Fun times with friends

Alex is on a short trip to Boston and will be back late tonight. Me and the boys have had a good time in Ormond. Yesterday me and Noah visited some friends for a play date in the morning and when Marlee got out of school one of his class mates came with us home. It was so nice to have her here. She made the boys clean up and really kept them calm :-) Me and the boys had dinner outside in the evening.

Today Gabriel has been sleeping a lot which was a very good thing. I spent all morning struggling with my sewing machine (I started last night) because the tension is not good. I never managed to solve it and I might take it to a store on Monday to fix it. In the late afternoon we went swimming with some friends and after that we had dinner here. A very good day, except for the sewing machine!!!

Having fun with potatoes!

Dinner time!

In the sunset

What, I can't play with this!?

I looked away for two minutes! Notice that he is not standing on the floor, but on the guitar.

So much progress around here :-)

The boys are doing a lot of progress. Marlee is getting better and better at reading and we are practicing math, too. Noah has made great progress in laying puzzles and he has entered the "Why" phase. It is really exiting since he has not really shown such curiosity before. In addition to that he has started to count and he sings a lot. Gabriel is not doing much singing nor counting be he can sit pretty stable now and he can.... well, see for yourself if you keep reading.

Noah can do this puzzle by himself now

I love milk

 BATH TIME!

I enjoy watching my crazy brothers get a bath

LOOK WHAT I CAN DO!!!

Lying down

Grabbing the rail

Pulling up

Pulling up a little more

And I am up!!!

Time for pappa to lower my bed!

Florida wild life (in Madison, FL)

We spent the weekend on our land in Madison with Aunt Jackie, Uncle Doug, Aunt/Sister Cindy and Uncle Danny (and four dogs). Cindy and Danny planned to build the boys a tree house and I think me and Alex are just as exited about it as Marlee and Noah :-) 

We arrived late Friday and and we played Scrabble after the boys had fallen asleep (Alex, Marlee and Noah slept in a tent that the boys got for Christmas). While playing the dogs ended up chasing an Armadillo and a ratish/nutria right where we were sitting. We did not let them kill any of them. The ratish one bit one of the dogs in the nose.

Sleeping in the tent

SATURDAY

Preparing the tree house area

We are up here!!

On the four wheeler!!!

First piece is put in place :-D

Noah managed to make this puzzle all by himself. Sooo proud! :-)

The frame is coming along

After one day at the farm (they did wear shoes)

SUNDAY

First piece of floor

Notice the banana spider above Noah's head. They were everywhere.

Water delivery!

Checking it out!

Taking the boys for a ride on the four wheeler :-D :-D

Nature is beautiful...

... and so are the boys!

Time to say Good bye :-(

The last picture of the tree house on our way out. We are so exited to see what it looks like next time we see it!!!!

One good day after another...

The weather has been wonderful beach weather lately. It has been really warm and it has not really been possible to do anything else outside than be in the water or on the beach. Poor us! ;-) While it can be very intense with three boys at the splash park or on the beach it is well invested time. We all have a great time with friends, or on our own, and we get some energy out. Sometimes I seem to be more tired than the boys when we get home! The water is definitely Noah's element. He comes alive so much more in a water park or the beach than he does at a play ground. Marlee is truly alive (wild) no matter where we are. He is so much fun! Gabriel can sit rather steadily and has now three teeth.

At the splash park with friends

Closing off the corner so that Gabriel can't get in :-)

- You wanna know what sand tastes like?

These two played so good!

After a day at the beach! (Gabriel's foot)

Tried to take a picture of the three of them...

...it ain't easy!

Gabriel makes this face a lot!! Not like any of his brothers.

Three teeth!!!!!!!!!!!

These guys are the best shoppers. It is lonely when they aren't in the store with me (but the visit can be a little quicker :-)