Some sweet pics of chubby, happy Eli! Eli is glued to the windows lately. Even he can sense the excitement of spring on it's way! And of course he loves the lever and the crank on the window. Hours of fun! The cats sit beside him near the windows and they watch the birds together enthralled! I have been concerned about our lack of excercise lately so I've decided, now that it is nice enough, on homeschool days we will make it a priority to go for a walk or bike ride at least once. So we went for a "walk" yesterday (you know the kind of walk where no one is really walking, just mostly stopping everywhere :). Mikaela spent most of her time picking up rocks for her collection and Jacob spent most of his time running everywhere and collecting rocks to throw into the pond when we got home. And I labored pushing the stroller through the mud! That is a good work out!Another thing I have been wanting to change is the amount of fruit and veggies that the kids get. They are constantly hungry lately (especially Mikaela) so I am trying everyday to cut up a plate of fresh veggies and/or fruit that they cans snack on then they are hungry. They don't have to ask me for a snack, just go the fridge and grab some good stuff. I'm hoping that will reduce the constant need for me making the snacks and also, increase the fruit and veggie intake. And if you have seen my children, I don't really feel I can deprive them of snacks since they are so skinny already!I know I am going to see an increase in the food bill, but hey, better an increase in the food bill than and increase in the health care bill later on :)