Friday... boys will be boys!

We made an unexpected visit to Dr. Lindsay's wound clinic this morning after I heard crying in the living room..... I went in to find Riley sitting on the couch with a tape measure in one hand and a very bloody left hand in the other.  He & Reid had been playing with it and it was a tiny tiny tape measure.  I assure you.  I thought it couldn't have been a sharp one... ummm.  Think again.  Let's just say this mama does not handle the site of a lot of blood very well.  Ugh.

I was so happy that the boys were playing so nicely together and just enjoying being at home.  I was enjoying playing with them. Alas, the Lord is still pruning me.  
Thank you Jesus for my wound care doctor husband.  What would I do without him?  I love how Riley is holding Reid's hand in this picture.  Guess he needed a little support.  sweet thing.

This is a crazy stage of life.  Riley is 2.  He is into EV-ER-Y. thing.  Says "no" all. the. time.  Throws a LOT of temper tantrums, and hits his brother whenever he wants his attention.  I feel like a crazy woman every some days.  The Lord is testing my patience through this sweet boy.  Love, love, love him to pieces.  When I pray for patience, as I did this morning, the Lord tested me.  We made it through and I am still thankful everyday for my 2 sweet, crazy, fun-loving boys.  Okay.  That's out.  Just had to vent.  :)  Happy Friday.... even if it started out a little bit crazier than I had hoped! 
 

Seaside -- take 2

love all that is going on in this picture.  such precious memories. 

i love that this community is so geared towards pedestrians & bike riders.  so nice to not have to drive everywhere unless you wanted or needed to.

my fav airstream trailer

 one of the many airstream trailers serving food in the seaside town square.  grilled cheeses, hot dogs, bbq, tacos... whatever you could think of, they had it! a new addition to seaside since rodney & i were there 6 years ago!

waiting patiently for their frozen custard at frost bites.

we had so many fun moments with these two.  i think they grew to be best buds that week.  :)

we are already planning our next trip to seaside.  such a fun, amazing week with our little family of 4.  the boys were awesome & we all grew closer that week.  it was nice to have a vacation where all we did was go to the beach everyday, eat a picnic lunch in the lounge chairs, go up & take naps, eat dinner out & do it all over again the next day! we made so many fun memories that i will forever cherish because of our time together.  i seriously heart the beach and the boys had a blast!  we can NOT wait to go back next summer & make more memories together.  until next year seaside....  hang on to those waves, white sands, and beautiful sunsets.  we'll be back! 

Pre-K... here we go!

I can hardly believe that Reid has officially started pre-k! 

He looks so big to me this year & more like a BOY than a toddler.  He'll be FIVE in 3 weeks! 

I have thought about this day ever since he started MDO when he was 2,  and have been dreading it because I knew it would mean he was almost ready to go to Kindergarten. 

I didn't cry like I thought I would, but it was so strange to drop him off in the 4's class & then to drop Riley off in the class where Reid first started his year at this little school.

He was ready & didn't seem nervous at all. 

I even bought him a "big boy" backpack and new lunchbox in honor of starting his pre-k year. 

He seems to like it so far & *loves* his sweet teachers.  He says he doesn't like Spanish.  Not sure what that's about?  Ready to get this year going, but not so ready to watch my boy grow up.  Sniff sniff. 

Seaside ~ Part 1

not sure which night this is... found a place for frozen custard called "frost bites."  amazing custard!  omg!

totally unedited.  SOOC.  just a day in life at the beach with a 2 & 4 yo.  trying to take the 1 millionth picture.

this was not our 'official' family photo, but i thought it turned out better than the dressy one i planned & we weren't even trying!  the girl i got to take this picture happened to be a photography major in college for the last 3 years!  thank you, Lord!  wow!

our family photo attempts.  went too early.  before the sunset.  before dinner.  note to self: will plan better next time!

Seaside preview...

the boys getting ready to go to the beach the first day after we arrived.  truly... THE best memories we have ever made with our sweet family of four!

all these pictures are SOOC (straight out of the camera).  i wanted to get a few of them posted before i lose all track of time with reid starting preschool.  :)

love ALL the scenery in seaside.  amazing. 

our fav restaurant of the week.  george's in alys beach.  *love*

more to come....

"Toy Tory"

Riley LOVES "Toy Tory" as he so fondly calls it.  Wakes up everyday wanting to watch the movie.  If only, bubba.  Then we would never go anywhere! 

This week in pictures...

This has been our week.  Playing with as many toys as we can find.  Mama creativity has not so much been a-flowin'.  Riley has been sick and we have been stuck in the house for about 3 days now.  Coloring books, play-doh, puzzles, tv, snacks, tv, snacks.  Is it vacation time yet?

Splash & run

A couple of weeks ago, I finally got a chance to take the boys to this cool splash park in Allen I'd heard about through a friend.  It was so fun and the boys LOVED it!  They had a ball playing in the fountains and running around this blue wall about 100 gazillion times!  Can I be a kid again?  I wanna run & splash and not have a care in the world for one day.