It's been a while since I did a "randoms" post and I have several pictures floating around that need to be shared.
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Jimmy asked our neighbor, Mr. Harley," if he could make him a wooden gun. I'm not exactly sure where the idea came from, but every single time that he saw him or heard his named mentioned, he asked about it. One night, the doorbell rang, and there was Mr. Harley with the gun of Jimmy's dreams. The look on his face was priceless.
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This Spring started what I hope becomes a lifetime hobby for Jack -- fishing. He grabs his pole whenever he has a chance and heads across the street to fish off a dock. He is patient at it and is successful more often than not.
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My mom found a few special recipes that belonged to my grandma and sent them along for Sophia to have for her recipe book. The very first one that we tried out together was a recipe written, quite haphazardly, on the back of a random piece of paper.
It was lemon bars and they were a pretty big (and rich-tasting) hit in our house.
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Right before the pandemic hit, Jack went on a field trip and came home with a container of dirt and two buried bean seeds. We set it near the kitchen window and watered it every day. Eventually, it spouted and Jack was able to harvest a few beans from it!
One of the beans was purple and one was green -- both were from different plants and a great surprise! (Note that the pandemic meant that Jack was in dire need of a haircut!).
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While the bigger kids are working on school work, Jimmy likes to be included with his own "work." We are learning to use scissors to cut both straight lines and curved lines.
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Springtime means that my plants are in bloom!
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Mother's Day with my brood. It looked a lot different than years' past -- no Mother's Day lunch out at a restaurant, but I was happy that they all agreed to take a picture with me to acknowledge the day ...
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I keep looking at this picture of Sophia working on her essay for school (on my laptop) and can't believe how much older she looks ... in just a few years, she will be typing away, faster than ever, and ready to enter high school. Gulp.
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Jimmy's preschool teachers stopped by one day with a surprise for him: A Spiderman balloon, some M&Ms and a diploma. He was pretty bummed to see his school year come to an abrupt halt in March, but this certainly put a smile on his face!
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Samantha started her first job! Our neighbors hired her a couple days/week to babysit their little guy. Nick was born 3 months early (at the end of January) so he seems like a newborn. I insisted that Samantha watch him for the first couple of times at our house, but now she is watching him at his own house across the street. She usually brings him to our house for lunch and then I, too, get to snuggle with him!
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It's time for our garden! I opted to do a smaller one this year, and cover the dirt with untreated wood chips to help with the weeds, and the boys were anxious to help!
Yup, a shovel and some dirt ... and my boys are all smiles.
Fresh haircuts and fresh dirt!
