Camping

We just returned on Sunday from our first ever family camping adventure. We had so much fun! I had forgotten how much fun I had camping as a child. The only thing that I would change for the next outdoor adventure is the purchase of an air mattress, the ground is a little too hard for my aging body! We went to Twin Rivers Campground in Western Pa. It was a cute little camp ground nestled in the mountains, with two small creeks running through it. It was beautiful and the weather held out for the majority of the weekend. Sat night the sky opened up and we were forced to pack up our site in torrential rain but it is all part of the great outdoors right? Hopefully we will be able to go again before the summer is out!

Jack's 3rd Birthday!

Jack, turned 3 on July 16, 2009. Holy Cow! It is so hard to believe that my little baby; excuse me, my big boy is 3 now. Jack has grown so much, he is a tall skinny little man with big ideas and an even larger vocabulary. He talks so well and surprises you with the comments and questions that he can ask. Boy, can he ask questions. Jack's favorite question of all time is WHY? When you tell him why he wants to know why and so own. Jack is a very curious little man.
We celebrated his 3rd Birthday in Maine with Grandpa and Grandleen and family. We had a mini pool party and fire truck cake. Jack was determined to have a fire truck cake, he had talked about it for weeks beforehand. Nothing like a little pressure on mom to find the pan or use her creativity to make one. Well, I found the pan and it arrived hours before we left for our Maine trip. YIPEE!!! When we came back home to Maryland we had another party with grandmere and meme. We had a fabulous BarBQ and of course another fire truck cake! I think our third birthday was well represented!!!

Cecil County Fair

This week we went to the Cecil County Fair. We went with objective to cheer Aunt Mary and Olivia on who compete in the 4H aspect. Congrads on many well deserved honors! Way to Go !!!
Of course our boys also sought out the tractors! They had a great time sitting on all the old tractors the had on display and of course watching them compete! It was a fun family day and who knows maybe next year we will have a little competitor of our own!

Super Uleaus!!!!

So, I have been working all summer on removing the wall paper from our Master bathroom with the hope of having it repainted by the time that school starts. Well, best laid plans of mice and men because all this "free time" I thought I would have this summer has quickly evaporated and my bathroom is still not complete. I just recently reached the taping step of my ominous project so I thought is was safe for the boys to help, they are good workers and love to be right there whenever you tackle any project. The pictures that you see are what emerged from our taping project!
The boys had fun!

Playdough Party!!!

Jack and Charlie love to play with playdough. Jack has become much better at playing with it and not eating it! Charlie however has not mastered that part yet! The boys love to sit and create; to mix and match the colors ( I have tried to keep them separated but where is the fun in that, right?)
and to see what we can create together! Here is Jack "creating" his masterpiece and one that we completed together! We had so much fun and play this often. I recommend using a pizza pan or cookie tray because playdough is not fun to get off the table!

New Layout

You will notice that the picture of the boys has changed to the boys and Bootsie. We had this picture taken with picture people and I have to say I do love their work. We have some beautiful shots of the boys. One downfall is that you can have web access, yuck so the picture on here is a picture of a picture that I took. It is a little blurry but it gets the message of my cuties across.

So it has been a while since I have updated, like a week, see I lost the cord that connects my camera to my computer so I have a stockpile of the week events that I will update my blog with!

While Dad's Away

Mike has been away at a conference for school the boys, dogs and I have been flying solo. Today we enjoyed a quiet day at home. We did not get out of our jammies till 12, then we joined Grandmere and Olivia for lunch and ice cream. It was a wonderfully low key and chillastic day. So much fun. I think everyone needs those not much to do days, they only problem is that they are hard to come by.