Let's Go Fly a Kite

And now that song is going to be stuck in my head. Thanks Mary Poppins!

A few weeks ago we had a pretty nice day. My parents and my husband were moving topsoil to the garden, and I took the boys out to fly a kite. They took turns holding the kite all by themselves, and did a great job. They had a blast, and now I think I'll get a few more kites so we can all fly them (though in a big enough space so as not to get all tangled in each other's kite strings - I can just see that one happening). Here they are loving their new-found skill and the independence of "doing it myself":

Our Little Slaves - I Mean Helpers

One nice thing about having all boys, especially since they have the potential to be very big and strong, is that we will exploit their physical strength (and enhance it!) with manual labor. We have thus started the process of grooming them for such physical chores as shoveling dirt. Observe how quickly they caught on. And this from two-year-olds! Oh, the plans I will make for them to accomplish (insert evil laugh).

Wait a minute - Josh seems to be shirking his duties! Okay, so maybe for now I let them decide when they want to help and when they want to stop. Once they figure out it's not really fun to work with Mommy & Daddy, it will be too late (more evil laughing). But aren't they just so darn cute? My little helpers. Just makes me so proud!

Our New Swingset

Our big birthday present to the boys this year is a swingset (a great deal at K-Mart). Yeah, we're a few weeks early, but we wanted to get it put up as soon as it was warm enough since these boys NEED to expend energy. So here it is:













They seem to like it, but I think they'd rather play in the dirt. Good thing we have a back-up plan for birthday presents (gardening tools - permission to play in the dirt! and with toys!). Here are some pics before the novelty wore off:








































Hooray for the outdoors!