Naptime

Nathan has been boycotting his nap lately (and I REFUSE to accept it). So today, I gave him a choice... either take a nap, or come outside for pictures. So he gathered up hats to take pictures in, and enjoyed a lollipop.


I thought this one was funny...

Car Wash

Hot day + dirty car = big fun for two boys.

Even though it took about 10 times as long as taking it to the car wash (and even though we had a little mishap with Keaton using a scrub brush on the car - ooops), it was a nice morning...
(Ignore the water marks... I post some pics on a photography site where watermarking is a must, and I am too lazy to re-do them.)

My New Fav Picture of the Boys

I love these guys...

It's A Jungle Out There

We just got back from our vacation in San Diego. (Can you really call it a vacation with a 1 and 3 year old?!?) We had a great time... We stayed on Coronado, so Nathan thought it was the coolest thing ever that we were sleeping on an island. He was sooo excited about swimming at the hotel, but the night before we left, Nathan fell and split his chin. We went to urgent care, and they had do glue it shut (yay, glue! no stitches!). Which meant no getting it wet until our last day there... Ughh. So we spent our days away from the pool... rode bikes, walked around, and went to the zoo!

The kids loved it. Nathan was most impressed by the komodo dragon and the polar bears. Keaton was most impressed by the... goats.

4th of July!

We had such a nice day! It was the first year we decided to stay home, and not drive to see family. That was sad... but Nathan was excited about being in the local parade, and Ryan and I were excited about avoiding the freeways. :)

The kids woke from their naps and we decorated their bike/car for the parade. Then we walked down to the parade route, and we had some time to kill before things got started. It was hot... miserable hot. So the kids sat for a while and ate some snacks and had some water to get fueled up.

Next, their checked out their competition....


Finally, we were off! It was a pretty low-key parade (more people in the parade than watching). But they were so excited. Nathan could not believe people were cheering for him, and twice, he got so flustered that he tipped over and crashed (with onlookers gasping and running in to help). But each time, he got back up, brushed himself off, and continued on.


When we finished, the kids enjoyed a treat...

and Nathan could not stop staring at this guy.


We came home to play outside. Who knew water balloons would be such a huge hit?!






And because Ryan and I are dorks...


Ryan burnt, ehem, I mean barbequed dinner. (Just kidding, hon, it was fantastic!)


And we all ate and hung out until fireworks. The fireworks were awesome - the kids loved it. And as soon as we walked in the door, they both melted down, and it was off to bed.

It was a great day....

Games

This is a typical afternoon in our house... Kids wake from nap and instantly jump out of bed to find something to play with. How they go from sound asleep to to racing matchbox cars (picture the sound effects and spit flying everywhere) within 2.8 seconds is beyond me. Nathan literally wakes up talking... Then come the requests... water, I need a snack, can I have the hammerhead shark toy that I left in the car, can you take down the big box of games... (the one with the million pieces). Sighhh... so Ryan and I sit and watch them play, and we play with them... knowing that ten minutes ago the house was quiet and clean, and now, well.... We wouldn't have it any other way.

Just One

Just one picture of Nathan from the other day at the park. :)