Life With My Boys

I struggle to keep the house clean, so I now have a maid! Actually two. I'm not sure if they help more in making messes or cleaning them up.


Sunday afternoons were meant for napping. Daddy can sleep for hours. Coleman, however, was up about 30 seconds after this picture was snapped.

Brian, with the help of his lovely (but quite weak) assistant, completed stage 1 of the backyard fort assembly this past Saturday. Some friends of some friends had a playground that their kids had outgrown so they gave it to us. We were glad to get it considering it probably cost them about $3000 when they bought it 8 years ago.

Coleman and Spence enjoying a ride on the tire swing.

Here you can see what the entire part that we've completed looks like. The next step will be to add the slide. Then there's some more stuff that goes up top.


Here is how Spence entertains himself while I cook dinner. At least he's not pulling on my pants leg!


Coleman thought his chips needed to be sawed in two. He did some sawing on the burger next.

Life with my boys is always fun and exciting! I never know what's going to happen or what Coleman will say next. And forget getting a real maid! We'll probably have to save that money for speech therapy. Coleman has gotten into the habit of over-pronunciating his "l"s. For example, he pronounces chocolate "chloclolllate." And clothes is "callllothes." I made the mistake of laughing at this when he first started, now we're trying to get him to stop.