Bread Making

I decided yesterday that I need to get the kids doing more chores because it's good for the soul and nice for me as well. ( For some reason it seem to always come up this time of year.)

They have such a love/hate relationship with responsibility ( much like the rest of us ). It will make adult hood a lot easier if I stay more consistent with it having them do jobs. So I got the boys watering the porch plants and emptying the dishwasher. Ward had to pick up the puzzle pieces.

Renata suggested her own chore- baking or making bread. I love how sweet she is about this. She suggested she get up at 6 in the morning and make bread by herself for the family everyday. Can you tell she has been reading Little House on the Prairie? So I said we would make bread every other day when she got up in the morning. Needless to say, she was thrilled with the whole process and the excitement of getting to do this by herself regularly. I am too.

Ward's Potty Mouth

Ward was sitting on the potty trying to pee because he really wanted some almonds (his new potty training reward of choice (crazy huh, he loves them)). He then comes into our room where Joffre and I were sitting wearing only a t-shirt (that would be Ward I am talking about) he points to his pee source and says, " Mom, I can't pee pee. It's too hard. It's (again the pointing) empty! God needs to put more in." Can I just say I am proud he is acknowledging his need for God in all things.

George and Ward

George and Ward are cute together right now. Ward likes to play Batman with George but he insists on being Batman and George is Robin. George is surprisingly amenable to this and likes to be Robin, but he instructs Ward on how to be Batman the whole time.

Pretend Beach Day

 I gave the kids each a pair of sunglasses at Easter and they have been looking for reasons to wear them as much as possible. It's very cute. So we had the sprinkler on and the baby pool set up the other day. They decided to pretend they were at the beach. George and Joffre were especially keen that everyone knew what equipment they needed. Renata got an umbrella for Easter and sunglasses. So when she came out with those things and laid on a towel George said, "Renata has everything for the beach...except a pail and shovel." He looked accusingly at me like I was supposed to have provided this at some point.

Mother's Day

Easter

 Yes, I am finally getting  around to putting up the Easter pictures. We hid their baskets in our room and let the kids search for them after breakfast.

 This is a few days before they got to go shopping with money Grandma sent.

Renata is wearing her dress that she picked out. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time at our church's lamb roast after service.

Resurrection Ball

Here are a few pictures from the ball but I thought there were more. I thought Joffre took more pictures and maybe he thought I took more pictures. Sorry not a lot of picture is what I am saying here. And not one of me.