Reading Corner

With the rainy days, I found a lot of projects to work on in the house and a lot of time to play with Jack. He loves his books and would go behind the chair in his room to find the stragglers left on the floor. So to keep him busy, I made him his own little reading corner behind his chair, and he loves it! I'm not finished "decorating" it yet, but he loves his reading time. I find him sitting surrounded by all of his books picking up each one, totally enthralled by the pictures and words. I love it! One great piece of advice I received from my sisters when I was pregnant (they are so wise), was read, read, read to your child; even when they are a newborn, read to them. So that is what I did. I hope that he will always love to read.

"You have such a lovely daughter"

So after many phone calls and comments, I decided it was probably time for me to make an appearance in the blog world again. And no, I'm not stuck in the dumpster still!
I was starting to get comments about my pretty daughter, so I decided it was time for Jack to get a "real" haircut. Not just from me. I was really sad that she cut so much off because I asked her to keep it long, but she was just having a blast with Jack and got carried away. Derek keeps informing me that he's only 18 months and it will grow back.

BEFORE

This is what it looked like after his nap...seriously

AFTER

PA Farm Show

Derek doesn't like to explain pictures, so I thought I would add a few things. Growing up, my family went to the Pennsylvania Farm Show every year. Talk about rural, but it was always the highlight in the winter. My favorite memories were playing on the big tractors (no laughing), watching the horse pulls, petting the animals, and stuffing our faces with potato doughnuts and milk shakes. This year, we were in PA long enough to make it to this memorable event. You wouldn't understand how ecstatic I was.

The famous butter sculpture. This year it was of a school bus and the children. Yes there is one child pulling his cow onto the bus. What, you guys didn't have cows on your bus?

NYC

Dancing to the music in Central Park

Jack and I went for a carousel ride in Central Park. It went scary fast!

I love my daddy!

Crossing the Picket Line

Due to the requests of family and friends, I have decided to post a few pictures from the last couple months during Amy's blog boycott. It must be the anti-establishment in her.

My fun dad bought a part of a train from a local amusement park auction. He painted and detailed it, and the kids LOVE going on rides.