A Night for Us

Tim had to work first shift on Friday, so as soon as he came home, it was off to Grandma & Grandpa's house for the kids!
We didn't have a 'curfew' so we decided to go out to eat, at a REAL restaurant . . .
and we even had enough time to see a REAL movie in a REAL theater!
It was a marvelous night! We ate at the Cheesecake Factory, Tim got a cheeseburger sandwich and I got the Chinese salad (both HUGE portions) and then we split a strawberry shortcake for dessert! Mmmmm! We got our theater tickets and then went to Books n' Company and just sat, in absolute quietness, and relaxed in front of a good book. As the time for the movie approached, we headed to the theater, and both of us got a snack (which was HALF of the price of the movie!!). We saw a comedy movie and laughed until we cried.
It was wonderful!
Thank you, Sweetie, for a lovely evening with you!!!

A Day at the Park!

Becky and her boys, and myself and my boys all went to a local nature park. It was awesome! We had a wonderful time!
It was a hot HOT day, so the waterfall and the brook was nice for the boys to cool off in. James even got in the water. He wasn't so sure about it at first, but after he got used to the water between his toes, he loved it! We were there for two hours and the boys had the best time ever, which made it fun for Becky and I too! I hope to do many more of these 'field trips' with Becky and the boys! What a fun day!

My Boys. . .how cute is this?

News: Peter is now standing up to go potty! Yea!!! I was SO not going to teach Peter that trick, so Daddy showed Pete and he's growing up to a little man so quickly. James can put his own pacifier in his mouth. He actually picks it up on his own and aims it right into his mouth. Yeah!
Embarrassing moment: Yesterday in church, Peter, Daddy and I were sitting in church listening to the sermon, and Peter turns to me and says "Mommy. . .", and then proceeded to pinch my bottom and said aloud "Tooshie Cheeks, tooshie cheeks!" Tim was no help in laughing, and I tried to keep a straight face long enough to let him know that this was something that we only do at home!!

Snap Shots

James. . . with his favorite toy-blankie, and with his favorite brother! :0)




My Sweetie-Pie
Oh, the joy this little guy brings to our lives, you wouldn't believe it! He has a favorite song now, it's an oldie- but a goodie! I don't know if any of you listen to oldies, but growing up, my dad always played them in the car. So, Caralee and I became very familiar with them! James LOVES the song 'Working in a Coal Mine'. At first, Tim thought that he just liked listening to me sing it, but then Tim started out singing "working in a coal mine, going down, down, down" and James' face lit-up like the fourth of July!

(To hear this song, copy and paste: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2AjiSwBZoc)

Touch-A-Truck

We have now made it a family tradition to take the kids to 'Touch-A-Truck' day at a local park/school. Peter loved it so much last year, that we just had to go again! Plus, it was really close to our house this year, so that was a added bonus! Peter went right to the little talking school bus.

A lady was standing close by, talking into a head mic, with a voice box that changed her voice into this cute little sound. Peter was amazed by this. He didn't know that there was a lady talking through the bus and thought the bus was actually talking to HIM! On the way home he said "Mommy!!! Buster (the bus) knew my name!!!"


Then, it was off to the firetruck, Peter remembered to wear his firefighter hat too!



James even got into a little of the action, and he dressed appropriately with his new fire-truck shirt!

Testing out the buses. . .



Peter got to sit in a huge semi truck too. . .

Casually Cruis'n in a Police Cruiser. . .

Getting hands on experience with a bulldozer. . .


Peter was most intrigued by the big dump truck. The driver kept lifting and lowering the back so that the kids could watch, Peter was in awe! I told Tim, "I bet these guys don't think of their job as cool until a day like today. . .with all the kids just overwhelmed with these vehicles!"


Run, Peter, run!!!

The good ol' Cable T.V. truck. . .

Tim jokingly said that they should've called this event, "Touch A Horn Day" instead of "Touch A Truck Day", because ALL the kids did was blast the horns! You could hear this place from a mile away. Most of the workers had ear plugs, or were simply used to the noise, while others talked about bringing some next year! We had a marvelous time! And, as our new (2nd time. . .that counts as a tradition, right?) tradition begins, we (again) went to McDonalds afterwards for a hearty breakfast, and Peter got to play indoors. He was showing early signs of 'spoiledness' as we left. He began crying because we were leaving and he threw a fit because we weren't going back to see Buster the Bus. Well, I guess that means he REALLY did enjoy his time today! As did we!

Dude-ling!

What a pose! What a face! Now, THIS is a face that more than just a Mother could love!

New Hair Style!

The old me. . .

The new me. . .

Totally love this cut! Kimberly's friend cut and foiled my hair for me, and just when my highlights were done 'baking', ALL of the electricity in the town went out, so I didn't get it styled, and I had to let it air dry in the car (without air-conditioning) on the way home. Interesting. But, it's cute!

G is for Green...

Peter can know count to 30! And he has also learned all of his lower case and upper case letters. So, he has been dying to know how to read, so each day I work with him on sounding out words. He can spell 'Mom', 'Dad' and 'God' on his own. Today, we went over the word 'Green'. Here's a picture he drew and colored himself.

Silly & Sleepy

James likes to sleep on his belly, and he refuses to sleep on his back. . .so at least twice a night, he'll roll over from his belly to his back and then yell and whine until one of us go into his room and turn him over. So, Tim decided to wedge him in between a lamb pillow and the crib wall. . .but, today I went into his room to find him like this. . .

My Boys

James loves his big brother . . and when Mommy and Peter are in the room, PETER gets all of James' attention first. They adore each other!