Kite Fest

We did our annual trip to the Zilker Kite Fest the first Sunday of March.  It was beautiful weather and windy, perfect for kite-flying. Seeing the thousands of kites flying at once is a site to see! We ended up staying later into the afternoon because on the way to the car, Max fell asleep. So instead of trying to move him to the van from his stroller (and probably waking him up, resulting in a five minute nap), we turned around and hung out for another couple hours at the kite fest while Max napped in the stroller. It was fun as always!



March 2013 highlights

he wants to ride in a booster seat like his brothers

smooshed face

Jed's tough face. He got a black eye from a smack from Max

Cowboy day at Jed's school. It was more like Cowboy Darth Vader day according to Jed and Max



Gramma Ninny reading time




Max loves the vacuum!

I was so nervous about cutting off his curls!

This was Max's first real haircut other than a little bang trim.

festive for St. Patrick's day!

Jed and aunt Brynn made a paper zoo...right up Jed's alley!

Jed's description of John

He came up with this at school for the Dad's Day celebration. What's even better is that it's pretty accurate!  Priceless!

"My daddy's name is John Perkins. I think he's 36. He looks good when he wears his black shirt every day. I tell him to wach it but he doesn't. I know he's smart because he can jump very high in the sky on the trampoline. I know he loves me because he tickles me and says, "I love you Jed, bye" when he goes to work. Jed's advice to dad: You shouldn't tickle my armpits because it hurts."

 

 

February 2013 highlights

Baseball in the backyard

chocolate ice cream...Jed's favorite!

Max "helping" Eli with homework

Jed is into Legos!

XBox dance party with cousins and Mammy

Cousins playing Wii...Max is sure not to be left out!

Max loves Gus! (his cat cousin)

January 2013

 Here are some other pictures and highlights from January:



This was the sunset the evening of John's birthday (Jan. 2) right outside our front door.



Another view of John's birthday sunset.

He is a climber and proud of it!

Max loves books!

Greenbelt hike



This is one way I can be in the pictures!

Big boy on a trike



serious slide time

Oh the curls!



Planting "Max's" Cedar Elm in the front yard

No More in Chickens

That's right, the chickens are no more at the Perkins house. I guess we can't really call it an urban farm anymore. The isn't even anything in the garden except for a few herbs and chard and the fruit trees. The boys have become our priority for now!

Anyway, the poor chickens. They had gone way down in their laying, mostly because they were getting old. Pot Pie was the last to go, and she was one of our original hens that we got 5 years ago. She was the one that John sewed up with a needle and thread once when she was attacked and on her last leg. I picture her with an old smoker's voice telling the other hens the tricks of survival in the Perkins backyard.

After we weren't getting very little eggs, if any, from the chickens, we got lazy with closing the chicken coop at night. So, one by one, something got them during the night. It happened over a few weeks. We're not sure what it was, maybe a raccoon or possum. Whatever it was, it wasn't a pretty sight in the coop in the morning. Poor Ladies. They had a good life in our backyard. Thanks for the eggs, Ladies.

Flag Football

Eli played flag football for the first time this January and loved it. John was the coach, and the kids loved him of course. It was a fun and short season. Jed and Max had fun watching Eli play, too.  Max, especially, was ready to get out there and play. He'd say, "bah, bah, bah" over and over and point to the field. One day at practice, I put the flag belt on Max, he got a football, ran over to the huddle, put his little hands on his knees and bent over to be a part of the team huddle, and said, "eh", like he was participating. That was priceless!