The Days Are Long, But the Weeks Fly By

I heard someone say that one time about life with young kids and it's totally true for me.  I feel like the days are never-ending sometimes, but then I stop at times and think, "How have two weeks gone by already??"  Phil is back at work today and the boys and I are on our own! He left me a sweet note of encouragement on the microwave this morning and so far things have been going okay. I've managed to fix breakfast, do some laundry, and unload and reload the dishwasher.  And I got Reid to take a nap in his crib, so I was able to spend some time building puzzles and reading with J and E.  Now I just have to make it through lunch and few hours after naps and the day will have been a success!  We still have dinners coming from our kind friends in the squadron and that is such a huge help.  I have to say that the hardest thing about having this baby so far is keeping the older boys entertained while trying to keep the baby at home and out of the yucky weather.  Here are some things we've been doing... 

I only have one picture of Reid this post... I promise to take and post more soon.  He was sleeping like this the other day and I thought he looked like an orchestra conductor...

Jackson's "new" bike totally fell apart the other day.  He was riding it down the sidewalk and had turned around to come home when he started yelling for us to come help him.  I thought he was just stuck in a flower bed or something but then I saw him pedaling furiously and not going anywhere.  The chain had fallen off its track and bolts and ball bearings (sp?) were all over the ground.  Phil looked at it and determined it was not able to be saved.  We had bought it around Christmastime and, of course, didn't have the receipt anymore, so we just had to chuck the bike and buy a new one.  This time Phil took J to a real bike store in town and bought a bigger, better quality bike.  It fits Jackson much better (we actually thought the old one was a little too small) and should last for a long time (hopefully through at least two boys!).  Here's the proud big boy with his new bike...

Didn't the groundhog say it was supposed to be an early spring this year??  Where the heck is it??  It cannot come soon enough for me!  We keep talking to Jackson about fun things we're going to do this summer and he asks every morning if it's summer yet.  I wake up hoping for summer every morning, too!