Movie time

It's a very rare moment when I catch these two sitting together just being still.  I couldn't grab my camera fast enough when I saw this last Saturday.  A little Lightning McQueen action gets 'em every time!  

 

Mema's Bday

My sweet grandmother turned 82 this past Sunday. 

I love that my boys know their Great Grandmother.   Mema. 

Three generations... My grandmother, my dad, my parents grandchildren, and my Mema's great-grandbabies.

We had a sweet lunch together at La Madeleine last Sunday with her.  She is a precious lady and I'm so thankful for her in my life.  I spent many a summer hanging out at my grandparents home when both of my parents worked.  She took such good care of me.  I have a lot of good memories with her & my Papa. 

82 years is a long time to live.  I pray she has many more years left.  She is such a healthy woman for her age.  I hope I look that good when I'm 82!  Happy Birthday, Mema!  I love you!

Boys in baby towels

Yes, we still use baby towels.  Even for Reid.  Don't judge.  ;)  There ain't nothin' cuter than a baby (or an almost 5 yo in this case) in a baby towel!  Love it & love babies after their bath. 

Tryin' to multi-task... and oops!

Mama loves some baby feet in the sand.

Riley got to sit in a real booster seat tonight... whatever works to get him to eat, right?

And while mama was outside trying to take pictures of baby feet & dump trucks in the sand, this is what happened.  Oops!  Luckily a doctor lives in the house & he used his scalpel to cut off the burnt part. 

Last day of swim lessons 2012

CAN. NOT. BELIEVE this is my kid!

Swimming all by himself! 

Waiting for the dreaded turn to jump of the diving board.  None of these little ones look all too thrilled. 

And he jumps... right on his belly!  We'll have to work on this one... :)

Mrs. Ginger.... this woman rocks!  She got my kid to swim this summer!

This summer was Reid's 2nd summer to take swim lessons.  Last year he learned the basics.  How to put his face in the water, breathe under the water, blow bubbles, etc.  This year was a whole new ball game.  He had a new teacher & it was more than just the basics this year.  Reid bonded with Mrs. Ginger right away and was doing exactly what she told him to do.  I couldn't believe it.  Last year he would hardly stay in the water with the teacher & there were lots of tears.  This year it wasn't an option & he did great!  He jumped off the diving board on the 2nd day and swam like a fish every lesson!  AMAZING!  I am so proud of him.  These lessons were huge for Reid & he made a TON of progress!  We will definitely be coming back to see Mrs. Ginger next summer!  Yay Reid!

A little of this... a little bit of that.

We have had a really low key week.  I have LOVED it! 

We only had something scheduled to do 2 days this week.  Sooo nice not to have to go anywhere unless we wanted to. 

The boys have really been playing well together and I have enjoyed just being at home with them all week. 

Reid has been being such a good big brother & teaching his brother how to do lots of things he did at this age.  SO sweet!

We made s'mores in the oven one day.  A HUGE hit.  Especially with Riley-Roo here! 

Love these two.  Waiting for their s'mores to get done... How sweet is that? 

Another interesting thing this week... Reid has been asking lots of questions about Jesus dying on the cross & heaven this week.  Wow.  He's only 4 years old.  It just makes me wonder how much he is really processing at his age.  I know they talk a lot in Sunday School about Jesus dying for our sins.  

This was our convo in the car today-- 

 Reid: "Mommy, when will I go to heaven? 

Me: Not for a long time Reid.  Jesus will come & take us all when He's ready.  

Reid: Mommy, I want to go to heaven & see Jesus.

Me: We will all see Jesus in heaven one day & it'll be so wonderful.    

 Reid: If we go to heaven, who will come & pick us up & take us back home?

Me: Well, we won't come back home.  We'll be in heaven and we won't need to come back to our house, because it'll be so wonderful up there.

Reid:  Starts crying.  

Me: Reid, what's wrong??  

Reid: Mommy, I want to come back to my home after I go to heaven!

Me: It's okay Reid.  You don't have to worry about that! We're not going to heaven today (I don't think)   Let's go home & eat our Schlotzkey's and have a juice.  :) 

Me:  (In my head)  Oh. my. goodness.  I wasn't quite prepared for all that!  Lord, help me prepare for these questions... Always hits you when you least expect it!

  

Okay... wow! That's a lot for a 4 yo.  God love those children.  Praise God he wants to go see Jesus one day.  Warms my heart to no end. 

It's Tuesday... Mack Day!

Reid has been saving his allowance for quite some time now.  He saw this Mack Semi tractor trailer at a friends house a few weeks ago.  He has NOT stopped talking about his toy since!  I tried to find it in stores, but no one was carrying it anymore.  We told him maybe we could get it for his birthday, but this boy came up with the bright idea to save his money and buy it!  Smart boy!  

He's been doing a "job" chart for a few months now & earns 5 cents per job.  Usually it only adds up to about 2 bucks a week, so imagine 4 yo boy saving $2.00 a week for about 12 weeks!  That's a looooonnnngggg time in the mind of a 4 yo brain!  

 

Anyway, he did it and last Friday, I ordered it off Amazon for him.  I told him it was coming Tuesday and everyday, we heard, "Mommy, Daddy!  Tuesday is Mack day!"  On Tuesday of this week, he woke up and said, "Daddy, today is Mack DAY!" So stinkin' cute! 

He has absolutely LOVED this thing and was thrilled when I told him that the mailman had delivered it to our door!  He brings it with him everywhere he goes.  It gives me such joy to see how proud he is of it, because he bought it with his OWN money!  Yay Reid!  SOOO proud of you, buddy!