Fun in the pool

I finally pulled out the pool we got for little Daryl. It took him several minutes to get adjusted to the cool water and sit down in it.

He had fun filling up and emptying (and sometimes drinking from) an old syrup bottle.

Our Precious Little Monkey

At the Fall's Park (Downtown Greenville) with Mommy and Grandma Stull

Helping Daddy on the computer

He now climbs on the chairs. I just have to keep them away from the table.

He discovered he could make the corner cabinet a fun playhouse. He hasn't gotten in there too much, because I am usually in the way at the kitchen sink.

He really enjoyed his bowl of cookies & cream ice cream. He also enjoyed the bath that followed.

Visit to the "Thomas Grandparents' " house

A couple of weeks ago, we visited the house of a couple from church who we adopted as grandparents. We sit in front of them in church, and little Daryl keeps them amused and alert. They needed someone tall to some painting for them. Here the "men" are inspecting the yard

Little Daryl always gets excited when he sees me with the camera.

We brought along one of his toys to push around the yard, but he was more interested in their hose holder.

Daryl painting the trimming on their shed.

On the way home; posing for yet another picture.

Uncle Joe's graduation

My youngest brother, Joseph graduated from Bob Jones Academy on Thursday, May 7.

Joe and his friend Christina

My brother, John, being silly

With Uncle Jeremy

My boy loves to get his picture taken.

Strawbery Picking

A couple of weeks ago, we visited our "watermelon farmer" friends, and picked some strawberries at their place. We didn't get any pictures of the actual picking. Their youngest daughter, Hadassah is chilling out after picking some berries. We went home with 6 quarts.

Little Daryl and Hadassah

The oldest 2, Kelilah and Charlie finishing off the cheesecake we had for dessert after lunch.

Daryl and Danny (their youngest) planning their escape.

Daryl and "Wilson"

Aunt Leandra's visit

Daryl's sister, Leandra came to visit us for 10 days. Little Daryl enjoyed having a companion who wasn't distracted with work around the house; I enjoyed being able to do work without a body underfoot begging to be held, wanting to open the cabinet I was working in front of, etc...

Enjoying a good book together. We made a chocolate cheesecake (from scratch) for Sunday fellowship dinner.

Leandra had the job of melting the chocolate. It was a messy job. The sad thing was, the chocolate was unsweetened, so finger licking was undesirable.

The finished product. It tasted good too!

2nd haircut

We thought this one was cool of his reflection in the glass.

Little Daryl's hair was getting too long again. His bangs kept getting in his eyes. We didn't care to pay $13 to have his hair cut again, so we did it ourselves. It doesn't look too bad ( I think). He looks rather cute with the short bangs. He did put up quite a big fight, but settled down pretty quickly, once it was over.

Showing off his walking skills, which improve daily

Little Daryl dropped the comb through one of the slots in the deck. I had to get it out with a rake. (Daryl Jr. was too big, and Little Daryl was too young). Daryl got a couple of pictures of me surveying the territory under the deck (which I will not be posting). Fortunately, the memory on the camera was too full for him to photograph the actual execution of the task. It wasn't actually that bad, but I hope I don't have to do this on a regular basis.