P.E. according to Josie

Me: "Did you have to run in PE today?"
Josie: "No."
Me: "What are you guys doing then?"
Josie: "Playing softball."
Me: "Oh, do you like softball?"
Josie: "Yes, but I don't want to play it."
Me: "Why not?"
Josie: "It's too much outsideness."

More Fishing Pictures

Earbook Needed

Jake: "Mom, can you buy me an earbook?"
Me: "What?"
Jake: "You know, an earbook."
Me: "Where do you get it?"
Jake: "At school. It has pictures of everyone in it. I really want one. Everyone else got one."

Oh, a YEARBOOK. :)

How to Carry a Catfish

Holding a catfish is tricky.

You have to be very careful to avoid the parts that could cut your skin. Thankfully, Josie had PaPa to give her a lesson on how to do it.

Just look at the concentration on her face.

I'm not sure if she liked it, but she did it!

Jake, on the other hand, was a little more reluctant.

He came up with an innovative solution. Use a towel to keep from touching it! I think he learned this from Granny.

He still doesn't look all that sure about the task.

But he did it!

Glimpses of Summer

Just a few pictures from our day. We are having a ball already, and the weekend has just begun. Summer's not here, but we got a little taste of it. The kids are at such fun ages. It was so much fun to watch them swim and fish. We caught a few perch for Daddy and PaPa to use as catfish bait, and Josie even learned to bait her own hook (pictures to come!). We ended our night with sparklers and toasted marshmallows. We are so blessed!

Kid-Sized Gardening

A few weeks ago, I bought gardening kits at Lowes to do with the kids. They came with everything needed to start pepper and green bean plants from seed.

Jake was in charge of the beans.

Josie was the chief of the peppers. We're excited about watching the seeds sprout and then transplanting them into one of our flower beds.

Yardwork

Cody has put a lot of time into working int he yard this past week. Last Saturday, I came home from my Literacy Coaching Conference to find that he had made flower beds around the deck.

This week he has put rock around our front flower beds.

He also surprised me with 2 trees and a Vitex plant for the backyard. Our tomato plants are growing very slowly, but hopefully my monster chicken will bring our garden good luck. We gave up on growing squash of any kind, because we have squash vine borers and can't seem to get rid of them.

I love this time of year when it's not too hot, but it's just right for working in the yard.