Are You Making Your Bed?

This morning Blake was sent to his room with his morning task of getting his bed made. I kept hearing a lot of laughter and noise coming from that direction. I called out to him, "Blake are you making your bed?". He answered, "I want you to come help me". When I got to his room to check on the situation this is what I found.

Instead of a nicely made bed... I found a bed with two playful boys!

Oh the mischief these boys already and will continue to get into! They had their fun and then Blake was put back on the task of getting his bed made.

Summer Reading

The boys have enjoyed MANY books this summer. We have been reading the ones we check out each week from the library, as well as our own collection. The boys seem to always have a favorite of the moment that we tend to read more often.

Blake's favorite book this summer is Mater and the Ghost Light. He has loved this book since last summer when I got it for him to read on our very long journey to Florida. I don't know how many times I read this book in the car while we were driving. It feels like I read it the whole 23 hour journey... but I know it was probably more like 10 hours of the journey :) As it turns out... a year later it is still a favorite.

Barrett's favorite book for the summer is his duck book. He loves this little board book. He quacks at the ducks on the front, he loves to open all the flaps on the inside, and he points to the pictures of the trucks and tries to say something that sounds like truck. He looks at this book throughout the day and brings it to us several times each day to read to him.

I have enjoyed reading some novels this summer. A few of my favorite of the summer include:

Between Sundays by Karen Kingsbury

Unspoken and

and the Shofar Blew by Francine Rivers

It's A Sunshine Day

This morning was actually not a sunshine day as far as the weather was concerned. It was overcast and even sprinkled on our way to church. But when I look at my two handsome boys dressed up in their bright shirts, wearing such bright smiles... how can it not be a sunshine day in my heart?! So because of my sweet boys and the sunshine they bring to my heart I was reminded of one of my favorite songs... Enjoy :)

everybody's smilin

sunshine day

everybody's laughin

sunshine day

everybody seems so happy today

it's a sunshine day!

The Children's Museum

Today Blake and I went the The Children's Museum with our friends Tara and Lana. Yesterday Tara and I had our special day with Barrett and Lydia, so today we spent some special time with just Blake and Lana.

They were so excited and ready to play. Here they are lined up like a train on the tracks ready to go in.

I took so many pictures because there are so many fun things to do here. I tried to pick some of my favorites, but still have so many.

One of the first things Blake did was play trains and hopscotch.

He and Lana then headed over to NASA to work at the Mission Control Center. They spent a lot of time at this station... "checking their email" and talking on the phone.

Another stop they made was to the dinosaur excavation center. Here they dug up and examined dinosaur bones.

One of Blake's favorite things was flying the airplane.

He also played some music on the piano.

The two friends did some grocery shopping.

Here is the calm ambulance driver waiting for a call...

Oh wait... a little girl and her cow are hurt and need him to drive them to the doctor (you can see Lana in the back).

All fixed up and ready to go home.

Lana prepared a wonderful pretend pizza party for us.

Blake loves the bubble room!

They enjoyed their trip to Egypt. There was a fun pyramid with chalk boards as the interior walls. Blake drew a picture of his mommy with chalk on the wall.

Lots of fun with letters!

Blake and I had a fun day together with our friends!

Mommy And Daddy Day

Today we had a very special day. The boys had Mommy and Daddy Day!

Barrett and I went to play with our friends Tara and Lydia.

We started with a picnic lunch under a nice shade tree.
After lunch we went to play at an indoor playground. It was nice and cool... and had plenty of cushion for when the little friends went tumbling down.

Barrett and Lydia did a lot of copying each other, as well as exploring on their own.

Lucky for me there was no way of escaping for my little explorer! With walls all the way around the playground there was no way for him to get out... well except for the small space under the door that he did try to crawl under.

Barrett and Lydia are such sweet little friends!

Both babies played until they were worn out.

But apparently not too worn out for some kisses! I would just like everyone (especially Lydia's daddy) to take note of who is puckered up leaning in for the kiss!

Are these not the sweetest pictures Tara captured!?

Barrett and I had fun spending time with each other and our friends!

While Barrett and I were playing, Blake and Daddy were spending the afternoon together.

Robert wanted to take Blake to the movies. I sent the camera with the simple instructions of capturing a few pictures... needless to say they got a little camera happy.

The beautiful Cinemark Theatre

Blake and Daddy posing for pictures.

Blake took several pictures of Daddy getting the tickets... and I chose one to post.

Blake inside the dark movie theatre eating his popcorn.

We both enjoyed our special one-on-one time with our little guys!