These boys have so much fun together already. Zeke loves to push this lion around and Oliver loves to be pushed. Well, at least as long as he is sitting on the lion. We have an outside play car that has gotten so much use this summer. Zeke tours his little brother around all over the yard. Oliver quickly learned to hold on and keep those feet up.
Oliver has become a crawling machine. So, a few weeks ago he started crawling and then headed straight for the stairs. Of course. Now we get to start learning the plants are not an indoor dirt pit and the pet water is not an indoor pool.
“Mom, I got this!”
And if your Mother still won’t let you climb, just gnaw on the wall. The corners are great at getting top and bottom. (don’t worry, no lead basted paint)
I am going to attempt to update some of our summer fun and projects. They won’t be in any particular order or anything…that would be too much like being organized. But, at the end of it all you will hopefully see the things we have been up to.
One of our first projects this summer was collecting fire wood. We are so excited to have not just one but TWO wood burning fire places for heat this winter. I love wood heat. We have a wood shed in the back that Greg wanted to fill. It proved to be a lot larger than it looked and although it isn’t full we have quite a bit in there. Many days were spent jumping in the truck as soon as Greg got home (usually with a packed dinner to keep kids lasting as long as possible), cutting wood, loading wood and hauling back as quick as possible to get tired and cranky kids (and adults) into bed.
Some other places we went for wood were more fun for the kids and I. Poor Greg still had to work. We found a great campsite on the river and the kids played in the water and mud.
We did check in and help when needed. Zoe appointed herself photographer and helped us capture the moments.
And what 5 year old photographer can resist the self portrait.
We had a lot of fun working as a family. Zoe was awesome playing with her brothers and helping to keep Oliver happy. Zeke was always eager to help us load wood. He would head over to a log that probably weighed more than he did and get so mad when he couldn’t pick it up. Fortunately, when we pointed him to some wood he could carry it was happy and started working away.
One of the first things Greg did when we were unpacked was to mark our heights on the wall. We have some friends that have measured and marked most all visitors to their home and we loved the idea. So, our height wall was started. About a week later I find this on the wall.
I bring Zeke over and show him telling him he can not write on the walls. He looks at me with his ‘I understand but…’ look and points to this on the other side of the door way…
Hmmm…How do you explain that one to a one and a half year old? “Dad can do it because he is bigger than you?”
The other day I sent the kids out to play. Zoe was most helpful in getting your brother ready and off they went. When I looked outside I just cracked up laughing. She had squeezed Zeke into Oliver’s jacket and put him in the rain boots that are still too big and a challenge to keep on. (but they’re camo and she loves them) He didn’t seem to notice much. Just happy to pay in the water with Sister.
The Bellingham Thames 
