What makes Jack who he is and what goes on day-to-day
Jack: Daddy, if you give me five dollars, I will give you six pennies back.
Me: 😂 well Jack, five dollars is five hundred pennies. So you want me to give you five hundred pennies and I get six back?
Jack: yeah! Will you do that?
Me: 😂 No! Why would I give you five hundred and only get six back?
Jack: ok, how about if I give you… seven pennies?
We’ve got quite a few pictures recently of Jack wearing fun glasses which make for really bold photos using the new ultra-wide lenses on the iPhone 11 Pros. Here’s a little sample of how great they look.
Continue reading “Elton Jack”Given that our first family camping trip ended in disaster, we needed a second trip to redeem the first.
A family that we’ve become friends with came along with us and they also have a daughter and a younger son. We went to Oxbow Regional Park, which is a really nice park, and we had a really great time together. The weather turned on the second day, so we decided to call it a day after the first night.
We’re well ready to take lots more adventures now that we’ve got our feet wet and feel confident in our abilities.
Continue reading “Our second camping trip”There’s something adorable about children wearing things designed for adults. I let Jack wear my glasses and they’re adorably enormous for his face.
Continue reading “Jack wearing Daddy’s glasses”After a birthday party where each of the kids got an animal mask in their favours, I was attacked by these two adorable cats!
Continue reading “Attack of the cats”As Jack’s grown up and he understands himself and the world around him more, he’s become a lot of fun to be around.
For people that meet Jack, they have the same general impression of him, that he’s goofy, silly, funny and fun to be around. He’s the life of the party and we’re glad to have him in our lives.
Continue reading “Jack’s 4th birthday party”One of our favourite activities each year is to go to the Tulip Festival. It’s a nice way to get in the mood for spring and see off winter.
When we went this year, they were offering face painting and Martina wanted to take them. They each chose their own design and I think they came out looking fantastic!
Continue reading “Face painting at the Tulip Festival”We have certainly loved our move to Portland, OR and in that process, we have sought to get outside and explore as often as we can. So when a nice spring day came along, we jumped at the opportunity to get out of the house and try and see the early fruits of spring.
We took a little hike at Tom McCall Nature Preserve to see the wildflowers that were starting to bloom and the kids loved it. They love getting outside and exploring, and they do modest hikes and enjoy it. I don’t push them and we just go as far as we can before they start getting bored or crabby and then we turn back.
Continue reading “A hike to find flowers in the Columbia River Gorge”Most mornings, the kids do their own thing, or they fight, or if we’re lucky, they’re on the same page and they’re doing something sweet together.
This morning, that’s exactly what happened. Jack had come to Ellie’s room and they were cuddled up in bed together, and Ellie was reading a book to him. We live for these sweet moments.
Continue reading “Visiting Ellie in her bed”While Ellie was doing gymnastics on Wednesday afternoons this spring, Jack would come along with me. Only this time, Jack got swapped out for Superman.
Continue reading “Superman watching Ellie at gymnastics”
