Scott Egan had a farm...E,I,E,I,O!

You can probably hear Sawyer from afar yelling, "Daddy. Tractor. Keys." I pale in comparison!

Brotherhood

"A sibling may be the keeper of one's identity, the only person with the keys to one's unfettered, more fundamental self." - Marian Sandmaier

A teachable moment

On a recent drive home from the park with Grandma, we spotted a construction site located directly next to a Dairy Queen. Two things the boys love...machines and ice cream. The boys sat on the hood of our car, licked away and were virtually mesmerized and silent for 15 minutes.

New friends...

No inch of dirt went untouched that day by Jack and Michael.

Time out

You wouldn't know it by the sweet look on their faces (or maybe you can catch the gleam of mischief in their eyes?), but my little guys BOTH were in time out this afternoon...a first for Sawyer! The time out was really a break from each other AND a break for me. Overall, my red heads get along really well, but battles do occur. I'm working hard to not be the referee of each and every problem (usually involving Jack saying "Ew", Sawyer saying "No", Jack telling Sawyer to "Stop saying no!" and Sawyer giving his blood curdling scream...seriously, he could break glass). My general rule of thumb is if they can't play nicely with a toy together (after MANY tries/attempted teaching sessions), the toy goes away. Today, they needed to go away....from each other. Solo time in their own room where they weren't allowed to play together for a few minutes. We ended the escapade on a positive note...a quick read of Big Brother, Little Brother and hugs all around. I'm not sure if they truly got the message but I certainly basked in the peace....for the moment.

April showers bring May visitors

We were lucky to have amazing house guests this month, and the boys loved every bit of the attention. Uncle Tim, Gramps and Grandma came to town to bring us many smiles while we treated them to the sights and sounds of the big city of South Bend.

Picasso, Van Gogh and Jack Egan

Jack's 3/4 year old class at ECDC just completed a unit on art and artists. Our family was invited to tour their "museum," observe their creative human sculptures and listen to some great music. I'm not sure who laughed more...the performers or their audience!

I took some rather lengthy videos on our still camera, and they refuse to download onto my blog....sorry Grandmommy!

Jack's schools summer unit of study...insects. If only we knew someone well versed in that field???