his sweet time taking a long drink each time the coach tells the players to "Run really quick to get a drink and come right back!" I am so proud of Max.
My kids love to do crafts. Here they are painting boxes. They were thrilled to get in their paint shirts and just create.
One of the activities we participated in for playgroup last month was cardboard sledding. Max went up and down the hill more than any other kid. He has started asking me every day, "Can we please do playgroup today?"
Max is following in his father's footsteps at an early age. Here he is holding Avery and Annsley's hands as we walk down the riverfront.
Kate is super flexible. Whenever I do yoga, Kate puts me to shame. Max tries really hard to mimic the crazy positions that Kate frequently poses in, and it makes me smile. Here they are doing "downward dog."
The weather has been beautiful, so we have spent a lot of time at the sand table. The kids love to dig and play all day.
Another fun project. I traced Max on butcher paper, and instructed him to color on his clothes, eyes, hair, etc. However, he decided it would be fun to just color and draw all over it. Kate was very excited to join in.
Lunch outside on the picnic table. They are having bread with mashed up avocado, turkey (on the side), cheese, and Go-Gurt. It is the same every day. I have tried to vary it for them, but they both love this lunch.
Rob has been working on a number of projects. He has been mystified by this particular project. During the winter, the area by our back fence flooded. We just thought it had been really rainy or something, but the area never dried out. We started getting "river moss" growing in the grass. So Rob decided he would connect a filter into the French drain that was piped down there. When he started to dig, the whole kept filling up with water. He started to scoop out the water, but it would quickly fill back up again. Long story short, he has set up two hoses as siphons and has been siphoning the water from this 1 foot by 1 foot hole for the last 3 weeks! Each hose siphons a gallon of water a minute. If you do the math (which we have), then you will see we have siphoned at least 60,000 gallons of water! We have called the city, and they have checked the water lines and declared them to be sound. Rob finally called the sewer company today (although the water does not smell), and they are going to come look at it. If you have any other ideas as to what is going on and/or how to fix it, please feel free to give us your 2 cents!
On another note, the garden has been doing really well. We have netting all around it to keep critters/birds out. I labeled the below picture if you are interested to see what cool weather veggies we are growing.
On the side of the house, we are growing berries. Rob bought 4 more blueberry bushes (not pictured) to add to the 4 below. Yum!
We added "real" trellis' for our blackberry and raspberry plants to grow on. We had some fan trellis', but they do not support the canes any longer. Rob was very creative and screwed the wire into the post (rather than use the costly hooks and anchors).
Springtime has been so beautiful here in Arkansas. Kate started singing "Popcorn Popping" while at the store today. I think she loves to see all the trees blossoming and the flowers blooming. My favorite season has always been summer, but since moving here I may be changing my mind.
