I Couldn't Resist!

Chloe was very excited to mail a birthday card to Great Grandma Joyce today. She put it in the mailbox and then she sat on the driveway and said "I'll wait for the mailman to come". I told her that this could take awhille but she insisted...she was incredibly patient for the mailman. Here's how the morning went...

9:00 Waiting patiently for the mailman to take the birthday card to Great Grandma...

9:03 I'm very impressed that she is still patiently sitting there...

9:05 Getting a little restless...

9:10 Decides to give Caleb a ride and instructs me to watch for the mailman...

9:15 "When is the mailman going to come??" she asks for the 20th time...

9:55 We give up watching for the mailman and go inside to get a snack and watch Clifford. Clifford completely trumps the mailman...

AND 12:25...

I couldn't resist...

Caleb's latest new word

Sometimes siblings do not teach each other well...here's just one example...



Chloe is "cooking" in her kitchen. I notice she is using Caleb's book "My first book of Animals" as a recipe book.

Chloe (Holding the animal book): "Caleb, this is a bible. Can you say Bible?"

Caleb: "Bible"

Chloe: "Good job Caleb, good job."

Boating!!!

We had fun boating this past weekend with my family! These pictures show our favorite activities on the boat...mostly EATING!!!


Chloe likes to eat...And Daddy likes to prevent
too much of a mess...

My dad likes to hang out in the front...

Caleb also likes to eat...

Chloe & Daddy like to get WET!!!!

Newleyweds like to snuggle...

Laughter...what a sweet sound!!

I recently posted about Chloe and Caleb fighting. Of course they fight often, but they also play together remarkably well at times too. I think this video will be a favorite of mine for years to come...the sweet, sweet sound of their laughter!!!

Our driveway

Our driveway has turned into a road...or maybe more like multiple roads....Chloe drives her tricycle down the cracks in the driveway (note that in the picture she is following the "road" very well:).

Caleb doesn't understand the concept of following Chloe's "roads":)


Here Caleb is wondering why Chloe just yelled at him about "the road". The poor kid does alot of "wrong" things!!!

Fighting

My kids fight...ughhh...I wish it weren't true but they do...and they fight ALOT!!! So today as I was trying to clean up after breakfast I go into the living room in the middle of a fight going like this...

Chloe steals Caleb's tractor...
Caleb screaming loudly...
Chloe saying "I'm going to be on this tractor for 40 days and 40 nights"
Caleb screaming at her loudly...
Chloe saying "Yes, 40 days and 40 nights"
More screaming...

Not exactly the moral of the story about Noah's ark Chloe but glad you retained something I guess....

Vegetables

I have found there is one sure-fire way to get Caleb to eat a vegetable...










Feed him sweet corn!!!!


He may even eat part of the cob!!!

He's happy about eating part of the cob...

Chloe is more refined than eating the cob and when she gets too close to it

she says she is "too close to the dog part" (we're guessing she means bone??)

Oh, the wonderful tastes and quotes of summer!!!!

What I learned

Here is what I learned this past weekend during our first time camping out in our backyard...

If I don't hold Caleb's plate

it will all get quickly get dumped on the ground...

Our friends are good sports...especially Darath...here shown sporting her wrap holding

baby Elias...what you don't see is her swatting at all the bugs that were attacking!!

Caleb likes to pretend he's driving...

It's hard to catch a fish when Chloe and Malik are throwing

sticks into the water...

Little boys like S'mores...

Little girls do too...

Kids are going to need a bath after eating S'mores...

Big kids also get messy...

My sweet 18 month old won't realize he's not partaking

in the "real deal"...

Sleeping in tents in the backyard is WAY more fun with friends!!

Sleeping in a tent with Chloe is a blast...but only until 6am...

Mini donuts for breakfast is an AWESOME treat!!!

My man loves the outdoors....and mini donuts, eggs, and bacon:)

It doesn't get much better than jumping on a trampoline

with Mason and Beth at 8am on a Saturday morning!!

Honey Nut Cheerios

Went for our run today and like always I gave the kids each a snack and their sippy cup. Yes, it is a process for me to get out on the trail!! The kiddos normally don't fight while I'm running but today Chloe was trying to get Caleb's Honey Nut Cheerios and I had to intervene twice to let Caleb keep his cheerios. When we got back the little guy was sound asleep...but note he is still guarding the cheerios!!!

Went for our run today and like always I gave the kids each a snack and their sippy

cup

Caleb's new trick...

I arrived home from my run tonight to find Caleb in the kitchen and Mom, Dad, Kyle, and Chloe all out on the deck. Yep, Caleb had locked them out (unintentional of course) on the deck!!! The poor little guy was upset and there was nothing anyone could do about it!! I think they were all relieved to see me! Now to figure out how to prevent this from happening again....

A few pics of the wedding and a plea...

My little sister's wedding was last weekend and it was a blast. Here are a few pics of the big day! Here is my plea...if you have pictures from the wedding/reception/anything wedding related...could you forward some of those pics to me via email?? I really want some more pictures!!! I would really appreciate it!!!

A picture of Tasha and Jared seeing each other for the first time on their big day!

A pic of our family at the reception at the Linden House.