The little things

I am constantly amazed at how fast time goes by and how quickly the kids grow & change. To think that Owen was younger than Jacob & Cole are now when they were born, yet it feels like they arrived yesterday! Today while they were napping I grabbed my macro lens to try to capture some of the little things that I love about them.

Each of our boys has a lone freckle on the left side of his body. Jacob's is on his toe:

They all inherited Marshall's lashes:

Look at those eyes!

We've had some sleep issues lately and I came up with a reward system involving pirate coins and a treasure box to encourage them to stay in their own beds all night. While we still aren't getting as much sleep as we should, the coins & prizes are definitely good motivation for them. Today was a prize day and they chose temporary tattoos. Of course they all wanted them on their arms "like Daddy". They're so proud of them - I dread their reaction when they realize they have to come off!

Jacob with his fish tattoos:

Cole the rock star...very fitting!

Owen sporting 2 tattoos on each arm - pirate skulls and octopuses:


We had Owen's parent/teacher conference last week. He's doing excellent in school and had all S's on his report card (that's the best grade they can get right now). He loves learning and it looks like he may turn out to be a bookworm like his mom since he's reading anything he can get it hands on.

Jacob & Cole are still attending mother's day out twice a week. They love going to "school" and have really started to pick up on numbers & letters since Owen is pointing them out constantly.