Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to our fantastic Dada! He has taught us so many things already....

How to be kind to one another and play gently.....

How to eat politely and have nice table manners.....

And to have a serious appreciation for heavy metal...much to Mama's chagrin.

And a special thank you to Grammy for coming over last night so Mama & Dada could go out and see "The Hangover"....Mama snorted a Swedish Fish into her nose laughing. It's a must see.

It's Friday....

...and someone is a big girl who can sit in her high chair!

Logan now demands kielbasa and chocolate milk for sustenance.

Birthday Weekend

We had so much fun this weekend going to two very special birthdays. Mama's lifelong friend, Tara, turned 30 and her family celebrated with a surprise party at her house on Saturday. The boys thought they were super pimp as they were permitted to drink multiple juice boxes and sit on a swing. As Uncle Brendan always says - What up, gangsta?

It was very surreal for Mama to watch her children play at a house that she visited often as a child and teenager. She teared up watching her sons play with Owen Clement, the son of Melissa & Kyle - more longtime friends. But, of course, reality set in and Mama started screaming at the boys to get the hell out of Mr. Ambrose's water fountain and to stop beating the crap out of the pinata. Annnnnnd sentimental moment: over.

On Sunday we went to another birthday party for our bestest friend, Elliana! She is 4 and invited us to the pool. Mama got tired of trying to hold Logan and rescue Sawyer who apparently thinks he is a dolphin and can breathe underwater. We went back to Elli's house and had fun in her pool.....

Jesus, Dylan. Are we so lazy that we have to place a ride-on toy in the pool?

Mama loves this picture of Luccas, Sawyer and Elliana. It is wonderful to see my own children have friends they have already known their whole lives. We are lucky that so many wonderful people care for our kids. Of course, this could bite us all in the ass, when in 10 years Sawyer asks Elliana to be his girlfriend and she says, "Remember that time you ate ribs at my house and got BBQ sauce all over your bare chest? Yeah.....we are so not happening."

The Weekend

The weekend started with a bang....or should I say chainsaw? The Gilmore clan bravely offered to watch all 3 kids while Pat & I did yardwork. Oh yes, we are real ass homeowners and went all Extreme Home Makeover on our shrubbery. It's been getting too big and pissing me off. 

Later, we took the kids to play in the water fountain. Dylan really got the knack of things. He would squirt water with his foot, note the timing of the spouts and wash his Matchbox car.

Sawyer....uh, well....he's a slow learner. 

Miss Logan is now big enough to spend some time in the ol' Exersaucer. A special thank you to Mr. Owen Clement for letting us borrow this toy for a bit. He was such a big boy about letting us take it. Even though when I showed up to put it in the van, he was sitting in it. ;)

Awkward....

So Amy finally discovered that Brendan has a secret affection for putting his contact info in illicit bathrooms across the world (you know he did it while he was in the Middle East).

Actually, this picture comes from Lizzie Gunnels Young who lives in the house where the Gunnels girls grew up. Apparently, they would have people write their phone numbers on the pantry door, and Brendan threw down his digits while we were all in gradeschool. Holla, playa! How adorable! This would never have happened at our house since Krissy basically made us bathe in bleach. Anydookle, Lizzie sent this out last night. Don't you love the question mark by Brendan's name? You know Amy was thinking, "He's nice...I guess. Kind of has messy handwriting and slow dances poorly. I'll give him a C- on his Bugle Boy pants and maybe contact him when we're in our 20s. " 

Well Amy, now he's all yours.