Marcos cracks us up

Its fun to be Marcos' Mom.  He finds silliness in every activity and joy in participation.  He isn't shy and is willing to give anything a try.

Marcos' Pinewood derby

Marcos playing the harp in his classroom.  We were learning about Ireland that day.

Marcos conducting science experiments at the school science night.

One afternoon I rode to the lake and saw hundreds of fish spawning in the shallow water.  As soon as Marcos got home I grabbed he and Joel and we went to investigate.  It was a beautifully warm spring day and I had the deep pleasure of listening unobserved to the two 9 year olds.  Their conversation went something like this:

"Hey Marcos, we need to lure the fish to us!  I'll whistle and you make fart noises in your armpits!"

"This is the best day of my child life!"

"Why are we scared of the fish--are we men or what?"

It took a little convincing, but finally Marcos and Joel got into frog catching as well.  It was such a happy afternoon.  Another reason to love living in St John.