T-Ball All Stars

This summer we signed both boys up for Tball. The first game was a success! Both played without parental involvement and both had fun and did well! Here's to hoping the streak keeps up for the next seven weeks!

"Cooking" In The Rain

Rain, rain...oh, what does it matter, we'll still play in the rain! I wasn't about to be cooped up in the house with them all day, so we played in the rain. Ben decided to "cook" in the rain. Nick was the sous chef.

Is That an Elkhound or a Fish?

The ferocious swimming elkhound when fishing and swimming while on our walk one evening. She had no luck catching any fish, and as you can imagine, she smelled delightful afterwards...

Catching Lightening Bugs

It's not summer until you and all the kids in the neighborhood run around in the dark catching lightening bugs!

Backyard Sprinkler Fun

Some backyard fun after dinner. We had to run Nick out after learning the hard way, he does not take well to red dye. Cold water and chasing/being chased helped alleviate the symptoms. 

Seriously, Again!

Nick had his days confused last week. He got his bad boo-boo on Thursday instead of Friday (note, we are going on 3 out of 5 weeks here and Ben has covered the off weeks with black eyes). This time, he was just walking along, on the sidewalk and then BOOM! Face into the cement. It looked much worse the next day when his eye was all swollen and then it started to scab over. He's going to be the death of me. 

Dinner Time Prayer

Ben says a prayer before eating at school and we say it often at home, too. Nick likes to start it out now. It goes, 'Hands Up, Hands Folded, Hands Down. God is Great, God is Good, Let us thank Him for our Food. Amen' 

How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad

Nick LOVES this book, 'How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad'. We got it from the library, along with 'How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight' and we read one of them almost every night. At every page, Nick answers the book with 'Nooooooo' and he is starting to memorize the end part. This is a dark video, just for the audio. He's so cute :)