Quota

Eli is 18 months old and he has already met his childhood quota for trips to the ER.  Today marked number 2.  While playing at the sink this morning he fell off of the chair hitting the ground and somehow cut a gash in his forehead.  It bled a lot (as head wounds will) and it was pretty deep so...5 stitches later he was on his way again.  The ER gets some sort of medal in my book because we were in and out of there in 30 mins!!

Just another routine stop on the way to church. 

Nap time

I  think he might be tired?

This is what I'm up against...

While I was cleaning this morning, Zach was doing 'a little' building...  Here is his finished house!!

I do believe it includes every toy and piece of living room furniture that we own.  If you look carefully you can see the windows I cleaned, the laundry I folded, the furniture I dusted and the oven I cleaned!  All in a days work, right?!?

Duckpin

We took the kids duckpin bowling while in Rhode Island last weekend.  It was great because the smaller balls enabled both boys to bowl, they even had a ramp for Eli to use!  Eli had a lot of fun and after each 'shot' he would cheer and clap for himself and then give each of his cousins high-fives.  Zach would roll the ball down the lane and then intently watch its slow progress to see how many pins he knocked down.  I think both boys scored better than I did!

Spring Pictures

Vigilantly watching the boys.

This is the face I get when I ask for a smile...

...or there is this other option too!