It's Never Too Early to Teach a Boy to Fish

"What's this thing?"

"Mommy, are you watching?"

"This is called a bobber, son."

"Let me see that, dad.  I think I'm ready!!"

Politics

Wow!  I couldn't have been prouder when I read Burdett Loomis's comments about dad in this recent article in the Hutch paper:  http://www.hutchnews.com/Wirecolumns/loomiscolumn.  We can't wait to start campaigning again this summer!  Mom and Dad, don't forget to order some tiny "Vote for my Grandpa" t-shirts so Bruce and Maggie can tag along with these two!

(Sidenote: look how little both Emily and Kalo are!  What a difference two years makes ...)

Mother's Day Weekend

What a great weekend!  Mom came in on Friday evening to spend the weekend with us.  Early Saturday we headed up to Wichita to meet up with Andy, Libby, Kalo, Mags and the Siggs.  After the River Race, we headed to the zoo.  It was an awesome time!  The weather was perfect, and not crowded at all, since most folks were at the River Festival.  Kalo was SO excited to see Emily - cute!

Watching the giant tortoises

Feeding goats at the petting zoo

Mags LOVED the animals!  She got a big kick out of this turtle for some reason.  :)

Dad was finally able to join us Sunday afternoon.  Bruce sure likes his Papa Don!  We had a big group at our house for dinner on Mother's Day - a lot of Gage's family plus mom and dad, plus a few friends - good times!  Emily and Gage snuck out Sunday morning and came back with armloads of fresh flowers, plus some very thoughtful gifts! 

Bruce got to spend some quality time with all of his grandparents over the weekend, which of course he just ate up.  He seems to like to be the center of attention.  :) 

But by the end of the day on Sunday, our poor little boy was awefully tuckered out.  Snuggles with Grandma Betsy while we check out the gardens.

I couldn't have asked for a better mother's day!  

Five Months

Here is our happy little 5-month-old boy this morning!

Silly ...

Sillier ...

Silliest!

Yea, he's a pretty happy boy!  His mama is even happier now that Bruce has gone to waking up just ONCE a night to eat - yeehaw!  He started eating cereal last week, and immediatly eliminated one of his nighttime feedings.  I was skeptical that rice cereal would help him sleep longer, but now I'm a believer!  (Now I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that I haven't jinxed his good sleeping habits by talking about it.)

It occurred to me that I haven't shared much lately except pictures of Bruce (funny how that works ...).  Never fear, family, pictures of Bruce will always have first placement on this blog.  However, I'm also going to get back to sharing a little about our gardens and "homestead."  I have been taking lots of pictures of the gardens lately, and will share more as I have time.  Today though, I could not resist sharing this picture:

One ripe for the picking!

Our strawberries are growing like gangbusters, which is very exciting! 

They are thriving despite our neglect.  YUM!