Backyard Water Fun

AJ and the neighbor kids - and once again the adults - turned our yard into a swamp on a recent Sunday. You can tell I am getting my money's worth out of these squirters! AJ likes the water so much that I think I will end up signing him up for swimming lessons at the indoor pool later this year.

Little Man Turns 3

On AJ's birthday earlier in the month he made one simple request - to go to the park. Not the big one by the school 2 blocks from home. No, he wanted to go to the massive park under the big old trees a ways down the road. He had a GREAT time and I laughed pretty hard watching him burn off energy. Here are some pics of one of my favorite happenings. What you think happened, did ;-)

(of course no one was hurt!!!!)

July 4th - Fireworks, Water Fights, Cake and Cousins

It was a super full weekend celebrating the 4th of July. Uncle Matt, Aunt Laura, Charlie and Nora came up from North Carolina and we spent most of Friday and Saturday hanging out with the family at Jamma & Jampa's.

We had a yummy chocolate cake to celebrate AJ's birthday a few days early. It was homemade - even the icing - and fabulous. (Can you tell how proud I am?!) We brought over water squirters and the kids (as well as parents) had a blast. Of course we found time for some fireworks at the end of driveway too.

Sleeping Boys

AJ has finally gotten the message that we will take the baby gate off his bedroom door if he will just come into our room in the morning to get me instead of roaming the house alone and getting into trouble. So now he wanders in most mornings, climbs up the bench at the foot of the bed and dives into the middle of the bed. By this point, I am awake because he isn't exactly quiet when he opens our bedroom door. On weekdays this often starts our morning and I head for the shower while he lays in my spot watching cartoons.

One recent weekend morning he woke at 5:45 am and climbed into the bed. Since I was half asleep, I told him it was too early to be awake and he needed to go back to sleep. Well he did! I woke up again about an hour later and this is what I rolled over and saw. They slept like this for another hour and I got to lounge in my chair and read, looking over once in a while at the boys and smiling. Not a bad Saturday morning.

Quote of the Month

"Mommy, quit saying no to me"
(Heard after Mommy denied a request to have cupcakes for breakfast)

Crocs Rock!

So I think Croc shoes are kind of silly - actually, I think they are pretty ugly. Somehow a couple of weekends back I ended up buying a pair for AJ. Something about the look of pure joy and happiness that he had when he tried them on and looked up at me. It was downright adorable.

He loves his crocs and asks to wear them daily. Since he tends to trip and is a bit of a klutz like me, I don't like him to wear them to school or the the playground but they are good for around the house and the yard.

He is especially pleased that he can put them on himself and I like that too. He holds one up and says "Is this the right foot mommy?" Here he is showing off his prized, bright red crocs.

Very Belated Fathers Day

So, we celebrated Father's Day right on time, I'm just wayyyy behind in sharing news :-) AJ had a good time at Wegman's on the Saturday before Daddy Day, decorating a special cake and distributing the sprinkles all by himself. We all laughed and you can guess who claimed the peice of cake covered in icing and sprinkles.