Winter Break

I was cleaning in the other room and I heard James call out, "Help! Mommy we got stuck!" I guess they were playing inside of Baymax's kennel and put the latch closed and then couldn't get it open. It was awesome!

One of James' reward choices on his reward chart is to get to sit in the front seat when we go through the car wash and he was so excited about it!

Rett doesn't like the car wash when we are in it, but when it is all over he says, "That was fun!!"

We tried to do some surf fishing, but it was sooooo cold! Since Anthony wasn't catching anything we gave up pretty quickly and left to go pick up Baymax to finally come home for good. He got his first round of puppy shots and they were ready to let him go :)

On the way to Petco to buy some dog bowls, dog food, and other puppy supplies:

Sleeping:

More sleeping:

The boys love snuggling him at bedtime and Rett was feeling left out since he can't be on his bed on the top bunk, so we brought his mattress to the floor so he could have a turn with him.

After the first few nights of Baymax waking up at midnight and jumping on the boys trying to get them to wake up and play, they decided he didn't need to sleep with them anymore :)

Ball of fluff!

He is usually outside during the day while the chickens are out there. He is doing really well with them. He isn't old enough to realize that he is supposed to guard them, but he is learning very quickly not to chase them or try to play with them.

We had our septic tank pumped for the first time (for regular maintenance), and it was an interesting process. The boys loved watching the big truck and James especially was very curious about the hoses and everything. I was fine with not seeing all of that. Some things are better left to the imagination ;)

Baymax chewing on bark:

Watching the chickens:

Sleeping:

The weekend before school started up we spent the weekend with my mom in Trenton and visited this Elephant refuge. They do a little question and answer session about the elephants and then they get a paintbrush and paints for one of the elephants to paint a picture. He looks so happy doing it!

The boys got to feed one of the elephants a few carrots. She is all painted because they recently rented her out for an Indian wedding.

In addition to the elephants, they also had a zebra, a camel, lemurs, an ostrich, and an emu.

While we were in Gainesville, we went to the mall for lunch and we let the kids play in the play area. It always surprises me just how many kids are around when we go there! We never see that many when we go places at home. Rett and James both found a friend to run around with and had a blast. Rett told me this was his surprise (?) face. Whatever it was, it was really funny.

Once school started again, we started getting our veggie delivery from the farm again and this time we got a small citrus called calamondin in the bag. They looked like teeny tiny tangerines and were sooooo sour. James had fun trying it and then watching Anthony try it.

Bathtime mohawks:

Someone behind Anthony's work must keep chickens, because Anthony sees this rooster around the parking lot all the time!! I thought it was so funny that the chickens find him even at work :)