keeping busy

The kids have sure been enjoying not having snow on the ground. The other day they were all out on the trampoline, having fun and actually taking turns without fighting (if you can believe that!) You can see we need to buy a new safety net, so I am very strict about only one bouncing at a time and the others sitting down. Becca is just funny, she laughed and fussed about wanting her turn, but she would only bounce a time or two and then she would sit and wait for the boys to bounce her as they jumped.

Tonight, Joey had his spring choral concert. He is so reserved in school, he made just small actions and you could see he was uncomfortable in the front row. That is such a change from his behavior at home, there he is just a wild child and squirrally most of the time. I was always worried before he started school how he would behave, just never imagined he would act so different there versus at home. He is the one in the khaki pants and green shirt, sorry it is not a very good picture, I was fighting with my camera.

Here also are some pictures of my family zoo, as promised previously.

The black lab is our 2 yr old Mindi, the chocolate lab is our 10 1/2 yr old Cleo, and then the gerbil is Bud (Andrew's). I can't seem to get a picture of Spike yet, he is still to timid. I'll try to get a picture of Obi, our cat.

Andrew has his first Boy Scout camp this weekend, he will be gone from Fri evening until Sun late morning. This will be the first time he has camped out without Rich along, I hope he does okay. He sure is excited, he says they are going to do a polar plunge into the Wisconsin River, glad its him and not me. Brrrr! Joe and Becca have swim lessons this weekend and Rich and I both work tonight and Fri night. Saturday I will have to stay up and take kids until after swim lessons then hopefully I can sleep for an hour or two while Becca naps and Joe watches cartoons. It is going to be a long weekend I think. Hope everyone has a great weekend!