Boy In a Plastic Tub

Hello all! I hope everybody is getting the chance to enjoy some beautiful, spring weather! The grass is starting to green-up here and the buds on the trees look like they're about to burst! Scott has been busy getting all of the equipment ready for fieldwork, which is always anticipated after two busy months of calving in the mud! Scott and I often discuss how fortunate he is to have the opportunity to raise both cattle and crops! It's as though the seasons transition at just the right time as if to give Scott a change of scenery for awhile. The end of calving can seem to drag on and on, but planting gives us something new to look forward to. Then, when it seems like Scott hasn't left a tractor for a month or two, AI season rolls around and he gets to spend more time with the cattle!

We're hoping it will be a fun summer for Jacob in the tractor and with the cattle as well! This year, he'll hopefully get to hang out with Daddy and Grandpa a bit and get a taste of farming with a real tractor and not just ones 1/16 the regular size. We're considering getting a couple of pigs for Jacob to take to the fair as well. He couldn't get enough of the pigs at the fair last year and was really brave in the pen with them. We'll see if he shows the same bravery this year with his own!

I've posted a variety of pictures and a video, but the main purpose of this post was to announce to everybody that Jacob has apparently decided to live as the boy in a plastic tub! While playing with his blocks one afternoon, he discovered that he fit, with not much room to maneuver, under the plastic tub that stores the blocks. He played and played with a couple of blocks under the tub until he wanted some different ones. He'd then scoot to some different blocks that caught his eye, squeeze his arm under the tub, and pull the new blocks into his new little world! This not only entertained him for some time, but Scott, Kendall, and I found it amusing to watch as well!

The video below is to show our never-ending efforts to get Jacob to say "Kori". As most of you know, for some reason, whenever Jacob is asked to say "Kori", he responds with, "Neigh!" as though we were asking what the horse says. It also puzzles us because Jacob pronounces our friend, Kari's, name extremely well! A few days ago, Scott and Kendall somehow got Jacob to say something similar to "Kori", though it sounds an awful lot like "Kelly"! I regret to report however, that since this video, Jacob has reverted back to calling Kori, "Neigh". We won't give up, Kori! Promise!

Thanks for checking in! God bless! Scott, Kim, and Jacob

Pre plastic tub!


Scooting towards different blocks!

Tight corners!

Easter morning pictures!
Jacob received a fun bucket and shovel set filled

with goodies from Nick and Amy's family!

Jacob must think the shovel could double as a very large spoon!

Every piece of clothing in this picture was clean and

neatly folded in the laundry basket. Jacob carefully inspected

each item and was not satisfied with my laundering ability.

He threw most of the clothes back in the hamper for rewashing!