We've been enjoying the spring weather before it gets super hot here in Oklahoma. The boys love to spend time outside, especially Owen. Some days they just like to relax on the patio.
Owen loves doing 'jobs' around the house. He used the baby walker to mow the lawn just like Jonathan does. He just went back and forth over and over again doing his pretend lawn work.
We made Rice Krispy treats for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Both boys loved helping and licking the spoon.
They decorated them with sprinkles. Jack generally does not like anything sticky, but he got over it for a treat.
I always feel a little bit sad for Owen when Jack is at school, because he misses having a buddy in the house. I don't think playing with me is quite the same for him. Here is Owen among the chaos and destruction that he creates during his time playing by himself.
It was community helper day at school last week, and they had a firefighter and police officer come speak to their class. They also got to take a tour of a firetruck. Jack came home with his stickers from the speakers.
We had to get food for Izzy last week at the pet store, so it turned into a bit of a field trip for the boys. They loved seeing all of the animals. I also discovered a possible cat allergy in Jack. As soon as we got into the cat section his nose was bothering him and he was complaining that his eyes itched. He sneezed this huge sneeze that emptied his sinuses. As soon as we left the cat section he was fine.
Owen has been waking up earlier than he normally does recently, so he gets tired earlier in the day. He'll say "I need nap now" when he gets really tired. He couldn't take a nap until after we picked Jack up from school last week, so he laid down before we left to rest.
Jack has had a recent interest in taking silly pictures. He wanted an impromptu photo shoot the other day. There's not much I can really say about these besides he's a bit of a weirdo ;).
Per usual, Jackson has been drawing a lot of pictures. He drew this bike, and he wrote the word "GO" all by himself without any help! He wanted to write bike under the picture so I helped him sound it out, and he was able to figure it out besides the silent 'E' on the end. It's fun to watch the whole process of learning how to read and write.
I have been trying to figure out a way to incorporate Bible stories into our day-to-day routine, and I wanted to find something that would be easy to do and interesting to both boys. I found this "My first Hands-on Bible," and it is great. You read the stories, and it has little hands that stop you to do an activity or talk about something relevant to the story. At the end it has different activities and talking points as well as a little prayer to help with explaining and retaining the story. It's for ages 4-6, so Jack really gets into it. Owen will listen and do some activities also. I always wonder if Jack understands and how much he remembers. One of the activities from the 10 Commandments story was to find the number 10 when you're out driving. A week after we read the story he found a number 10 on a sign and referenced the story, so it was fun to see that he does remember what we read.
Grandma Nichols came for a visit last weekend, and we had a lot of fun. We made a trip to the Philbrook Museum where you can walk around in the gardens and look at different flowers and statues. The boys love the statues and being able to run around freely.
We're approaching Jack's pre-k graduation at the end of May, so there are going to be some fun end of year activities at school that we are looking forward to.
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