Just felt like updating...
We've been busy with life. Philip and I with work, Philip with his final design project for his 2nd Eng degree, JonP with school, and Jacob with being 2 years old.

Thursdays are our swimming nights. Jacob had his first swimming class yesterday, a parent has to be in the pool with him. So it was my turn this week. We had lots of fun blowing bubbles and kicking... Jacob's pretty comfortable in the water, anyway.

Jon has been in lessons since the winter. He loves going underwater, but since he's underwater alot he can't hear the teacher's instructions...We saw him swim on his own on his stomach, but when he goes on his back he wraps his legs around the kickboard and thus doesn't practice his kicking. We had an argument over dinner last night, about surfboard and kickboard. He insists that it is a surfboard that he uses at the pool and I insist that it's a kickboard and he should be practicing kicking. He does this wierd kicking... where his knees come up and he doesn't go anywhere.

We're waiting for the sun to come out here in Seattle. It's coming out behind the clouds every couple minutes today, but tomorrow is supposed to be cloudy again.

We actually started working in our yard. We're taking baby steps...There is just sooooo much clean up required. I need some labor to help me out. I'm trying to recruit my little cousins and give them some spending money, for manual labor. I really wish my kids had muscles enough to breakup branches and use a rake. I have to brainstorm and see what they can help with. Everytime they look out into the backyard, they ask if we're putting in a playground....Soon boys, soon. (They are also asking when we're getting a new Dioji, but I know we are not ready yet.)