Here's Jake having a snack...he is wearing a hat we found that fits his head. We have problems with that since he has such a huge melon! Do you believe this hat is size 48 months????
Mmmmmm....Gerber animal crackers!!!
Justin had 6 others to race with this time. Such a big difference from last year when the most there were, total, were 3!!!!
Ready to go!!! Lookin stylin'
Here they are all ready to go!!! Gentlemen, start your engines!!!
We finally got a dining room table! We've been using a 4 person folding card table since we moved. We've been checking sales, auctions and Craigs List, but haven't had any luck. We found one on CL but they never contacted us back....Nancy found a listing in our local paper this morning during her break at work so we called them, John went and looked at it, got them to lower the price by $40 and now for the bargain price of $260 we have an oak table with 6 armed chairs and 2 leaves. One chair is pretty scratched up (in the seat) and there are some scratches on the top, but it looks GREAT. We will likely have a table cloth or place mats on it anyway. We SCORED!
We have geese (not to mention other ducks, birds and white pelicans) out on the pond and in the meadow behind our house. The geese have babies now and so we have been walking around the pond a few nights a week feeding the geese. Justin was even able to pet them! They were eating bread of his shoes and from his hands!
Awwww!!
The big ones were hissing, saying "Give me bread NOW!".
Hiss!
Soft!
My boys chillin'.
Jacob should be walking anytime now...at least it sure seems like it! All he wants to do is this...walk holding your hands. He will have a serious fit if you are busy and can't walk with him that instant! Luckily he has a great big brother to cruise with!
Hey Mom! I'm on the deck!
Chilling on the weekend with a Ba Ba.
Look...I am going to open the gate! We've put a clip on the "clasp" so that you can't open it without taking the clip off. That way Jacob can't accidentally get it open and take a tumble down the stairs.
You can see the fence posts in the back...the beginning of our fence!
It's going to be an "open" fence, with wide square wire in the middle. It will keep animals out and kids in, but you can see through it and it won't really look like we have a fence!
Justin was in desperate need of a hair cut. He finally let me cut the hair over his ears a few weeks ago, and trim a bit off the back, but that was it. The poor guy was drowning in hair! John finally just gave Jus a buzz. He always asks for one when we go to have Sonja cut our hair!
Going....going......
On the floor....Look at all that! There was the same amount, or more, on the floor!
Speaking of wild hair......
Daddy had to take some pictures of Jacob "rockin'" the bed head!!!
Looks like someone had a balloon rubbed on their head.....
Oh my....
John's birthday was on May 19. He wanted to grill steaks and have dinner at home. It was a nice evening!
Justin had some friends over yesterday and they were playing in his room. They had the door closed and of course Jacob wanted in. John was in the hallway watching him when he called me down to see what Jacob was *almost* doing....he is going to have that door handle any second now!!
Jacob getting his feet wet....He wasn't too sure about this....
The Canadian Geese getting in on the action!
John and Jacob at the shore!
Justin's friend Nick brought a surf board and showed him how to paddle and stand up on it!
Here is Nick out on his board.
John ended up travelling back home (the sweet man) to get us things...the weather was SO nice we didn't bring things like thongs, tank tops, football....John went back and got those things, and among other things, Justin's spring suit! The water is quite cold, so he was very thrilled to wear it!
My little surfer boy!
Teri, Roz and Rob brought kayaks, so the boys went out, after the ladies and men, and had a blast! I was afraid to try it....but I did at the end of the day and loved it!
Here are Teri and Roz getting Nick and Justin (on the left) into the kayaks.
Justin brought his snorkel and had a great time playing with it in the water.
Here are us Moms.....Me, Roz, Teri, Molly and...I suck....I can't remember the other two women's names.....they were all very nice and we were lucky enough to have Teri and Roz (and their hubby's and kids) come over to the house for some wine and conversation afterwards!
Brian had an awesomely large kite, and once the wind picked up John and he tried to get it in the air while the Q was going. Yummy chicken!
This was when I decided to go out in the kayak. I didn't have a swim suit on and I was worried about falling into the super cold water, but I really wanted to try it. Justin came out with me in case anything happened; he is just so sweet! We had a great time!
John snapped thiese while we kayaked! Here is Justin having fun on the surfboard! That "fish" in the background is Mykayla!
Here I am kayaking!! I would love to get a couple so we could do this during the summer months and not only enjoy the great outdoors, but get some exercise too! Woop!
