Reunion fun

We did a lot in a short time at the reunion. We went swimming twice. I only got a few good pics. Here are my silly guys playing with swim diapers - who knew they could be worn other ways??!! Also the splash really is Mark, I promise! The swimming wore the kids out, and we hated to leave the fun, but our 'trusty' DVD player worked in the airport if not on the plane!

oops!

Well its been waaaay too long since I've posted. We've been busy to say the least. I wanted to get my reunion pics up, finally. We had an awesome time in Delaware seeing family, especially our cousins. We played with them at several cool parks.

having fun

We did get some rain and had chilly mornings and evenings, but we enjoyed curling up by the fire to read a good book. We had a great time visiting with Grammy & Grampy, plus Uncle Jer & Uncle MEEE as Tom says (Luckily Mia understands). I also threw in some extra pics of the tie-dye guys playing at home.

water boys

Busy Summer

Oh my gosh! I can't believe its been more than a month since I last posted. Luckily I spent a lot of that time with my mom or she'd be begging me for more pics! We were away on vacation for two weeks and since we've been back its been too hot to be in our office for much time. But we are about to go away again so I needed to unload my camera & though I might as well get them up here. We spent a week at our family's cabin in Vermont & though it rained a bunch we had plenty of sunny days top swim & boy did the boys ever love being in the water!!!! It was hard to keep them out. Jake really started to swim with a basic doggier paddle and Tom jumped in with Dad and mom a few times. We went out in the canoe and played in the raft, went to the beach and the bookstore. All in all it was a great vacation!

Keeping Cool

Whew! Its been a busy hot month! Too long since I've posted new pics. We've been spending lots of our time outdoors these days, which is made much more bearable by our shady yard. But today it was sticky with few breezes so we broke out the sprinkler even though it was not our day to 'water' Oops, but we didn't water yesterday when it was our turn so we're just making up for it by having fun! The first pick is of Jake 'reading' Brown Bear to Tom & Dad. He can do the whole book with a little peeking ahead. Tom can name all the animals and colors too! Our garden is really starting to boom. So far we've only had lettuce and peas out of it, but it looks like we'll have a bumper crop of cukes and tomatoes! Stay posted for a pic of the first tomato of the season if I can catch it before its eaten! We have to watch Tom around the garden because he'll pick things before they're ripe! The boys are growing almost as fast as the garden it seems. Tom's baby belly is melting away and he will tell you he's a big boy, not a baby!

Bubble Boys!

Well, I finally got around to replacing our supply of bubble solution after Tom dumped out our last jug trying to refill his Baby Jack Jack bubble blower. A very fun toy, it is funnier to hear Tom say babyackackbubbles over and over again! Unfortunately Baby Jack Jack appears to need new batteries, and of course, I don't have the correct size on hand. So we've had to make do with the bubble gun which works quite well. (Better than Baby Jack Jack but don't tell Tom I told you!)