What Does A Crib Plus Power Tools Equal?

Man-ly Answer: A Power Nap
Baby Faith's crib was erected today. All stuffed animals are in place for the big day, and the baby bedding sewing project is complete. With only three bedrooms upstairs, Grace and Faith will be sharing a room together. Grace says she can't wait to have a sleepover in her room everyday of the week.

A Trip Down Memory Lane With Daddy

We are having some space issues with storage in our house. So this winter we are trying to slowly go through our storage and pitch and donate much of those things we have been holding on to for way too long.

During our Christmas packing up, Ken pulled out a huge duffel bag that contained all of his Lacrosse gear and jerseys from years ago. The headgear Jack is wearing in this picture must weigh 10 lbs. alone, and Grace is sporting a jersey from a lacrosse All Star game where Dad snagged a hat trick.

Mandatory Vacation Instituted

After writing my post on little vacation time, I chewed on it for awhile, and decided that I needed to put my foot down and insist on a one week vacation. Baby Faith is four weeks away from arrival, and there is much to do before she arrives. I told the children that even though they might not need a vacation, sometimes Mommies need a vacation. With the children having plenty of games and new activities to play with, not having school has been less painful. They still asked for it today, but I am beginning to think that their reliance on it is more of a dependence on routine.

The tree is down, the Christmas cheer has been safely packed away, the house is relatively clean, and the projects are getting done...FINALLY. Hmm...Maybe a TWO week vacation should be instituted.

Croquet In the Dead of Winter...Anyone?

Forced to play outside for one hour before they were able to claim their one hour of media time (video game, computer, or TV time), the kids elected to use their new croquet set from Christmas. I couldn't resist the humor of taking a few pictures, as the weather was less than ideal for croquet and the children were pretty miserable. Notice the "I'm totally hating this" glare from Grace in picture two.