Here are a few pictures from my mother's camera from her visit in early May...
Jack is so sweet. Lately, it's been a fun change to eat at the kitchen counter and not eat at the table. I'll stand and eat while the boys drag their chairs over to the counter. Last week, Jack said, “Do you want a chair mama?” Then he proceeded to get a chair and drag it around to the counter for me to sit with them and eat breakfast.
We've had
some excitement in our back porch with the birth of four baby birds. One fell out of the nest a tad too early and Eban and I rescued the baby from the window well. While I used gloves to rescue this little bird, I hope it let the mama bird still feed it and protect it after I put it back into the nest. Eban and I talked about his t.v. friend, Diego, as he's an animal rescuer. 
We experienced another tornado alarm. Our little radio went off and we were going to go in the basement but they informed us that the tornado was closer to the airport than to us. The next day, all the baby birds were no longer in their nest so we no longer have the birds to entertain us. At preschool when I dropped Eban off, he proudly told his friends and teachers that we didn't go in our basement because 'it was filled with junk'. Then another kid chimed in and said his basement had mice and traps. Lovely. Guess I need to start cleaning or organizing the basement...
We've had
some excitement in our back porch with the birth of four baby birds. One fell out of the nest a tad too early and Eban and I rescued the baby from the window well. While I used gloves to rescue this little bird, I hope it let the mama bird still feed it and protect it after I put it back into the nest. Eban and I talked about his t.v. friend, Diego, as he's an animal rescuer. We experienced another tornado alarm. Our little radio went off and we were going to go in the basement but they informed us that the tornado was closer to the airport than to us. The next day, all the baby birds were no longer in their nest so we no longer have the birds to entertain us. At preschool when I dropped Eban off, he proudly told his friends and teachers that we didn't go in our basement because 'it was filled with junk'. Then another kid chimed in and said his basement had mice and traps. Lovely. Guess I need to start cleaning or organizing the basement...
Ryan 
also sang in Boulder with Liza and following the gig we went to the Rib House for some grub. Man, the boys LOVE ribs and it's so funny to see them eat all the meat off the bones and be proud of that fact. 
Yesterday, as the boys were playing h
ide and seek, I was shouting, "Where are you!?" And I would hear Jack say, "OVER here!" So I would get closer and find them. Eban piped up and said, "Sweetie, you need to help get Jack out from behind the couch." Ryan and I looked at each other and laughed as that's Ryan's term of endearment for me - - not Eban's. So we tried to explain to him that those were our words. So he nodded his head and asked, "Then I can call you sweetheart?" That Eban is pretty crafty! 
Some ABC singing - - well kind of?
also sang in Boulder with Liza and following the gig we went to the Rib House for some grub. Man, the boys LOVE ribs and it's so funny to see them eat all the meat off the bones and be proud of that fact. Yesterday, as the boys were playing h
ide and seek, I was shouting, "Where are you!?" And I would hear Jack say, "OVER here!" So I would get closer and find them. Eban piped up and said, "Sweetie, you need to help get Jack out from behind the couch." Ryan and I looked at each other and laughed as that's Ryan's term of endearment for me - - not Eban's. So we tried to explain to him that those were our words. So he nodded his head and asked, "Then I can call you sweetheart?" That Eban is pretty crafty! 
Some ABC singing - - well kind of?
Jack and Eban playing - I was sure this was going to lead to fist throwing...but it didn't
