Blogging Blah

Lately it seems like there just hasn't been much to blog about. Sure, there are lots of things going on in our lives right now, but it seems like nothing noteworthy enough to merit a blog post. Nevertheless, this blog is our way of doing our family history, so here is the obligatory, "the show must go on" post.

I am having a hard time with Carson starting Kindergarten in the Fall. I am so thankful that he is growing and learning, but I am so sad for our days at home to come to a close. I hate the thought of sending him off to school and losing some of the influence I have over him. I hate that he won't be home to play with and read stories to. I've been thinking lately about homeschooling, but I wonder if I have the guts to do it. With the weather getting nicer, we've been able to get out and walk more. I usually put the two little boys in the jogging stroller and Carson follows us on his bike. He is riding without training wheels and is getting really good at turning around and going up and down hills. Jonas and Mason love the stroller and most of the time they are both asleep by the time we get home.

Mason loves to be on his tummy and is starting to push his legs and arms like he wants to crawl. He is an anomaly in our family because he is almost six months and has yet to get any teeth. He adores Carson and laughs at him all of the time. On the other hand, he is wary of Jonas and anytime Jonas gets too close, Mason's "proximity alarm" (as we call it) goes off and he starts crying. Its kind of cute because it's like he's saying, "Mom he's getting too close to me. Stop him before he touches me."

Jonas has had a vocabulary explosion and is speaking in sentences. One word he still can't say is his name. He'll name everyone in the family, but when it is time to say his name he will pause and then say "J". He insists on wearing his red boots everyday and one of his absolute favorite things to do is to ride the "corn popper" down the hill. When I was little I would help my dad with his yard work. After we bought our house, my dad gave us his old push mower. I mowed the lawn with it the other day and it was like I was fourteen again. After all these years the mower and I are still buddies..in fact, I think I am going to make mowing the yard my job. I know, sounds crazy, but mowing the yard relaxes me.

Jeff has also been busy working in the yard. This past weekend he moved some bushes out of our front planter bed to the backyard. Then up front he planted my new rose bush (that Jeff's dad bought for me for Mother's Day) and some barberry bushes. Jeff took some of the sod on our side yard and moved it into the back. This will make it easier to mow around our rock wall...plus I am going to plant some flowers in here that will cascade over the rocks.

Oh, and one last random thought. I am thinking of getting rid of broadcast TV. There are only a few shows on that we like to watch and even then we have to be careful about what comes on the commercials. I figure most any show we would want to watch is on Hulu or we can get it off of iTunes. And then there's Netflix and Redbox if we want to watch movies. What do you think? Has anyone else gotten rid of their broadcast TV? I've heard that's the way a lot of people are going.