Two Grown Men and a Four Year Old

Having a Nerf gun battle in my living room.

I think Stinky was hiding out beside the desk while the battle was raging. Bailey decided to hang out with him after his was done playing.

First Catch with Net

Bailey is so proud of himself.

He caught something with his net for the first time!

Sleep and Screen

B was so tired, but refused to sleep in his bed. He grabbed Mickey and Corn and headed back to the living room to sleep on the floor.

Fun with the screen.

Dinosaurs Hunting with an Expert

Bailey went to Dinosaur World and Dinosaur Valley State Park with dinosaur expert Reagan. She knew the name of just about every dinosaur we saw.

Fossil hunting.

Feeding the fish.

Looking for tracks at Dinosaur Valley State Park.

Thanks Claudia and Reagan for inviting us to spend the day with you! It was a lot of fun!

Nature Center

Today we headed to a local nature center. We went on a guided hike and learned a lot about alligators, armadillos, prairie grass, wasp galls and other things.

Here is B posing with a turtle

and bees

and a prairie dog.

B at the marshy area.

Alligator gar

Someone said this may be an alligator nest. I'm not sure. If you know what this is, let me know!

Looking for birds.

B posing by a hole dug by an armadillo.

Hiking in the woods

Bored with Landscape Ideas

I thought Bailey was helping me with landscape ideas.

I guess it put him to sleep.

Piles of Sand... In my house!

Bailey and his robot chopper glider

We found a cool tree while walking in a dry creek bed near our house.

Where's Bailey?

There he is? He is hiding in a hole that has a grade stake.

Mud

Fun Day Until...

I ended up scraping up my leg and arm (saved the boy) while rollerblading. To make matters worse, after we got home Bailey ran his face into the side of the door and I misplaced my keys. They were missing for a whole week!

Bailey posing with the ladybug that we made today.

Besides our late-evening issues, we had a great weekend!

Pizza... Yum!

Project Update

Travis has been working on several projects simultaneously: scope rings/accessories for a spotting scope, switch boxes for his truck and tractor parts (not shown here).

Here are the scope parts.

Here are the truck switch parts.

Ice Cream and Jenga

Bailey enjoyed a chocolate ice cream cone today. Unfortunately, this picture was taken right after his wiped his face off. His whole upper lip was brown. Yes, Bailey dressed himself today. He says this is his "bone shirt."

Bailey spent a lot of time this weekend playing Jenga with Grandma and Grandpa Gloe. He is pretty good!

Flowers for Mommy

Bailey went with Grandma Dawndee to the store a few days ago. As they were passing the flowers, Bailey asked her if he could get some flowers for his mommy. Here is what my shaggy little boy brought home. He is so sweet!

Snow

We got several inches of snow this morning. We all had a great time in the snow. Here's B going down a hill and face planting in the snow.

Ice

We woke up to ice and blowing snow. It was terribly cold, especially when facing north, so we didn't stay outside very long.

We ventured out this evening to pick up our coop produce. We were on our way to a sports store to pick up some gloves when we found this truck. What good is a two wheel drive dually pulling a 5,000 lb generator in the ice (estimated at 16,000 lbs total)? Not much. Travis was excited that he got to use his winch to pull the guy up in the parking lot.

Bailey slept through the whole thing.