Alex had a surprise playdate today. Amber was working in Janesville and Nick was sick so we picked Abram up at his school and he played with us till bedtime. (When we walked in to pick him up the teacher was expecting us. She did ask Abram, “Do you know these people?” Abram promptly replied,…

Alex loves eggs. He especially loves boiled eggs. At one point he was eating at least two every morning. Now he eats one in the morning and most days has another one sometime for a snack. When I saw an ad for hard boiled egg molds in a magazine, I decided to give it a…

Alex had a rough awakening from his nap today. After we got that out of his system, he was full of smiles and giggles. He also learned how to share a pillow on the couch with Mom: Madison watched it all from her place on the couch: Alex is just getting old enough that skype…

I love that Alex has two little boys always up for playing. It doesn’t hurt that Nicki and Amber and I enjoy visiting too. The best part is that we all live within walking distance and can usually play on pretty short notice. Everyone ended up at our house and the boys had no trouble…

I shouldn’t be surprised by this, but it turns out white isn’t always white. Alex got a step stool for Christmas and it just arrived in the mail today. I was so excited to put it in our upstairs bathroom until I realized their white is not the same white as our cabinets and floor….

Alex had his first adventure at a water park today. Amber and Abram invited us to Country Springs Water Park. Alex immediately got in the water and was pretty much up for anything. His favorite feature was the huge bucket on top of the playground that would dump water. Sadly I couldn’t make it “dump”…

Wade has been working hard on his shop. I loved his idea for how to store his power tools: