Thursday, July 18, 2013

Timothy Lake

We truly enjoyed our first camping trip of the season and the second annual 'Amigas' camping trip. The views, the near freezing night time temperatures, the stories around the campfire, the lake right at our fingertips...excellent stuff.


Lessons Learned:
Playing lions in Bear Grass will apparently lead to lacerations all over the body and face...

-Alex-

-Will-

These lacerations sting whenever you apply or reapply sun block...

-Alex (Will's asleep under the towels)-

The consumption of massive amounts of watermelon and popcorn apparently leads to horrendous diaper rash...

 -Will-

-Alex-

Eating two hot dogs apiece and sharing the bag of buns leads to a stomachache...

 
-Alex-

-Will-

Sending your kids to the campground recycling bin is environmentally correct but socially awkward...

-Will-

Loves Logged:
Wading in the lake and waving at the geese...


Getting dirty, running wild and playing with new friends all day...

-Alex- 

 -Kinsley-




-Will-

Sitting around the campfire and laughing until the park host stops by (several times) with warnings...


Waking up to the gray mist of the lake, sipping coffee and throwing rocks with my boys...

 
-Will-

-Alex-

 Enjoying the sunshine and watching Daddy swim...


Exploratory walks and appreciating nature at its finest...

-Will-


We loved making memories with amazing friends, new and old.
Let's hope we can do it all over again in 2014.


Monday, July 1, 2013

June 2013


Things you are saying...
It's sunny outside!
Look Mom, it's not raining
Don't panic, I got this
Let's go play in the other water (splash pad at a park)
Let's go on an adventure


Things you are watching...
Jungle Book
The Blue Elephant
Mighty Machines
Wallace & Gromit


Things you are eating...
Tortillas
Toast
Sweet mini peppers
Cherry tomatoes off the vine
Snap peas off the vine
Raspberries
Broccoli


Things you are saying in the backseat...

Will: 'What happened to that tree brother?'
Alex: 'It fell down'
Will: 'No it didn't, it's standing up'
Alex: 'Where? Over there?'
Will: 'No that way'
Alex: 'Okay brother, it's standing up'

William...


You lectured a bumblebee and threatened to get a highchair and put it in timeout. All because Alex fell in a lavender bush and got a sliver that you both thought was a bee sting.


When making your book selection for the evening you often remark that the books that you are putting back are 'too busy'. You picked your nose in the tubby tonight and asked for a tissue. When I gave it to you, you wiped it off of your finger and made a tight ball saying, 'My booger is tired now, I put it in it's room so that it can sleep'.


Yesterday, you told me that the monsters pooped all over your bed. You continued your poop discussion with talk of spiders pooping, birds pooping, babies pooping, books pooping...pretty much everything was pooping.


The other night you told me that you were scared of monsters but it was okay because they weren't in our habitat.

Alexander...

You love to sleep on your stomach with your baby doll shoved up the front of your shirt. Apparently you shove your blanket in your shirt during nap time at school as well.


Whenever you are watching a movie, you grab a corner of something to distractedly chew on. All of the quilts and blankets in the house are fair game for the slobber fest. 


You talk your brother through some of his 'terrible two' moments by sweetly chiming in with 'It's okay brother, things are okay, you're okay.'


Every time we are getting ready for bed, you are the first one to lay down and repeatedly remind us that you're a good boy because you are laying down. The problem is, you are still talking long after Will has fallen asleep.