A warm day at the coast

   

We had a great day at Cannon Beach as part of the Mother's Day weekend.  It was warm there- around 70 degrees (very unusual for May).  Will and Nate went into the water for the first time.  They thought it was all so cool. They both enjoyed throwing rocks into the water. D loved trying to find shells.  Everyone was soaked but loving it.  They all played in the sand for a long time too.  It was a great day.  WIll has the white hat on.

Photographer Will

Bunk Beds

We got a really good deal on a great set of bunk beds. No one will be allowed to sleep on the top bunk for several years. For now, we keep the ladder stowed on the top bunk. Sometimes it comes down and the boys have "ladder exercise time" as D calls it. We had so many different plans for who was going to sleep where. For a few nights, all the boys slept in D's queen bed. After several nights of no one sleeping, we stopped that experiment. Now D is back in his bed alone and Will and Nate are each on an opposite end of the lower bunk. This seems to be the best plan for now. They love the bunks!

New chairs

A co-worker of Mike's gave us some chairs for the boys. There is a single chair and a double one. They are a bit hit. I think this picture is a riot with Will and Nate each wearing one of Mike's shoes and D wearing my crocs. Silly boys.

The Sunday Outfit

Derek has the greatest quirks. One involves clothes. Starting in the fall, D decided he would only wear tan pants to school. Last Sunday night he asked me to do laundry so he had tan pants for school the next day- he only had one pair in his closet and he wanted enough pairs to last the 3 days of school. For the last 9 or so weeks he has this Sunday outfit. He dresses himself and picks out his clothes every day. I guess he decided this is it for Sunday: brown pants and a brown sweater. I guess the good news is that it matches. I did convince him to wear something else for Easter but since then this is the Sunday outfit. We will see if he changes his mind as the weather continues to get warmer. He is going to do great when it comes to wearing a uniform for kindergarten and beyond.

Derek's photos

Derek enjoys taking pictures still. He is very proud of the orange one which is a close up of a barrel. We laugh at his pics and keep encouraging him to have fun doing it.

More than a hoop

The boys were playing with the basketball hoop. They love to shoot hoops. Then they were all under the hoop and giggling. I was asked to join in too. Then silly Will and Nate puts their heads up to the skeet ball holes. Will is on the left.