Day One Hundred and Nine.

Discovering Spring!!! 

Day One Hundred and Eight.

Jacob sure missed his lawn mower over the winter. His favorite activity right now is mowing our little patch of front lawn over and and over again! Then it breaks down...and he gets his tools out to fix it!

Day One Hundred and Seven.

The tupperware drawer is Ella's favorite hangout!

Day One Hundred and Six.

Ella has a bow for every outfit. She wears them well...and generally gets a lot of compliments on them...quickly followed by "how is it stuck on there?!" Well...the secret is... it is stuck on with a plain old school grade glue stick. Non toxic...sticks them in really well, she can't get them off (though I don't let her sleep with them in just in case) and they come off with just a little water.

Day One Hundred and Five.

Here is Jacob's bed......here is where Jacob went to sleep. Oh three year olds...... They are a special kind of little person.

Day One Hundred and Four.

Ella's first morning at the park! She LOVES the swings and has the sweetest little giggle when she gets going.

Day One Hundred and Three

Ben made a very detailed toy catalog for "Ben's Store" and then built his store front fand merchandise for Jake and Ella to go shop in. He had a "Grand opening" and he was very proud of his creation. Jake was very exited to buy some new toys in his own living room!

Day One Hundred and Two.

I woke up to Jacob screaming in his room "NOOOOOO!!!!!! LET HIM GOOOO! PLEASE JUST LET HIM GOOOO!" I ran in to see what the hysterics were about and he was banging and crying at his window. I looked down to see Robins plucking worms from the ground and flying away with them hanging out of their mouths. Poor devastated Jacob just sobbed. My tender hearted  little guy. He is still not over it.

Day One Hundred and One.

The boys were on the stairs looking through a playmobil catalogue for the 10th time. Jacob is stuck on the garbage truck (that he already has) and says "I want another dumpa" And Ben...hearing the promps from speech therapy keeps says so sweetly to him "Jakey you need to remember your "S" sound. I think you are saying DumpTH-TER but I can't be sure if you don't use all your sounds,  use your "Ethththth" sound" because of course he doesn't say the sound correctly either! I love stumbling across their cuteness when they think I am not there.

Day One Hundred.

I have been trying to get Jake off of his addiction to rice milk. He will drink a box a day and it is an expensive habit...not only for the actual cost of the milk but also for the dental bill in the ...gulp....thousands (yes. thousands...) that we just had. It would seem that when dentists recommend giving up bottles and milk before this age...they are serious. But Jakey...just loves them so much! I have not bought any milk since his dental surgery but he found a box in the back of a kitchen cupboard to his great delight. He was SO excited I couldn't help but give him ooooooone little bottle of milk....but he brushed his teeth straight afterwards!

Day Ninety Nine.

Spring is trying hard to arrive! Ben and Jacob and grandma planted some bulbs last fall to surprise us in spring. They are trying to come up....despite the hail and freezing rain we have had for the last few days!

Day Ninety Eight

I try to do at least a load of laundry a day or it piles up quickly! 5 people...2 who usually do two outfits a day plus pajamas and towels gives me more than a load a day so when I don't stay on top of it, it can quickly get away from me! This week was one of those weeks! I spent yesterday trying to put a dent in it....along with all the winter clothes and bedding. Yikes.


She watched from here!

 I listened to him in here!

And we can almost see the carpet in the hall again!

Day Ninety Seven

Jake's imagination has really exploded now that he is three. He has never been one for movies or cartoons (unlike Ben who loves tv of any kind!). Jacob loves to be outside more than anything else and he loves to play. I have been separating the boys for awhile in the afternoon to give them each some time on their own. Ben is usually the leader and as Jacob is finding he has more ideas to contribute this causes some problems when they are both tired. Jake gets the playroom to himself for an hour where he is quite content to be as long I let him...

Day Ninety Six

Ella has a new little walker that she tears around on.  Ben taught her how to use it and when she would get distracted by something else and drop to the ground to crawl over to it he would say "no no Ella! It is learning to walk time not playing time..." And get her back up again. His perseverance paid off because she is very quick with it now!

Day Ninety Five.

I gave Ben the camera with instructions to take pictures of whatever was important to him...Here is what I got back; 

                                                                           Art supplies.

Mr. Beebs

 

                                                                             Star Wars. 

 

His Superhero capes.  

                                                            Great Grammies Mat

                                                       His Brother

                                                                 Superhero Toys.

***He also adores his sister who was napping at the time, his dad who was at work and the photo of me was so particularly unattractive that I am not inclined to post it for the internet. He also loves food...of all kinds, other then pasta, peppers, green beans and avocado this kid will eat anything but the camera battery died before he took it downstairs. Otherwise there would have been a photograph of everything in the fridge!

Day Ninety Four.

Maple syrup season is here! We took a drive through Mennonite County to see our favorite sign of spring!

Day Ninety Three.

Two fancy girls! I got Ella and Onnika their first tu-tu's for Easter. Neither of them ate them,  ripped them off or screamed so I think they are a hit!