May days

May has been a long month of homework and meetings and Dan traveling. Here are some pictures from our day to day lives.

My kids love dry erase markers. Probably because they are the most expensive marker they can ruin! Anyway, here is Macey drawing. We can't exactly hang it on the wall, so snap shots are the only way to capture these images. (Is that a waffle by the computer? Surely not, that breaks house rules...)

Here is our whole family. She is really getting big. She wrote her name all on her own last week. Yikes! I've got to actually sit down and teach her a few things before she learns it all on her own. :)

Last week I noticed that our front yard had become infested with clover. I have many fond memories from first grade looking for 4-leaf clovers during recess. I took Macey outside for a hunt, not expecting much. She comes over to me and says, "I found one." Not believing her, I told her to bring it to me. She walked back over to where she was and picked it and brought it to me.

She must have a good eye to have walked AWAY from her spot and then be able to go back and immediately locate the same clover again. And wouldn't you know it; it really was a four leaf clover! The only one found that day. If I ever need luck, I'm bringing her with me!

Sundays are family days. I recently realized that they should be HOLY family days, but for now our holiness is limited to 3 hours of church. Maybe we'll add to that in the future. Anyway, by having this designated as a family day, the boys know they get to play with each other exclusively (without electronics for the most part). Some Sundays my boys take over the kitchen table for Lego battles. I'm not sure how this game is played exactly, but they build castles and launch attacks on one another.

Don't they look so handsome in their dress clothes? We have 11:00 church. It is nice to have time to get ready in the morning and still have time to play.