The neighborhood children are out of school for the summer now which changes our lives pretty drastically. Caleb in particularly LOVES other children so his first thought in the morning is, "Can I go see if Taylor can play?" Keep in mind that Taylor is 10 and doesn't necessarily want to spend his every waking hour with a 6 (7 in a couple of weeks) year old. So, I solved the problem by paying him about a dollar an hour to babysit Caleb. Then Emily gets a dollar an hour to babysit Adam. The boys love it and I love the free time with just Annabelle. Monday they all spent the day running a lemonade stand. They sold sweet tea and lemonade to the folks driving through and the workers at the job sites. What a great learning experience for the boys and they had a blast!

I have said this many times before but I think I need to record it in my blog. I am so glad that God saw fit for Adam to arrive in this world 15 1/2 months after Caleb. It was so hard when they were babies, but now it is wonderful. They each have a perfect playmate for life. Yeah, they do fight quite a bit, but after they get disciplined for that, I usually talk to them about how they are best friends and should be thankful for one another. They get it. I want them to be best friends, and so far they really are. I believe it builds character to have to learn constantly to get along and share and love......


So any of you gals who have just one baby right now, consider having the second soon. It will be hard at first but then so much better in a few years!


I will have to say that there can be a drawback known as "double trouble" because a brother makes a perfect partner in crime. For example you might just walk into the play room one morning , and after a bit of inspection, realise that not one, but TWO boys decided to pee on a t-shirt in the middle of the floor.


That really happened last week. Boys can be so darn gross.

Annabelle at least has cousins that are close in age!

Don't forget to come to the Monte Vista Thursday!

"the best day of my life".......

Caleb often declares certain days "the best day of his life" and yesterday just so happened to be one of those days. We started the morning by recovering his missing Heelie wheel from Aunt Amie's house. (he lost it the second day he got them) Then we went to the gym where someone made an extra yummy smoothie for the boys (I get a free one when I teach and they often vary in the ingredients depending on who makes the smoothie) After that we stopped by Mimi and Grandaddy's (who Annabelle now refers to as "Gay") to pick up some allergy medicine for me and the boys ended up staying for the afternoon of yard work (Caleb's FAVORITE pastime) shooting the air soft gun and Happy Meals. Then, Seth and I picked them up and we all headed to a friend's house for a cookout where they jumped on the trampoline and ran around wild shooting cap guns with their kids.

But, wait, there's more. Seth took the boys to a birthday party at the Cheshire pool at 6:30 while I took Annabelle to Mimi for the night. Then Lacie picked the boys up for me and brought them back to the cookout and they hung out around the campfire until almost midnight while we all played and sang.


That was one full day, huh?

This picture is totally unrelated, but what is a post with no pictures???!! Boring, I tell ya. So this is Kiah and Adam with Annabelle. Look at her little angel kiss mark on her forehead. That thing has faded a lot.