When Papa is Away...

Martin has been out of the country for the last week, so the boys and I have been solo. We've been amazingly productive—I've managed to go through most of the paper and other assorted items that have cluttered up the office, and I got rid of several things via Craigs List or Freecycle or the old fashioned "pass it on to a friend." It feels great to rid ourselves of some of our clutter, and I'm really getting excited to begin our really big de-cluttering project, which will be to empty our attic in preparation for our build out...yipppeee!

Here's Max, working on his construction skills, so he can be of some assistance in the project.



Otto found a good resting spot for the goggles when Max was finished with them.



We saw crawfish at the fish counter, and Max was very intrigued, so we had our own crawfish boil (only after consulting my brother and his Louisiana born wife for instructions).










Max made lists of things he wanted to do in a day, and I was amazed to see that we actually were able to cross every item off the list. He could teach me a thing or two about making to do lists, I think.




Max made snowman pancakes.



Max and Otto made a secret concoction and refused any sort of oversight on my part. They were happy, however, to let me join in the clean up.









Balancing act.



We've had a really relaxed schedule, but surprisingly, we've gotten to bed earlier than we often do when Martin is here. We've been taking my laptop to bed and watching movies (we just got the boxed set of Madagascar movies, complete with some bonus Penguin episodes), so we watched those, and we watched Kung Fu Panda again for the first time since we saw it in the theatre. We've had lots of fun, but of course they miss their Papa.