The first day of the rest of my life

So, my mom went home today around 5 pm, and I was left to my own devices for two whole hours before bedtime. I managed to get dinner served and then the boys and I made a blueberry buckle (like a very sweet blueberry coffee cake) to take up the time between dinner and bed. It was a little nerve wracking, since henry is still a little young for cooking, but we got it in the oven and I started on the dishes. I looked over a minute later and found Henry playing with probably a cup of salt he had poured on the table and floor. I put away the salt (I should have known) and swept it up with the little hand broom and dust pan, which I then left on the table. I started the dishwasher and began the hand-wash items. I looked over at henry and saw that he had opened up Stanley's box of soymilk and was pouring it into the dustpan, which, being a dustpan, was letting the milk run right out onto the table and floor. After dessert I picked the lock of the boy's room (Stan locks each door in the house and pulls it shut, as of yesterday), let Mary cry while I took care of a 5-wipe diaper of Hen's, and did a quick ni-night time. They are in there now throwing something at the mini-blinds, but at least no one is crying yet. I am locked out of my room and cant get the bobby pin to work, so here I am. And Stan just let Henry out--so much for them being in bed. ll,lkk. bjjgg nhjm,

Two weeks

Green and purple shirt

For comparison's sake

Serious harmonizing on the invisible mike.

Forest Park III

We finally put batteries in Stanley's bubble gun, which he got for his birthday. Lots of fun.

Forest Park II

Ants


Heading for a mud puddle.



Mid-stride



Bird

Forest Park

Lookin' good, pre-natal style.


Stanley plans his next move.


Stanley watching the MetroLink from the bridge above.


Henry pushing the pram as Stanley looks on.

Fathers and Sons II

I took Stanley on a campout on May 9-10 with many others from church. We had a fun time, and Stanley slept very well in his doubled-up sleeping bag. I was pretty cold during the night, mainly because I only had this thin red jacket to wear, having forgotten the other jacket at home in the midst of everything else. It was fun, though.




Stanley as a four year old

Fathers and Sons

First there were two boys.


Then there were three.


Then there was a fire.



Then there was dangerous playing around the fire.

More Mary Elaine

None of the boys had cheeks like that when they came out.

More zoo

St. Louis Zoo

Stanley and Henry love the zoo. The great thing about a free zoo is that you can go for an hour, look at a couple things, and go home for a nap. Plus it was hot as fire.


In front of the zoo.



We watched the hippos eat and then dive into the pool with the fish.


This is a bad picture of one hippo as it swam through the pool surrounded by fish.


Cheetah