Another outfit comparison

Independence Day -- July 2013

The best way to start a holiday.

Then we went to Kim and David's for lunch and naps. (Austin went down like a champ, but Graham wouldn't give up without a fight.) Before we ate lunch, we played a bit and then took pictures in their Red, White, and Blue outfits that Nonnie buys each year.

Graham found a leftover bow (they had celebrated Ireland's birthday earlier that day) and found it quite entertaining.

We usually get a picture of just the grandkids, but Kim's camera was acting up and this is the best shot of them in their outfits.

During naps, I make my Red, White, and Blue dessert. I decided to write USA this year instead of making a flag. I really liked how it turned out! I spent the rest of naptime blogging.

After naps, the kids play and the men entertain them while Cheryl and I hang out. We both had busy work with us (she was making tutus and I was blogging) so we chatted while our hands were busy but it was still super relaxing and enjoyable. I love the laid-back feel of this holiday!

When it starts to get dark, we head outside to set up our spots for watching the fireworks. Graham went down for the night and Austin was allowed to stay up and watch them. He did a great job and I was proud of how well he paid attention and was quiet enough throughout that others around us could enjoy the fireworks.

This pond is right out their front door and Lake Lewisville's fireworks happen just on the other side of those trees. It's free and the parking situation is great! ;-)

I was messing with my camera setting and got this fun/blurry one of the kids wrestling.

I actually asked Seth to take this picture of us. :-)

I'm sorry if you're sick of these profile shots, but I'm addicted to taking them.

I love that I caught this one!

And I don't normally take fireworks pictures because they don't turn out well, but I was just experimenting and happened to catch this one!

Austin is taking a picture of the fireworks with the pretend camera toy that Nonnie and Gramps have.

Another pretty good shot.

Both of these depict our evening perfectly. Relaxed and enjoyable.

Summer "School" 2013; Week 2: CcDd, orange, square, 3&4

Our second week of Summer "School" was CcDd, orange, square, 3&4. The objects for the themes were cow, cake, dinosaur, and donut. We got behind a little because of vacation and the struggle we had to get back on schedule, so we probably won't make it through the rest of the alphabet like I had planned, but at least we will have gotten through some of it. (I'm trying really hard not to be upset with myself.)

He had a hard time drawing lines between the numbers that were far apart, but did the closer ones in a snap!

Cute Pic Post -- June 2013

June flew past us! We took a family road trip to Wisconsin in the middle of the month and it made everything before and everything after a bit of a blur. Everything beforehand was done in the context of us prepping for the trip, and pretty much everything after was done in the context of us unpacking, unloading, getting groceries, and doing laundry--basically re-routine-izing ourselves. The boys needed to get used to taking naps again, eating healthy, and being stuck in our house most days.

Besides the roadtrip, we had a fun picnic with our Sunday School class at church, we made several trips to local parks, we have a fun day at our friends swimming in their pool, and we went to Austin's friend's birthday party at Gymboree. Good times and Good memories.

Graham started crawling this month, right before our trip to WI, which I felt was the worst possible timing, but there was nothing we could do about it. He beat his big brother at crawling by 2 whole months, and after about a week of doing his crawling, he really kicked it into gear and now he disappears faster than a jack rabbit! It is seriously crazy how quickly he disappears!!

Austin loves asking me to take his picture. And asks for it while posing strangely.

I wanted to take a picture of Graham in this outfit. It was one of the few outfits that I bought for Austin when he was that age. Austin then insisted in being in the pictures with him. The following is what I got. :-) Oh, and I should point out that Austin asked me specifically to set Graham on his lap like this.

Such a ham!

Another series of cuteness... It's hard to tell from the photos, but Graham was hanging on and Austin was lifting him up and down.

Such a smile! Chewing on the princess duckie my parents gave him.

running through the sprinkler! 

Sweet boys swinging at the park.

lol.

He kept getting all wound up in the blanket.

brothers will be brothers...

I LOVE this picture. LOVE it!

The next series of pictures was to capture Graham in this outfit Austin wore when he was a baby. Comparison shot.

And then Austin wanted to be in the picture, and we actually got this, and the next few pictures too. ;-) 

What they look like most of the time we are trying to take pictures.

Another Austin request.

Baby chewing on the dog toy. Just gonna make him heartier, right? 

Austin sick--he was feeling so poorly that he just laid on the floor while doing puzzles. Poor little man.

Graham fell asleep on the way home from the library. Totally passed out.

chaos. total chaos.

Another one of the Austin-Requested pictures. Just him and a fish puzzle piece. lol.

Austin loves eating sweet corn. And he's so good at it!

Yet another one of Austin's pictures that he asked me to take. Him and two Pop Up pals.

such a sweet sleeping baby... 

lol. Graham in the exersaucer and Austin in the baby walker (which is obviously WAY too small). He loves to climb in there!

Austin's invitation to his friend's birthday. 

It didn't show up in the picture, but he found it and pushed the button to make the lights come on and spin, all by himself!

And then Austin needed his picture taken with it, of course.

Crawling around in his sleepsack, chewing on the Tylenol bottle. When he was supposed to be sleeping.

This was approximately 3 minutes after getting in the car, his swim hair still sticking straight up.