More Jack Art

A fancy Jack train.

And a note for Mommy- to remind me just how old I am.

Look Mom, No Training Wheels!!!

The training wheels are off- Annabelle can officially ride a two wheel bike! It took a while, but eventually, she managed to do it. Yeah Annabelle!!

The Play!

Jack has joined Annabelle's theatre group! Now that he is four, we were able to sign him up for the last 3 classes of the session. His first day was very cute; Annabelle held his hand and led him to the room, then introduced him to the rest of kids. She did a great job looking after her little brother. After that, he fit right in!

At the end of each session there is a little performance... This one was a twist on Rapunzel.

Annabelle, of course, had to be Rapunzel. That child is not shy in the least. She loves being the center of attention!

The boys all seemed a bit nervous at first- they were all chewing on their hands! After a while they all relaxed a bit...

I thought Jack might get stage fright, as he has done in his past school performances, but he did OK- He was a little shy and mostly hid behind the other two boys, but he did manage to come to the front several times to do his lines!!! I'm curious to see how he does next time...

*Disclaimer: The photos came out terrible. I was at a weird angle and it was hard to get any decent shots. These are pretty much the best of the worst!

The Enforcer

Our front "lawn" if you can even call it that was a complete mess; basically a pile of dirt and roots. As I was getting it ready to plant grass seed, Jack was playing with chalk in the driveway. I really wasn't paying too much attention to what he was drawing, being busy pulling roots and all, so when he called me over to see what he had done (he had a surprise for me), I was slightly taken aback...

He had written the word "Stop" and drawn a sign showing a person with a line slashed through. He explained to me that no one is allowed to step on the new grass so he made a sign to keep away people, and dogs- In this picture, he is drawing the "no dogs allowed to poop on the new grass" sign!

Easter Egg Hunt

This morning we had our 3rd annual street Easter egg hunt. As I was sorting through pictures, I came across the ones from the 1st Easter egg hunt, back in 2007. I can't believe how big they are getting!

My how they've changed! ... Or have they?

What a motley crew!

Lucky Boy

Jack had his first ride in Daddy's toy car! ...Nick had to cheer Jack up while Annabelle and I went to a birthday party so he took him out for a spin with the top down- Jack sure did forget all about that birthday party after that!

Mr. Smarty Pants

Jack was quietly drawing this morning. I went to check on him and this is what I found:

It says,

DADDY

MOMY

ANNABELLE

2009 JACK

The other day he was typing into the "Word" program on the computer. He was typing numbers when I called him for lunch. While he was eating, I went to close the program- this is what I found:

He usually closes the program himself: first he clicks on the "red X" in the window corner and then he will click on the "YES" to save his file. He had been asking what the other buttons were for so we have been briefly discussing the "yes" "no" or "cancel" options...