Not the safest...but lots of FUN!

Keith had the bright idea of setting the bounce house up next to the pool. Although it may not have been the safest choice the kids loved it and luckily no one was hurt. We called up some friends and spent the evening sliding and enjoying the cool water. Days like these are when having a pool is so worth it!

Riders

For a weekend with no plans we sure ended up doing a lot. Saturday morning we loaded up the bikes, bike trailer and headed out to the park for some riding. We were pretty psyched about attempting a new trail until we made it just past the parking area and realized we would be riding on gravel! Not so bad for mom but poor dad had to pull the trailer with the boys. Yuck! Needless to say, Keith got quite a workout. We rode about 8....no, was it 7.....uhhh, maybe 6....oh heck, I think it was 5 miles. ;) I led most of the way and was so excited to see not one but TWO armadillos!!! (And they were alive!!!!)

Hurricane Alex

This is what happens when you try to take a 10 minute shower and leave Alex unattended.

How to make one little boys day!

Let him take a ride on the school bus!!!! After a whole school year of watching Parker get on and off the school bus each day Alex finally got his turn! Parker's a.m. bus driver Mr. Tom is the kindest and coolest guy on earth and told Alex that before the end of the school year he would take him for a ride on the bus. With tomorrow being our last day of school today was the day. Alex was so excited to be able to actually climb up those steps. They strapped him into a "star seat" (kind of a car seat/harness to keep them seat belted down) and the boys had to do the count down ritual to get the bus to GO. Alex followed right along even singing and swaying along when they started to sing "The Wheels on the Bus". He was a big smiley from ear to ear.

A fantastic treat for a 2 year old! Thanks to Mr. Tom!!!!

Look what I made!

And it's NOT for me. ;) LOL!!!

A good friend is having a baby this fall so I wanted take a stab at constructing a diaper cake. It has small gifts intermingled in the slew of diapers. I thought it turned out pretty cute so I thought I'd share.

Just sharing some recent pics...

First Slumber party!!

Good Morning and welcome to another new week! It's been an eventful weekend. Keith escaped to Canada last Thurs. (although he'll probably describe it as being led unwillingly to the plane - LOL!!) and spent a fun filled weekend working. Luckily he will be on a plane heading back to us today and although I missed him I'm much happier that he will be back to receive some of the boys attention. ;)

Keith missed a "first" this weekend. Alex's first slumber party! His best friend Roman came over on Sat. and spent the night. I offered to host this little soiree when I thought Keith would be here but as with work "things come up out of nowhere" and I knew this was one challenge I'd have to take on all by myself. How hard can it be to keep 2 - 2 year olds and a 4 year old entertained for a night and a day? HA HA!!!! It went great and although the noise level was something I coould have done without I was pleasantly surprised.

I also attended Alex's ARD mtg. on Friday. (For speech services he'll begin receiving through the school dist.) He will be going to speech class twice a week for about 2 hrs. a day. So, if we can get Parker's school schedule, Alex's preschool schedule and these speech classes all time coordinated we will be set for the coming school year. Whew! Only one more year of all this "coordinating", then Parker will be in Kindergarten all day and my life of timing things just right gets much easier. I may even be able to get a **gasp, gasp** job. :O