Survey & Protect...

Cars & Track are cleaned up... Now he's sitting on his perch to survey and protect! Lol He's getting a playful show from the cats. I love when he is peaceful with nature. :) Maybe we should move to an Amish village where electronics aren't an option... this boy is at his best outdoors (when the weather is not too hot... that makes him (and me) cranky!)

Darth's Roadwork (Cont'd)

He INSISTS you see him with the cape and running car! ;)

Darth's Roadwork.

Ode to have the energy of Joe. 7am and he's already in costume and has built a roadway. :) (he was telling me "Noooo, not until the car is there!") I love the drama in his hands and face! He cracks me up!

Special Serenade...

As if sitting outside on the rock wall eating a lunchable wasn't enough... Add in Uncle Rick's Serenade! :) <3 it. They absolutely LOVE Uncle Rick and all of the adventures and fun things he creates for them. Later in this day, he was going to be babysitting them for me for about 5 hours, but he still spent the time with them at lunch. I'm blessed with a great brother... Thanks Rick!

I knew the giggle I was hearing meant trouble.

I TRY to sleep until 7 in the morning, but most mornings I hear little wiggle worms by 6. The morning of this glorious event, I was laying in bed EXHAUSTED (Aaron was gone for work), and I heard giggles. Now, these giggles weren't just any giggles, these giggles meant trouble! I got up and quietly walked to the bathroom where I heard the comotion. Matthew said, "I still can't see." Joe replied, "Climb up there, I always do!"... I peeked my head in and Matthew was just climbing up on the bathroom counter. When he saw me, he just about fell down! (Reminded me of the time a police officer drive up on his motorcycle to my passenger side window and I dropped the cell phone I was talking into... even though, he had already seen!)... Our boys always keep it interesting!

Post Explosion...

Sorry to all of the people who get an e-mail each time I post a blog entry... I had A LOT of "drafts" that I hadn't posted... I didn't realize how far behind I was on posting... You got a POST EXPLOSION today! ;)

Notes to Cousins.

"Dear McKayla, when I come to your house can we do another craft"

SOOOO cute! He learned "kid spelling" this year in kindergarten. It allows him to sit down and write, enjoy himself, and not need to say, "How do I spell......." over and over and over again. :) He's learning the sounds of the letters and I can typically figure out what it says. :) He does ask me quite often how to spell things though.

Journaling catches on!

LOVE when a great idea catches on. (And I just stood there doing dishes while THEY decided to do it!)

Journaling.

He's keeping a summer journal. (In Uncle Ricky's dress shirt that he slept in) :) I love his tiny little fingers and his squishy cheeks.

Fun on the Dunes...

Matthew did a face plant on his way down from the Sand Dunes. He decided to take off running, but it had been so cold already, he didn't know his nose was dripping! This boy had sand in every crevice, and he ran up to do it another 4 times. I just KNEW one of them would end up in the hospital, but neither of them cried once. They did head over feet tumbles and came out giggling!