Fun with Friends

We had some friends over Sunday afternoon and the kids had a BLAST! Zac and Tori are 6 weeks apart and Kati and Tyler are about 6 weeks apart as well!

Laughter

This is the boys watching Wall E and LAUGHING when he introduces himself to Eva - for some reason!

Zac swimming

The Boys Photos 4-09

We had these photos taken back in April of this year but I don't think I ever posted any of them. A little late but they are cute!

Sounds like...

I was down on the floor playing with Tyler this afternoon when he decided he wanted me to sit on the foot of the chair. He can be very demanding when he wants a person in a certain place right now - it's quite funny. One of his favorite words is "Move".

So, he was pointing to the ottoman and trying to tell me to sit up there. I said to him "ottoman" so that he would learn what it was called and he stopped and looked at me for a second. Then he pointed to the candy dish on the counter and said "Please......M&M's". Apparently the word ottoman sounds like M&M's to a 21 month old!

Vacation at Seneca Lake, NY

Zac got to tube with his cousins Brett and Alex
Aunt Kim helped him fish
Hector Falls was literally two cottages away from ours!
Grandpa, Grandma Pam and Grandma Gail all came down to visit us for a day while we were at the lake.
Stephanie and I at the campfire
Zac enjoying his smore!
Zac LOVED his friends Lauren and Cassandra!
Zac and I in front of the falls


Zac jumping off the end of the dock!

Visiting in NY and 4th of July

Watching our own fireworks




Me shooting clay pigeons in the backyard. For those of you who don't know I grew up in the country!


All the kids going for a wagon ride on Grandpa's tractor - including David

It never got above 80 degrees for the two weeks that we were in NY! A very refreshing change from the 110 degrees that we will return to in TX!

Words of wisdom from a 4 yr. old

I was making dinner tonight and Zac was sitting at the kitchen table playing with some of his cars. I asked him to move the cars because I was getting ready to put dinner on the table. This pretty much happens every night so it was no surprise to him. He was quick to give me attitude though and a nasty face. I told him not to look at me that way. The conversation then went like this:

Zac: "You don't look at me that way!"

Me: "Zac, I am the parent and you are not allowed to talk to me that way."

Zac: "When I'm as big as you, I'll be the parent then!"

Me: "Yup, and then you can ask your kids to take their cars off the table."

Zac: "That's if I grow any!"

I just thought it was so funny - his take on the way that children happen - the parents grow them! Pretty insightful actually!

Always somethin goin on!

We took the boys out for hibachi tonight. It was Tyler's first time and he wasn't a fan of the flaming volcano but neither was Zac at that age! Zac loved it. He used chopsticks to eat the whole meal!

Tyler LOVES edemame!!!
Yes, that is a DVD player in front of Tyler. We will do anything to be able to eat in a restaurant right now!

The boys at the neighbors pool


Tyler had a double ear infection and a ruptured ear drum this week. His ear tubes had fallen out in only two months and he is scheduled to have them put back in on Wednesday. Then he fell yesterday (AGAIN) and caught his eye on the low window sill in our kitchen. Poor kid is more than accident prone! I finally put some bumpers on those things today! Don't know why I didn't think of that sooner!

All about staying cool!

It's starting to get HOT here in Texas but at least there are plenty of ways to cool off!