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Boy and Tool

Here is a picture of Will having fun with his wrench. He hung it on his bike although it kept falling off every 10 seconds. Don't mind the fact that he's still in his pajamas :)

Good Grief!!!

Well, I was completely annoyed with Hunter last night due to the fact that right before he went to bed he asked us where his glasses were. What??? He then told Kevin that he had given them to me right after school... What??? I don't think so.

After searching and searching we still couldn't find them. I couldn't even remember if he had them on when he came home from school (a friend picked him up for me). Plus, he had gone over to a friends house and played too. After calling the friend and asking if she remembered seeing him in glasses or not, we just called it a night and decided that hopefully he may have forgotten them at school.

Then, when I was getting ready for bed, I decided to make a quick trip though his room again. I ended up in his closet looking through his drawers and voila, they were sitting every so neatly in the top drawer. Go figure. I woke Hunter up and told him that I found them. This morning he couldn't even remember and we teased him into looking for his glasses in their case - he was positive they weren't in there.

So, I guess all's well that ends well. He has had his glasses a total of 5 days. This so reminds me of the trouble we had with his small metal appliance from the dentist. He broke that thing like 3 times and we had to have it adjusted each time too - which all meant lugging everyone to see the dentist all within something like 10 days.

Riding Bikes

Today turned out to be a lovely day. It was very, very nice this afternoon and evening. Here a some pictures of the boys out in the back yard with their bikes. Well, actually they started out with their own, but Will eventually transferred himself to the back of the bike that Nate was riding. Then he decided it was fun dragging his bottom on cement - ok whatever!! This is the first time since they originally got their bikes last year that they have done this.

They still aren't pedaling yet and remind me Fred Flintstone using their feet to power themselves along. Its remarkable how quickly they can get going. The other activity they seem to enjoy is pedaling as fast as they can in circles. Silly boys!

I'm swimming in Legos

So here's today's pictures. Kevin and Hunter are out getting hair cuts and the boys and I were sorting through all of Hunter's legos trying to gather all the lego men parts. Nate and Will are addicted to those little lego men.

Will decided that he would just get into the lego tote and then Nate decided he would just cover him up.

Bye-bye!!

Artists??

Here is my picture for the day. I looked up and there they were drawing sided by side. Nate left, Will on the right.

Glasses and bruises

So today ended up being the big day for Hunter - he has officially gotten his first pair of glasses. We went after school to pick them up and have them fitted. They are ones that he picked out all on his own, style and color. I felt that it was important that he have ownership of them. He was very cute about the whole thing and thus far all is good. Tomorrow will be his first day with them at school.


So as a celebration of sorts, Kevin suggested that we go to our favorite dining out restaurant. It is in fact the only restaurant that we consistently go to with the entire family. We seriously LOVE this place. Kevin loves it for their BIG MAMA margaritas and we both love it for the way they treat us - kids and all, plus they know us. We have been going there since Hunter was a baby and we will go until...

Now to the bruise part. While we were at Jalapeños (the restaurant), the boys were being a little bit rambunctious and Nate had left the table and was on his way back (running of course) when he tripped and fell into a table leg right near us. I wish you could have been there. As soon as he hit, the whole restaurant (not too full) went silent and then let out an audible "oooohhhhh". The situation was funny and as usual, Nate cried loudly, but briefly and all was right with the world soon after.Chat later!!

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Beautiful Flowers

While I was blog hopping the other day, I came across a picture of a pretty hanging basket. I love how hanging flower baskets add so much to our little porch even in the sad shape its in. Anyway, I wanted to share ours since I enjoy looking at them so much. I purchased these from the twins' group ( fund raiser) that I belong too and they were a great bargain! Thanks Krysta for the inspiration!


Thanks for "hanging" with me!

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Boys, Dirt, and more Dirt

Finally, we got another beautiful day day! I had a party to go to and on my way, I couldn't believe the throngs (literally) of people that were out and enjoying the day. Honestly, there is nothing as beautiful as the Pacific Northwest when the sun is shining.

Nate and Will couldn't get enough of being outside. I think they could live in the dirt. Ironically though, even though they love the dirt, they are also fearful of small bugs and worms. The older boys, Hunter and his friend, had dug a fairly large hole in the back yard and everytime a worm came into view, Nate would run over to us and cried "snake, snake, snake bite me". Of course the "snake" never came close to him and when we tried to get him to touch the worm he wouldn't.

Here are a few pictures of the boys from yesterday. Here is Nate pointing at the "snake".

These are Will's bare feet.

The other thing the boys like to do is climb - of course. Here is Nate peeking out at Kevin who was mowing along the house.

Then, when I went to find Hunter, he was sneaking in a couple of crafty minutes :)
It looks like its going to be another gorgeous day here!

Hunter's Jog-a-Thon

Here are some pictures of Hunter's school's jog-a-thon. He ran 15 laps this year, can't remember how many he ran last year and now I'll know this year's numbers for next year. (haha)

Anyway, it had been yucky mucky weather earlier this week but today is beautiful and the kids got to run in the sun. Kevin was able to come home early and go with me and the boys to cheer Hunter on. Don't ask me why he is wearing a long sleeved shirt, I know that I reminded him this morning but you know how that goes. He does have a smile on his face, so I can't complain too much.
Here is Will sitting on Kevin's shoulders. He loves to be up .
And here is Nate showing his uncertainty. It took him a bit to get warmed up to the environment and then he was fine. He proceeded to spend the last part of the jog-a-thon running around knocking all the little orange cones over.

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