Male Ingenuity

See this? This is the essence of male ingenuity.

 

As new homeowners we recently encountered our very first problem that needed fixing. See that open air vent on the wall? That's our outtake vent. The filter needed to be changed so I asked Josh to take care of it. We don't own a ladder yet, so Josh stared at the vent and shrugged his shoulders. How was he going to reach it? Well lucky for Josh, his 4 yr old sidekick Jayden was nearby, carefully observing the dilemma. Jayden disappears into the girls' bedroom for a minute and comes out with their bunkbed ladder! "Here dad, use this ladder!" Initially Josh smiled and said, "Thank you, son, but this ladder isn't quite long enough to reach that high." 

But the gears were a 'turnin' in their heads...I could see them turning from across the room! Josh got the purple bin to stand the ladder on, and Jayden thought to get a dining room chair to put it on. And before I knew it, these boys had a ladder that could reach the air vent!

Oh, and I don't know if you can tell, but those are Josh's slippers hung on each side of the ladder so the wall wouldn't get scuffed up. ;-)

I was so impressed at their collaboration; especially on Jayden's part. He's a little problem solver! I'm also pretty amazed that Josh didn't fall and break his face on that ladder.

I'm livin'the dream

 

'nuf said.

She is loved

In the short two-week span of Jenna's life, I think this baby girl has been put down a total of 16.25 minutes.  No joke, someone is holding her virtually every minute of the day!  And personally, I see nothing wrong with that at all.  You can't hold and snuggle a baby too much! Maybe knowing that Jenna is our last child makes we want to hold her and cherish her babyhood all the more.  The older 3 are wonderful with her! They ask to hold her all the time.  I've let them hold her to their heart's delight.  I have especially been touched by Jayden's adoration for his baby sister. He is so gentle with her and whispers to her that he loves her. Ok, his rocking of her bouncy chair can be a tad bit on the forceful side, but I can tell that his intentions are pure! :-)

Jayden fell asleep while holding Jenna. And Jenna's hungry and trying to eat her fingers!

Even Josh is taking part in all the snuggling action. 

Hey, it takes a real man to wear a moby wrap. And a purple wrap at that! He doesn't know I'm sharing this picture with all of internetdom. The perfect blackmail picture.  Oh. Wait. I can post it on facebook too! haha

She's Here!

Jenna Ramsey

born Friday, July 20 at 3:09 a.m.

6 lbs, 5 oz; 18 in.

Joanna's ballet camp

Joanna floated on a cloud all last week. Why? Because she got to take a week-long ballet camp. You should have seen how excited she was each day; even just putting on her new leotard and tutu made her giddy!! Joanna learned dances from various countries, like Japan, Germany, and Spain as well as standard ballet steps and positions.

On Friday they gave a short performance to show off their killer new moves.
The performance also included a 3 min. choreographed dance.