cool dudes

it may be mid spring but it's still 5 degrees outdoors today... nvm, we'll look cool for a while longer...

it's amazing that one in a while when the temperature plunges, we still wear wooly hats, mittens & jackets & turn on the heater in our apartment.

there was a sign at the zoo that states that some animals in the zoo will only be in their outdoor exhibits sometime between may - oct when the temperature is at least 15 degrees day & night.

they don't say MN has 6 months of winter for nothing *brrrrr*

fisherboys

wheelbarrow with water makes a good "water table"
plastic cookie cutters double up as lovely fish
scoops, baskets & nets make us great fisher-boys =)

after 3 recent armed robberies in the neighborhood, i thought it would be safer to stay closer to home. our outdoor activities are now confined to the side door of our apt. *can't wait to move to our new place*

one threads, one eats

no prizes for guessing why jerome's craft ended up as a necklace & jerald's a bracelet =)

jesus is my shepherd

dancing with Jesus...



Me (A) : who loves jerome ?

Jerome (Jr) : mummy!

A : Who else?

Jr : Daddy!

A : Who else?

Jr : Jesus! *sweet! i thought he would say Jerald... =) *

splashing in puddles

we did something SIN grandparents would frown upon. after the rain, we took the boys downstairs to splash in the puddles. hooray!

snowboots doubled up as rainboots for the activity.

jerome : we're pretending to be pigs splashing in the mud. oink! oink!

april showers bring may flowers

tulips outside neighbor's house

*note the contrast - rundown house with amazingly splash of lovely colors at yard*

3 cheers for the lovely sun! it was 15 degrees today. we had a nice picnic at the park, watched the dam at the missisipi river open *waterfall!*

J quizzed the boys... what are the things we do together?

Jerome (R): go for picnics

Jerald (L) : eat chip *potato chips =)*

r : go to the playground

l : play sand

r : go to the park

l : kick ball

r : go to the zoo

l : drink juice

r : go to the childrens' museum

l : play water

r : splash in puddles

l : make kor kor all wet *laughs wickedly*

to wash or not to wash

this is dumb... when we first moved into our apartment, i did a nice scrub of the bathroom. only to realise later that there are no drainage holes for the water on the floor to flow out. horrors! i had to go on all fours to dry it with a towel.

after that i always remind myself not to use too much water when i wash it. & to turn on the ventilation fan till it dries.

last week, it was a little more soapy than usual so i splashed a bit more water to flush out the soap.

a few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. it was the neighbor downstairs. boy, was he mad! his apartment ceiling is leaking! he says each time we wash the bathroom, his ceiling would leak but this time it's really bad. J had to apologise profusely before he backed off & said it's not really our fault but the apartment's. =(

sigh... as the weekend approaches, i worry. how i'm going to wash it without water? any brillant ideas?