a boy and his worm

Billy wishes he could have a pet dog, cat, bird, bunny, even chicken. But right now, since we are still apartment dwellers, he has to settle for things like goldfish (dead x 3) and... worms. Is that the longest worm you've EVER seen?!

spring's a comin!

We visited the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens today and the plants were about to explode into blossom!

Thanks, Mother, for watching Grace so we could share this special adventure with just the boys.

family scriptorian

We've been reading through the scripture readers as a family and the story of Alma the younger struck Billy this time around. He woke up this morning excited to make a list of all the scriptures he wanted to read on his own.

Then he proceeded to read them (with a little help) from his Book of Mormon.

His diligence and desire inspires me.

after the rain, all the critters come out

It rained all day. Kids (and moms) go stir-crazy in the house after about 3 hours. So when Grace finally escaped outside she headed straight for the puddles, and of course, found the biggest one around!

Soon Seth joined in, never wanting to miss the action...

...and within minutes it was a party in the puddle!