Man, That Adds Up to A Lot Of Kids.

Saturday we headed up to Michigan to see Meredith, Andy and baby Rayce. The Secrest's and Posadny's also made the trip north. With two kids per Ohio family and 1 Ringnes, that made for a lot of kids! Luckily three of them pretty much slept the whole time. The big kids had fun playing bag toss, soccer and coloring. 

I made this oreo peanut butter ice cream pie. It was pretty tasty.

P'ees - But Only for Marshmallows

We finally got Nick to say please! But he'll only do it for mini marshmallows. But, it's a step in the right direction!

A Dancin' Fool

Nick really likes to dance. He dances in church, in the car, to the tv. And he's a young DMB fan.

Stop!

Nick gets a little ticked off at Ben sometimes, especially in the car. This is Nick telling Ben to stop! and no!

Painted Airplane

Grandma Lee got Ben this airplane a while ago, but he just found it the other day and wanted to paint it. We set up the paint on the counter and away he went! Ben painted it all by himself with very minimal mess or instructions.When he finished painting all the parts and the were dry, we assembled the plane and he took it outside to fly. It flies pretty good. 

My Cool Sunglasses

Nick sporting his cool sunglasses

A Little Fun After Some Ice Cream

Last week Adam had a craving for a banana split sundae, so off to Mr Freeze we went. Of course, this is the first (and probably only) time this year we have gone to Mr Freeze, and it was chilly enough for the boys to wear sweatshirts! After they ate their ice cream, we let them play. Nick sat at the table with me for a bit while Ben rolled down the hill with some bigger kids. He was pretty proud of himself for rolling down the hill.

Queen of the Backyard

From her perch, she can see all the squirrels in the yard! (Adam put her up there - she cannot climb the ladder, though if there were a squirrel up there, she probably would figure it out)

Swinging Like a Big Boy

Nick has graduated to the big boy swings. Down came the dolphin swing and up went the second big kid swing. If no one is around to put him on the swing, he'll just swing on his tummy.

Little Monkey

Master of the Universe

Ben has only watched He-Man a few times, but I thought it was a fitting title. His facial expression cracks me up! So serious!

We Interrupt This Wrestling Match...

For a moment of cuteness.

 And now back to the mayhem.

Smoky Mtns '12: Mountain Views

Coloring Inside the Lines

Ben has made huge improvements with his coloring in the last few weeks. In the past, he would color here and there, but the last few weeks he has decidedly sat down and colored for long stretches of time. We have seen a tremendous improvement in his skill, too. He is doing really well coloring inside the lines, can draw very small circles with a pencil and make long wavy lines with a consistent wavy pattern. We haven't really been working with him on it, just letting him do his own thing and helping when he asks for it. We tried tracing letters a few times, but that hasn't really worked yet. But I don't really care. I'm pretty happy with coloring inside the lines. Now he just needs to learn his Roy G Biv.

Snaggle-tooth

There are one or two more vacation posts coming, but I need my new photoshop before I can finish them because I refuse to photoshop on my old computer anymore. Hopefully it will be here in the next few days. In the mean time, I will show you a picture of my snaggle-toothed baby. He has barely had teeth for a year and has already busted up two of them. Good thing he has that bonus tooth, because at this rate he's going to need it! I believe the newest chip happened in the Smoky Mountains. I remember looking at him and thinking he had something caught between his teeth but didn't investigate too much. I finally remember to look, and I found he had a huge chunk missing from his top front tooth, as evidenced in this picture. (remember, no photoshop, so the color in this picture is not good)