Little Handyman

Paul & I bought Alec a workbench & some little projects to make. It's been a fun father-son activity. I have a hard time not laughing when Alec tells me seriously, "I got to go make a airplane, mommy. I be back later!" He is getting good with the electric screwdriver, it's fun to see him concentrate so hard.

He enjoyed playing with it so much, Paul's begun taking him to the free kids' craft mornings at Lowe's & Home Depot. He's enjoyed making a monster truck, periscope & alien spaceship.

My favorite handyman trait is the helpful/cleaning side. Alec always offers to help me when I'm cleaning the house:

Happy Fourth of July Weekend

We had a lot of family plans over the holiday weekend-Saturday was my sister's birthday so I had a cake to make (well, brownie-ice cream cake) and Sunday was the blessing of baby Ben. Alec gets a treat if he can sit still during the passing of the sacrament and he got a bit impatient waiting, so he stood up and shouted, 'Go sit down now, boys!'

Between all the family stuff and both of us teaching right now, Paul and I didn't plan much for the 4th, so we drove out to a great vantage point where we could see all the fireworks going off across the valley and parked the van. Paul and Alec got out to do some pop-its, but James and I opted to stay in the air conditioning. Not very exciting, but we had fun anyway.

Paul had Monday off work, so we got to do some swimming with daddy!

James in the Bath

Now that James is old enough to take baths, we stick his little tub in the bath with Alec who LOVES bath time with his little brother. He's great at playing with James and James always smiles at Alec's antics.