After months of cajoling, we capitulated and decided to build the boys a treehouse in the woods.  Their  current swingset/fort seems to no longer be sufficient.  I shouldn't really complain too much, because the new fort is about 1/4 mile up the mountain, which will give me more time to clean up their messes.  We have spent the afternoon dragging up wood and various supplies and they don't understand why this multi-weekend project is not yet complete.

This guy is by far the hardest worker in the family.  He already has dibs on an acre or so of the land, in a flat area that he has claimed as his future home site.  I asked him if I could come up for coffee in the mornings, and he said, "No Mom.  I hate coffee.  We'll drink a "boar." "  I said, "What's a boar?"  And he replied, "You know, a cold boar."   When I finally got it- that he meant "beer,"  I asked, "Why beer?"  And he said, "Because coffee tastes like mud!"  He just makes me giggle, ya'll.

He also found this awesome caterpillar the other day.  It was in the chicken coop and he rescued it from being eaten.  We had a little science lesson on the spot, measuring (almost 4 inches) and fllipping through field guides until we found it- a Pandorus Sphinx.  Very cool.

Joseph and Sophie