My Singing Fisherman!

We had quite a trip in Arkansas. It is always fun to share our kids with Nana and Papa. Papa decided to teach Quinn how to fish while we were there. Quinton has become quite the independent boy and of course wanted to learn how to cast the fishing pole on his own. He was doing pretty well for a two year old. While casting and reeling it back in Quinn caught a 23 inch catfish! We were all shocked and Quinn was thrilled. He has told everyone back in Iowa about the "huge fish flopping around."

Quite a HUGE first catch!

While fishing with Quinn you had to be on guard when he was casting!

Fishing with Daddy

Quinn has become quite the singer. He made up a song the other day about how he was "sitting on the new porch with mommy and daddy"
We have sung "twinkle twinkle little star" around our house a few times but I didn't know that he knew the words as well as he did until he was singing it the other day.

Our deck was finished when we got home. It was a fabulous surprise! According to all our neighbors it was put up fast and diligently. It is huge! We are now on the look out for some patio furniture and some outdoor storage for all the balls and bats, chalk and bubbles. We have already gotten a ton of use out of it. It will be such a fun place for our family to gather! We will be working on some landscaping in the weeks and months to come.

Life with my Wee ones continues to be busy. This morning while playing with the hose outside Quinton accidentally soaked my whole backside and gave Rex and Myla a good washing! The babies didn't get too upset just looked stunned and confused. After playing with the hose for a long time that we picked up about ten worms and showed them to the babies showed them the sandbox, gave them new homes in the dirt and then gave them a drink from the hose. Quinn is fearless when it comes to picking up slimy worms. Then we made lunch to eat on our new porch and in the process of walking out to the porch and while eating dropped the plate of chicken, ketchup and blueberries not once but twice. Oh, it's days when your pants are wet and your floor has ketchup all over it that you just have to laugh and be so thankful for the children that make your pants wet and cover your floor in ketchup!