Spring Cleaning in the Fall!

We decided to clean out the garage to make room for some furniture Aunt Stephanie has for Bailey. We need room to sand and paint so our very messy garage got a makeover. While Connor took a 3 hour nap we cleaned and the kids played. We started with just our two then we had the two neighbor kids from across the street then we had some from two houses down and then we had some from the next block all in our front yard playing. They played volleyball, baseball, rode bikes and scooters and chased each other and yelled. It was awesome! They even had water bottle fights. This is what I always envisioned for my children, playing with friends in our front yard. It was a perfect Saturday afternoon, plus my garage is really clean.
Saturday morning Jack, Bailey and Connor all watched cartoons together! And got along!!!
This picture makes a mommy proud. Jack also had a football game that morning early in the rain. They got beat. Poor Panthers, better luck next weekend.

The other big news from this weekend, besides the tooth, was that Jack finally decided to try to ride his bike again. He had trouble last Spring when we took the training wheels off and he just gave up. He doesn't do anything unless he can do it perfectly. Last Spring I was too pregnant to help him and daddy was working too much. It was so nice to see Greg out there helping him try.

He did get better, after many falls. Hopefully he will continue to try, because his little sister is chomping at the bit to try without her training wheels. Her bike has gotten too small so first she needs a bigger bike then we will let her try without them. It probably won't take her very long to figure it out because she tends to work at something until she gets it perfect and without much help from us. A big difference in the two of them, Jack will do things independently but won't if he can't be great at it. Bailey will keep at something until she has it down. Both of them get to the end goal just in very different ways.

Oh, and something else about Jackson Brantley French right now, he loves to be shirtless! He is too skinny to go around without his shirt on but he insists. I can't wait to see if Connor does all these silly things his big brother does!