Swimming Fun

Charlie is such a little fish these days.  Today, out of the blue he did a flip into the pool.  No fear - yikes!

Lego Mania

Charlie loves to put together his lego sets.  Lego mania has set in...

Lukas

We love to see Lukas' personality come out more and more....and the way he crinkles his nose is just the cutest!!

Crinkle nose shots from the past:

8 months

11 months

Stay-at-home-mom! Well, almost...

Well, it has been a journey and transition taking about 8 months, but I finally reached my destination to be a quasi-SAHM (Stay-at-home-mom).   For those that didn't know, here is a very abbreviated version of the back story.

Back in late May of 2014, I resigned my job and let my boss know that my goal was to be in a part-time position, whether that meant that I needed to leave the company or possibly find a different role inside the company.  My boss wanted me to stay, so agreed to place me into a part-time role within my department that was more conducive to working part-time.  The transition was set up to be a slow ramp down of hours over a few months, but has been delayed along the way due to organizational speed bumps.  I have been at four days a week since July, but I finally made my final step to working three days a week THIS WEEK!!  Already this week has been so fun with my boys.  I have Thursdays with Lukas alone, which is awesome because as a second child...well, you all know what that means.  And Fridays I am with both crazy kiddos.

Here are a few snapshots of some of our activities:

Charlie loves doing his workbooks:

At the community play group:

 

Fort Jones

How many Joneses does it take to build a fort?

Excited boy

Ready to call it a night...

Sleeping soundly

Happy New Year

May your 2015 be full of sparkle!!