Summer Weekend

For whatever reason, the four of us haven’t been home together for a whole weekend since I don’t remember when.

Actually, since April to be exact.

Anywho, this weekend we soaked up our time together.

And did lots of boyish things.  Cuz that’s what families with two little boys do.  Even though the mother sometimes gets grossed out or scared of things those little boys pick up.

Even so, no manis or pedis or shopping.  Just lots of good old outdoor stuff.  That’s all.

And when we couldn’t be outside, we camped out inside.

Play hard.  Sleep hard.  That’s how I like em.

3 days, 253 photos later

And that can only mean we spent the weekend with the cousins. 

 

And so we did a lot of cousin-y things

Like celebrating this cutie pie who is almost two

And then we did some more boyish things

Like wrestling

And catching turtles

And roasting marshmallows…

and telling ghost stories.

(Oh, and Henry, since you weren’t there, somebody might have scared the boys into thinking you are going to kill them in Mexico.  Sorry.) 

And of course they bathed.

This counts, right?

Thanks to the parents for hosting all of the crazy.

He didn’t have permission

But he went ahead and grew up anyway. 

Right before my eyes.  The nerve.

And there it is in black and white, his first diploma. 

So what’s that all over his face, you say. 

Well, for some reason the class celebrated the graduation with a Luau. They had beach balls and leis and all that jazz, and some pretty phenomenal face painting.

Yes, I’m a little smitten with that pirate of mine.

Cash got to enjoy the party, too.  But at some point in time, he got a little fussy about something.  I can’t remember what.  I was too busy taking pictures of his temper tantrum. 

Could I please love his fits-of-rage any more? 

He crosses his arms and goes silent.  Love. It.

Oh boys, just can’t get enough of them. 

Jagger Lost Something

And he was very excited about it. 

But it didn’t take too long for him to be worried about the whole situation.

What if the tooth fairy forgets me?  What if my teeth don’t grow in?  What if I can’t eat anymore?

Hopefully none of that will be the case though.

For Kenzie

My little sister gets antsy when I don’t blog for a couple weeks or so.  She threatens me on facebook.  It’s weird and I don’t know why.  Her life is much more exciting than mine. 

Case in point: She’s newly engaged, just graduated college, got herself a job selling medical stuff with my hubs, and she gets to move in with us and be my nanny.

What?  Nanny isn’t part of the job description.  Dang it!

Even so, the rest of this year is going to be full of Kenzie, and we’re pretty excited.  This means two things to me:  I now have a partner for Manicure Mondays, and my wardrobe is about to double. 

I just hope she doesn’t mind the fact that our bathroom renovation that was supposed to be done 15 months ago, isn’t exactly done yet.   You’re cool with peeing outside, right?  I kid!

First Taste of Summer

Just a few pics of this year’s first trip down to the lake.

And not a lot of words, because isn’t the lake is pretty self-explanatory?

But I guess I do need a couple captions:  Papa had a happy birthday.

And the mamas and the grandma had a happy mother’s day.

We enjoyed our time with our baby cousin.

And I’m positive that the water was not warm enough for me to get in.

But I guess these boys have different standards.

Obviously they had a blast.

And it was well deserved relief after a long and hot day of fishing.

 

Look how cute my husband is.  Just thought I should throw that out there. 

Clearly, that cute-patooty in the new life jacket is the apple of of his eye.

And I don’t know what this trilogy of Jagger’s frustration was all about, but the boys had a good time showing off their skills.

And that’s that.  We’re looking forward to a summer full of these kind of shenanigans.

Yeah, I said shenanigans.

The Detroit Tigers and the Netherlands, 5-year-old Style

Those are the names of Jagger’s t-ball and soccer teams, respectively. 

Kind of silly if you ask me.  

Anyways, I ‘ve got me a cute little athlete around here this spring. 

He is quite busy right around now because his mother doesn’t plan things so well and double booked his spring season.

Silly mommy. 

Ah, I love that kid with long hair in a hat.   

 

And I guess I love him in shin guards, too.