Super Sunday and "Happy Father's Day" day 1!

Spike's been wanting to show daddy what he's "learned"! He finally talked him into going swimming. He's so proud of himself. No swimmies is a BIG deal for a 6 yr old! He's so NOT ready to swim the ocean, but he does well in our pool since he can touch when he needs a breather!

Daddy's more fun then mommy! They had a blast playing games!

On another note, today starts our week of celebrating "Father's Day"! I took the boys to Michael's while daddy was at Kohl's. Here they are painting their T-shirt! Spike was NOT into the colors they had to offer! But so be it, right! They decided on a star!

All those little lines, well let's just call this a "shooting star!" Thanks to the very nice girl helping us turn "lemons into lemonade!" This is what happens when you leave a 4 and 6 yr old in control of the decorations, right? Oh well, as with SO MANY things in life, I've got to just let them do it their own way! It makes it that much more special, right?

The finished product! It's special alright!

Surprise Visit

Happy Birthday, Henry!

My boys have been wanting to throw a birthday party for Henry (Slick's stuffed dog) for quite a while now. So of course they ask AGAIN today, right after I had CLEANED their room! I'm really working on saying "Yes" a little more often, so today I thought this would be a good "yes"!

So here they are!

And YES, they are ALL their stuffed animals! You can't invite one and not the other, right?

In case any one's interested in the details...

the menu consisted of Reese's Puffs cereal, Fruity Pebbles, pretzels and gummies!

They played three games: A matching game, Little People Bingo and Candy Land Bingo.

And just so you know, it was a DISASTER when they were done. Should have taken a picture of that!

Oh well, they ALL had a great time!

Oh yea and today Henry turned three and tomorrow "she" turns four!

Summer Break Day 4 (aka Mommy's birthday)

Started the day floating (I just love this picture!)

or jumping in the pool, whichever you prefer!

Then it was off to Texas Roadhouse with my mom to "celebrate" my birthday!

Of course we had to have some fooling around by a certain little one!

And the other "little" one learned how to make "fishy faces"! (A very big day, you know!)

Thanks to my boys for "riding" that saddle for me! (By the way, in this picture they were watching the servers as they SHOUTED to the restaurant! The boys expressions are very typical! Slick eating it all up and Slick thinking "You guys are CRAZY drawing all that attention to yourselves! Really?")

Spike DID enjoy the saddle though!

Not a very good picture of us, but US none-the-less!

What we did on Wednesday!

You guessed it, we went strawberry picking! The boys don't eat strawberries, but I do! They did great.

Ok, so maybe one of them didn't do too many strawberries! But he did pick me a flower! Works for me!

Best buds!

It was a HOT one! We met our friends at 10:00 am, and I think my car read about 90 dregrees already!

Summer Break Day 1!

Well, we wasted NO time getting outside! As soon as I could get out of work, we headed straight to the park! It was a HOT one! Spent a little time there then headed home to jump in the pool to cool off! SO thankful that my hubby is willing to take the time to keep up on the pool so the boys and I can use it! So refreshing!

12

Oh my goodness! I can't believe I failed to mention the fact that I will be an AUNT to number 12 by the time the year is over! WOW! How blessed I am. Just spent the evening with 1/2 of them! LOVE EVERY ONE of them!

So congrats go out to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law! A very Merry Christmas present to me! Just wish they lived close enough to enjoy "it"!