Going Fishing

After a busy afternoon out with Mom and brothers, Xander got to see his usual CLS worker Jack tonight. With the warmer weather, Xander is revisiting one of his favorite activities ... fishing at the city park. He LOVES to go fish. Sometimes he even catches one or two!

Another Artist

More President's Day fun ... Connor doesn't get as many opportunities to go as his brothers, but he had fun visiting this arts and crafts studio one day while his brothers were at their weekly occupational therapy appointment (they're right next door to each other). Love his creativity and how he makes everything his own instead of following the patterns or suggested designs.

Service Project

For one of Connor's middle school classes, he had to do a service project and then write about what he chose and why. Connor looked at the proposed list of possibilities (students were also allowed to come up with their own, subject to approval), he decided he wanted to do something to help the military. He's a WWII history buff, and has a fascination with wars and soldiers in general. So we opted to volunteer at a military mission place here in town. There weren't opportunities to assist with a package preparation and delivery (the next one was happening after his due date), so the organizers suggested that Connor could write letters or draw pictures to show his support. And that's what he ended up doing. We spent several afternoons and weekends working on colorful drawings and letters for the organization to put into their next package of deliveries ...

A Day Off from School

President's Day means the boys are home from school. And since the weather is pretty nice for our part of the world this time of year, we decided to get out of the house and go for a little adventure. We had lunch at Backyard Burger, one of the few places all three are pretty happy with their meals, and then we took a walk on the local Rails to Trails path near our house ...

We also made our way over to one of the city parks to play on the playground for a while (it was really crowded, and our boys don't do crowds all that well) and then walk on the walking trail by the train tracks (a big draw for Xander) ...

Snapshot Sunday

Bruno says he will help out with the steaks tonight. Just a little sample first ...