Sigh....

What a wonderful Spring day!!! We had so much fun today. I had a few errands to run this morning, so Josh got to be home alone with TWO children for the first time! He did a great job, but I am sure that he was ready for me to get home. When I got home the boys were eating lunch. We ate and then went to the "slide down playground." Jon-Mical has named all of the playgrounds around him. The "slide down playground" is the one across the street at Barfield Elementary School. It does have many slides but no more than the other playground, so I have no idea where this name came from. We played there for a while and then came back home and did a little Spring Cleaning. Jon-Mical is a very blessed kid. He has TOO many toys. This is because he has four doting grandparents who all LOVE to spoil him rotten. We have been trying to talk to Jon-Mical and explain to him that he has a lot of toys and that there are some kids who do not have any toys at all! He is very sympathetic of these poor kids until we get to the part about him sharing some of his toys with them. This is when the typical 3 year old comes out and he gets very upset at the thought of giving up any of his precious toys. Today we went through the same talk and then actually got out a box to take to Goodwill. Jon-Mical did pretty well and actually put some TRAINS in the box!!! We now have a huge box filled with toys, books, and clothing for Goodwill sitting by the door. After our cleaning project we spent the rest of the afternoon lying on a blanket in the backyard. Sigh... what a perfect way to spend the afternoon! We talked, played, ate grapes, picked dandelions, and just wasted the day away... perfection. (Even Jakson enjoyed being outside. I think the picture says it all!)