Feeling Better! (Crossing fingers)

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I finally think that I'm feeling better.  The overwhelming exhaustion has dissipated, and I can stay up past 8:30 again!  Hooray for the second trimester!

More energy means that this cute little boy and I have been able to get out more in the afternoons.  I just love this picture of him.  He was really testing the limits of his rain boots this particular afternoon.  In a couple of the puddles I was convinced water was going to come up over the top.

A five year old experiment:  he took one of the stones from our walk and put it in water.  He wanted to see what color the water would turn, and then he put it in the freezer.  They LOVE to freeze weird things right now so if you happen to find a cup of rocks, pieces of paper or a stuffed animal in the freezer, it was actually meant to be there.  Although the paper was kind of funny, the kids wanted to write notes for Dad and leave them someplace he would find them.  Together the three of them determined that Dad would find the notes in the freezer first.

Here is what I've learned about child labor:  teach them to do the jobs you hate.  I'm working with Carter on running the vacuum.  This job takes me so long, I really hate doing it.  But he is learning to vacuum in a row and hit all the spots of the carpet, so pretty soon I will be able to turn this job partially over to him!  Ava already polishes the table and chairs with wood cleaner and Dawson can clean toilets.  Of course, they aren't perfect but I don't have to do it!  It's so amazing!    

Ava the surgeon reporting for duty

Dawson got a small scrape at the playground.  It wasn't even bleeding enough to warrant a band-aid, but Ava and Carter decided to operate as soon as they got home.  Ava wrapped up the arm with the small scrape while Daddy helped Carter make a sling for him out of a bandanna.  This bunch LOVES to do first aid!  Hmm, maybe one of them will go into the medical career?  As long as none of them inherit Mommy's problem of fainting when she sees needles!!