First Cereal

Jacob had his first cereal today. I will post a picture later or at least have it on Snapfish. He really liked it. It didn't take long at all before he was opening up his mouth to take more when he saw the spoon coming. I think he is going to be a pro! Hopefully he will be a clean eater like Sophia was. She always has eaten well. James is more of an expressive eater and a picky eater and sometimes a non-eater. :)

The Beeson Castle

Well, last week we got our playset put in. We choice a Rainbow Playsystem from Recreation Unlimited. The specific one that we selected was the Super Rainbow. It is Super too!! The kids love it and so does Jim and I. It is actually big enough that Jim and I have fun on it. Jim works out on it. I love swinging on the buoy ball, climbing the Jacob's rope ladder, and sliding down the slide. The playset is cool. There is a racing car tire that is actually from a real Nascar race car. It is the left front tire of the number 6 car. You can tell it has been driven on too. Very cool! Here are some pics:

Here is the set being installed. Two men did it in 4 hours.

The kids and I watched all morning.

Here is the finished product from our sitting room window.

Here is a view of the back of our house and the playset.

Jacob is 4 Months!

My little Jacob is now 4 months old! It is hard to believe but thank goodness we made it through the first 3 months. Wow, those are hard! Jacob is now 16 pounds 9 ounces and is 26.5 inches long. So big! He is wearing 6-12 month clothing perfectly now. I love his little laughs and smiles. He is full of them. He also loves to talk but his talking has decreased some lately becuase he has an ear infection. Jacob is handling it pretty well though. He is rolling over both ways now and gets his body all contorted. He is so much fun to watch. He loves his Gymboree class too. What a joy he is!

When I compared Jacob's size with Sophia and James at this age, it stacked up like this:

Sophia 15 lbs 10 oz, 25.5 in.

James 15 lbs 15 oz, 26.25 in.

Jacob: 16 lbs 9 oz, 26.5 in.

Looks like in our family, the more kids we have, the bigger they get!

The pictures above are from his 3 month photo appointment. So Cute!!

Field Trip

Today was Sophia's very first Field Trip. I went as a chaperone. Since the kids go to a private school, there are no school buses. If there is a field trip, the parents are expected to drive the kids. This trip each child had a parent go with them so we did some carpooling. We had Sam and his mom Susan ride with us. Sophia and Sam play quite a bit with each other so they were excited to ride together. It was very cute to see them in the back together. Apparently Sam taught Sophia how to sword fight last week. It is very cute to see them interact. Anyway, back to the field trip, we went to a pumpkin patch. Everyone got to pick out a pumpkin. We also rode in a wagon, went through a hay maze (which the kids didn't really follow, they just climbed over the haybails), jumped in a bounce zone, and played on a playset. The kids had lots of fun. On the way back to school Sam and Sophia were very tired. I enjoyed going on my first field trip with Sophia and meeting some of her classmates and talking to some of the parents.

Stay tuned for tomorrows post. Jacob has his 4 month doctor's appointment tomorrow and I can't wait to see how big he is!

New Blog

This blog is going to continue because it is a good way for family to keep in touch with the children and Jim and I . Have just started a new blog www.mythreelittleducklings.blogspot.com

It will be an honest view of motherhood to three children, all of which are currently under 3. It is more of a venting avenue and will probably be very amusing to some of you. Anyway, just wanted to share.