June 28

Fridays around here are Donuts with Dad day! I have to be at work early on Fridays and Adam has the day off, so he typically takes the boys to the donut shop on the way to daycare. They love the treat. Today, my first visit got cancelled at the last minute, so I tagged along to see what all the hype is about!



Neylan's pick: glazed donut with chocolate candy on top

Grayson chose a powdered donut for the first time today. Adam was leary about the mess, but I told him it was ok since he was wearing a white shirt

Yum!! Now that's a great way to start a Friday!

June 27

Our swim lessons got cancelled this morning because our teacher broke her wrist :( But I still wanted to provide a fun activity that involved water for the boys today since they were counting on being in the pool. I had bought supplies to make a water blob earlier this week and thought this would be the perfect day to try it out. It's basically two thick sheets of plastic, duck taped together, and filled with water (aka- a giant, outdoor waterbed)

And then we invited friends over for a water day

The water blob was a HUGE hit with all of the kids, was cheap, and a great activity for today. We even had a family from the neighborhood (who we have never met) come over to play tonight

June 26

I rarely capture Adam in the moment working with the kids, but tonight I took the opportunity to try to get a pic of him singing and dancing with the kids before water night. He is so great at what he does and has such a knack for getting all of the kids engaged.

 

June 25

I don't even know what to say about this picture. It's just classic, crazy Neylan

 

June 24

Today was a great day for the zoo. We gathered up some friends, packed our lunch, and went to see some animals. Today was the first day that we have ever gone into the lorikeet cage. Every hour they feed them and then the birds will come and land on you. We just missed the feeding, but the birds were beautiful to watch.

This one started getting tired before lunch

This one was tired after lunch

And so was this one!

What a fun day for these guys at the zoo!

Another attempt with the lorikeets. These arms didn't seem to be attractive enough for the birds today

We had a great day. Neylan was asleep before we made it out of the parking lot!

June 23

Happy Father's Day

(for real this time!)

Today, we finally got around to celebrating Daddy. The boys had several presents to give and I cooked lunch (nothing fancy around here, lunch in and presents wrapped in plastic bags!)

This was the highlight! I found some time to chase the boys around and ask them a few questions about Daddy. They came up with some pretty good answers!

We love you bunches Daddy!

June 22

Nothing planned for tonight, since last night was such a long one, so we just loaded up the bikes and tried to ride across the street to the big fountain for some splash time. But, the fountain was turned off :(

So, we took our popsicles to our friend's house and had sprinkler time instead

 This bunch didn't care at all that the plans got changed!

June 21

Tonight we all went to our first drive-in movie. It was a double feature of Monsters University and Superman. The crowd was so large they were turning cars away.

We set up our chairs and got our snacks ready. These guys are dressed for the movies and are excited

We had a large group of friends that joined us, which made it more fun

Lots of boys plus lots of candy (which Cooper had stuffed all in his cheeks) equals fun!

It's time!

We made a little bed in the back of the car and finally convinced these guys to go to sleep around midnight!

June 20

Happy Birthday Neylan!!

This morning the boys had their first swim lesson of the summer. They were so excited to go see Miss Mary and get back in the water.

Once we were there, Grayson took off and never looked back. Neylan quickly realized that swim lessons weren't just for play and there was work involved. NOT his idea of a fun hour in the pool!

Grayson did a great job swimming all over and practicing his floating. I have some more pictures, but can't find the memory card at the moment :( Grayson has some big news on there, if I can ever find it

The tent got moved to Neylan's bed tonight and he loves it!!

June 19

The boys got this fun Toy Story tent for their birthdays. It goes on top of a twin bed. Grayson wanted to try it out first, even though his bed is a bit bigger. He was quite proud!

 

 

And then wanted to show us all that was inside!

 

Wow!! We had to take the tent off to get the full effect. The ENTIRE bookshelf had been wiped clean of books and toys and transferred to the tent. Not sure there could have been much sleeping going on in there. Maybe we should move the tent to someone else's bed!

June 18

A special birthday package arrived in the mail today!

Shirts and slap bracelets from our great friends who used to live in Austria. They had bought the boys these things when they were in England and saved them for their big day! How fun!!

 

 

The storm that came through on Saturday knocked down a big tree branch, so Grayson helped Daddy cut it up and bag it tonight. He had such a good time with his special job

June 17

We went to the library this morning and Grayson picked out this selection! I think he must be in the mood for something. Or he feels like it's a bit to hot around here.