Nate is 10

Our "baby" Nate turned 10 this Wednesday and he is reaching for the sky.

He asked to go to a planetarium for his birthday this year. We already went in the spring but since he has become a space expert and he is almost ready to join the NASA team. So we took him again.

 He was very excited and he even wore the astronaut costume that I made for him a few months earlier.

 Should I be worried?

Moon maybe but Mars?

 The other kids (and daddy) enjoyed the museum as well. Here is Sam and Emma giving flying a try.

 Nate landing a spacecraft. He crashed by the way :) But he has few more years to go before he can fly the real thing anyway. He does have a fan club already.

 The girls almost taking off from the museum. They sure look cute even when flying.

 Landing on Mars. It didn't go good well either.

Happy Birthday Nate. I cannot wait what God has in plan for you!!!

He is 9 ....

My baby (very big baby) is 9 years old today. I cannot wait to see what God has in store for him.

My Babies

My babies are at camp. Yep my boys are growing up and spreading their wings. We are blessed to have a nice little christian camp up in the white mountains and I cannot wait to pick them up next weekend. I am glad they are there with many of their friends as well.

(that is Emma feeling right at home, she and Jo did not want to go home. They wanted to stay as well.)

I am sure they will have a great time.

new hair do

Finally the boys let me cut their hair. They have been proud of their long hair but with the warm weather outside they were ready for the annual summer buzz.

Before:

AFTER:

Looking good 'boyz' .

LET THE SUMMER BEGIN!!!

Lego City

We have our own privite lego city going on in the boys room. We all worked hard over the Christmas break to put this together.

It is still going on.

The boys are slowly adding new buildings to their city.

Even Emma has her own car.

Lunch time - boys style

The boys decided the other day it was their turn to make lunch. I was OK with that. I make three meals a day plus snacks all the time so I could relax for a little bit. If you know my boys well it ended up being a big show in the kitchen. Safety first.

OK so there is a story behind the fire extinguisher and I am sure you are all dieing to know what it is. First of all there was no fire in our house. One side of the kitchen sink drain is leaking. That is it nothing more. I had to take the stuff from under the sink out so that is why the fire extinguisher is on the countertop.Like I wrote it was a show.

But they did manage to make pbj's and they did a great job.

They announced after that from this day on they will be making lunch every day and after I told them that we will not be eating PBJ's every day they changed their mind.

But I am not too worried about it. I am sure they will come up with something else soon.

He is 8

My baby Nate turned 8 years old today. Where does the time go?

He is growing into a young man before our very eyes. We wish him the best and what a better way to celebrate birthday then with a rack of ribs:) I am sure they can gobble up that slab in no time.

(That is why boys are growing they eat more and MORE)

How many bones can Nate fit into his mouth?

one

two

three

can he make it four?

You bet he can. What else is there to do when you are done eating and everybody else is still enjoying their meal? Entertain of course:)

Happy Birthday big Nate!!!

Archery lessons

The boys have been taking archery lessons for the last four weeks. Yesterday was their last lesson so I went with them this time (since it was mainly a boys and dad thing) to take "few" pictures. There were so many rules that I was scared to walk around and take pictures so keep that in mind if you are wondering why all the pictures are of the boys backs.

This is Sam carrying his arrows back. I was shocked when I watched the whole group listening to their teacher who was only whistling. One whistle step forward, two whistles get ready, three shoot ... etc. (I am thinking asking Santa for a whistle:).

Anyway I was very impressed. The boys did a great job. I would not be able to hit the target at all.