[I miss the Counting Crows. Ill have to dig up this song which is now playing over and over in my head. For the record, round here we NEVER stay up really, really, really late.]
Nathan has discovered the Leapster. These were an absolute favorite of Justin and Evan for many, many years now. I think Justin got his when he was 3 years old, so 6 years later they still are getting use out of them. Its fascinating to watch Nathan learning new things. He has such an amazing grasp of cause and effect and just "gets" things like this electronic toy. Impressive and cute!!!
We hosted one of our favorite families for a playdate one day. Seven kids versus two moms (5 of which are boys). We managed to have a fabulous day together! The kids played playdough together, swam, played ball and chase and just hung out like old friends do on lazy summer days.
At night we have been enjoying family games together. Nathan is surprisingly patient and a fast learner when it comes to games. On this day he mastered Candy Land and made it through the whole game with his brothers and dad!
Nathan has been learning his numbers. I made up a parking lot game for him that he really likes. Each parking spot has a number sticker and one car has a corresponding number on it. The idea is to park each car in its matching spot.
Nathan reading with daddy.
Justin rediscovered this fabulous toy that his Uncle Todd gave him a couple Christmas ago. Its an erector set that you can build lots of different things out of. On this day he built by himself this fabulous robot.
The boys attended a birthday party for one of their good friends at a Sportsplex where they played baseball and flag football and ate lots of pizza! Fun!
Another game night. Operation. We had a tournament that was really cut-throat :)
Nathan got some help from G.
Justin concentrating.
G snapped this picture of me as incriminating evidence of me crawling into Nathan's crib with him. I know, its pretty ridiculous.
Justin with another creation from his erector set, a train.
My dad and Nathan playing the parking lot game.
Evan jumping into the pool.
Landing right on a float! Pretty impressive!!!
Nathan in the pool.
Relaxing in the backyard with my feet up. This doesn't happen very often but when it does, it feels so good.
Nathan in his shark towel.
Nathan running in the yard.
Justin doing a handstand under water. He is a fish after just one year with the pool! I cant believe how well he swims now, doing flips under water and swimming and floating. Getting the pool was absolutely the best investment since we moved into our house.
There is a shark riding that tricycle!!!
Nathan learned to ride his scooter this past week! Its so cute to see the three boys racing around on their scooters now.
Evan can go so fast!
Justin and Nathan together.
Over the weekend we took a tour of a local brew house. It was SO cool, speaking from the chemical engineer in me.
Evan was a little less than impressed. He said it smelled, bad. It was amazingly clean, he was just smelling the yeast.
Free samples at the end of the tour - YUM!!!
G enjoying his beer.
Cheers!!!
The kids had high octane fruit punch with LOTS of red food dye, as is evident by their wildness afterwards and their red mustaches.
G and Justin. And me and G. We had plenty of time for pictures in the bar after the tour. We were required to stay for 25 minutes after the last member of our tour got served. As luck would have it about one minuted into our 25 minute wait Nathan had an accident in his shorts. We naturally had no diaper bag. Did I mention we were trapped for 25 minutes in the room? Irony.
Justin the photog.
After we were set free, and Nathan's shorts were changed, we went to see the beautiful horses. The kids enjoyed watching the horses get washed.
Hanging out in the backyard. Nathan gets to spend time with BOTH his grandpas - what a lucky boy!!!
Evan playing catch in the yard.
