"Let me come alive! Come on and ..."

RKZ is on the East Coast this week (Mon to Fri), so we're finding things to keep us all busy (ha. ha.) I have 2 days of volunteering at school, so my cousin has been and will be coming over to take care of the little ones. I was especially grateful for her these days. I was thinking that if we'd moved closer to the beach (like we planned), she never could have driven all the way out every day.  I feel so blessed to have someone who loves my boys watch them when I can't. More signs that it all works out for the best. 

Today, while H-P naps, Thunder and I have been constructing a dream home of blocks. Thunder is very imaginative. He loves to spend hours building and creating. Ironically, when it's his big brother who is building, Thunder would rather destroy (that's made this week a bit challenging). But when left to his own devices, Thunder creates. 

 This is definitely, "after." So cute, though! This is our TV room by the way.

Only in California (maybe Florida and Hawaii), would they assign a snowman for show and tell. Buck had to make a "California snow-man." The boys created this guy, Smiley, and he was due on Monday. Of course, that was the one day it rained here. It was a sight, me with the three boys and a big styrofoam snowman pirate. I was jealous of the mom who's child turned in a bag of water with two buttons and a carrot inside. Brilliant.