Easter

This is our last major holiday away from family. We are getting excited for all our future family filled holidays. We had a very relaxing day with church in the morning and then an English style roast beef dinner in the afternoon. The kids ran around and played with each other and Eric and I just sat back and soaked it in. It was nice to have a quiet Easter at home to reflect on the gift my Savior gave to me with His Resurrection.

Relaxation

One thing I really enjoy and find very relaxing is working with glass beads. My favorite thing to make with them are ornamental bookmarks.

For Easter I wanted to make something nice for Eric and the older kids and since they all enjoy reading I thought a bookmark would be good.

Hide and Seek

We had been searching for Jacob all over the house, we looked under beds, in closets, and in most of the other rooms in the house just to find him playing under the sink in our master bathroom. He was so happy playing with the package of toilet paper and the box that holds our hair trimmers. He thought this new place to play was the greatest! We of course have learned to tie off many of the lower cupboards to keep him away from all the dangerous cleaning supplies.

The latest place we found him was all nestled in the bottom bookshelf in our front room. He was having a great time just laying there resting. When he caught us watching him he had to show us, over and over again, how he could get in and out of this tiny spot. :)

Say What!?

We took this picture in the Florida Keys.

I enjoy the occasional drive-thru hamburger, french fries, soda, and milk shake. But drive-thru liquor?

Lawn Care Southern Florida Style

I woke up this morning to the buzzing sound of my lawn being trimmed. One might think that is a strange way to put it, your lawn being trimmed? But here in Southern Florida that is exactly what they do, they don't mow your lawn, they trim it with a weed-eater.

Everyone here hires out their lawn care needs to these little lawn care companies who come to your home with their weed-eaters and leaf blowers in tow. It really is amazing to watch these men speed through my property, grass flying in every direction as they perfectly trim my lawn using their weed-eaters then with their leaf blowers they remove all the trimmings off my fence, car, house, driveway etc. and quickly speed off to the next house.

Jacob's First Sign :)

We started teaching Jacob a few ASL signs to help him communicate with us until he can speak. Yesterday he came to me a little fussy, I went to pick him up and he was doing the sign for milk--with both hands--so I asked him if he wanted milk and I did the the sign back. He started giggling and repeated the sign. He did it again for Jennifer this morning, it is so exciting! The kids and I are all energized to teach him even more signs so he can communicate with us. It is amazing how keen their little minds are. I am sure this will help lessen the out-bursts of frustration he sometimes has. YAHOO, happy day!!! :)

Jacob's 1st Birthday

Jacob turned one last week and he really wasn’t sure what to think about the whole birthday thing. He preferred throwing the presents that resembled balls (he loves balls) or just holding the brightly wrapped ones. The older kids worked hard to try to teach him how to rip open the gifts they had bought for him but Jacob was content watching while they opened his gifts and then he played with them. We are learning Jacob is pretty cautious with new things.


When we sang happy birthday, Jacob just looked at us like “what are you people doing” and when it was time for the chocolate cake he wasn’t too sure about putting his fingers in it. He was fine with the white frosting but the chocolate cake took some warming up to, he makes me laugh.
Jacob did have fun once all the birthday formalities were over. His favorite part of the day was just playing with his brothers and sisters.

You can see more video of Jacob's birthday on our family web site. http://adayearly.googlepages.com/earleymovies