We have a backyard!!! And the boys get to play on grass!! I love it. Can you tell? They do too. Teagan loves to turn on the hose and make mud. What else does a 4 year old boy need? Maybe a tramp, but we'll get there someday.

We also got some guinea pigs last month. They are cute. A little loud sometimes when they see you and decide that they are hungry, but still cute. The brown ones name is WeeWee. I think. Teagan kinda named him. He got the name from the way that the guinea talks to us. It sounds like an alarm. You know, WeeWeeWeeWee. So his name is either WeeWee or Alarm. Trent likes to say his name is Al. So I guess it's just whatever comes out of your mouth.

The black ones name is Sneaker. Ty came up with this one. He says that he thought of it because he sneaks around. And he thinks of the shoe too. :)

Did I tell you that Pixie got lost? She was let outside to go potty and the backyard gate was open. I didn't notice that until I opened the door to let her back in a couple hours later. Oops. She had run off. We looked for her for days. But nothing. So now we are hoping that she's somewhere safe with someone that loves her. We miss her and Teagan brings her up sometimes. After we didn't have her for a while, that's why we got the guineas. They are a good substitution I think. The boys love them. They get to take them out in the backyard to eat the grass. It's their favorite activity. They'd stay out there all day if we let them.

Chore list

Yesterday morning I woke up to a clean house. It was wonderful. The boys had made a list and did all of their chores before going to Lowes. Later in the day I found the list and thought I'd share. Just imagine the *'s to be boxes with checks.

Things that Trenton and Teagan and Tyler did.
* Made beds
* Emptied the dishes
* Cleaned are rooms (but not Teagan)
* Got dressed (but not Teagan)
* Ate breakfast (but not Teagan)
* brushed teeth
* Organized bake yard (Teagan didn't help he only made it worst)
* Clean up downstairs (not Teagan) (mostly Tyler)
* Clean under table (Tyler did this)
* Clean table (Tyler and Trenton)
* Vacumed downstairs (only Tyler)
* Clean hallway (Tyler only)
* Sweep under Guinie pig cage (only Tyler)

As you can see, Tyler made the list. I even wrote it word for word. I wish I could've scanned it in since this doesn't do it justice. It makes it sound like Teagan is a terrible cleaner upper. Which, yes, sometimes he is. But I do have to say that usually Teagans room is the cleanest out of all three of them. And he cleans it all by himself. :) I love my little boys. And all of their quirks too.