4 Miles

“A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.”

–Henry Ward Beecher

I have been asked by a number of people if Will and Alex look anything alike (since they look very different now). While they have some differences, I see some similarities from when they were about the same age. I dug up some pictures to show those who are curious. (The ones on the left are Will and the right are Alex.)

 Happy Easter! I know I’m very late in sending our Easter wishes out to you all. We had a very nice time visiting James’ Grandparents and Aunt & Uncle, who live about an hour west of Chicago. The trip (and the cold Alex & I shared) did take a bit out of us, and the last few days have been recovering from it! We drove up Friday night. Saturday, I drove to Chicago to meet up with a good college friend. She and I talked all afternoon. Will and James stayed at the farm. Will got to see Uncle Tom’s tractor (but didn’t want to ride in it), and watch trains go by. Then, while James played basketball with his brother and cousins, Will got to play with toys Aunt Nancy brought out from the basement, including a “foot pedal carâ€? (that he kept calling “Will’s Car”).

Easter Sunday wasn’t as nice, weather wise. We went to the late service at the Grandparent’s church, and when we got out, it was windy and cloudy. The thunderstorms waited until we got home to break (but Will still wanted to play with “his car”, even in the rain!).  We had a nice lunch, and relaxed while the boys napped. Once Will woke up, we had an indoor Easter Egg hunt. It was good he didn’t have to hunt with anyone else. He was excited to hear there were things inside–and more excited to see Jelly Beans! So he stopped and ate them. Then he found another egg, and stopped and ate what was in it! I kept telling him to save some for later (so he’d eat one bean out of an egg, and save the rest). Then he found some eggs with Goldfish crackers in them. He looked at them and said, “I save these for later.”  You can see him in the picture to the left, holding his eggs and wearing his candy necklace. (Aunt Nancy said that was for the road home, but we “forgot” to give it to him on the drive home. Whoops!)

 The drive home was a long one because of rain, road construction and traffic. But Alex didn’t cry too much on it, and once we got into Indiana, all of those things ended, and it was (mostly) smooth sailing!