Seaside 2013 -- Part 1

We arrived on July 6th for our 2nd annual Lindsay family Seaside trip.  We stayed in Watercolor this year.  This was our first morning at our beach house.  It was truly a gorgeous morning  after a whole day of rain the 1st day we arrived.

The boys ran and played and soaked it all in.  It was humid, but none of us cared a lick!

And the white sands are still so breathtaking! I already miss it. 

Reid was a HUGE fan of the ocean this year!  He went in by himself and just played & played for hours!

On July 8, the week we were there, Riley celebrated his 3rd birthday.  We got to celebrate with sweet friends who just happened to be vacationing the same week in Watercolor!

This fun Mexican restaurant in Rosemary Beach went all out for our little guy's day!

Happy 3rd birthday Roo-Roo!!

And the MOST hilarious part of the evening was (well not this part), when he peed in his pants at the table.  Luckily, my sweet friend, Jessica had a spare pair of underwear and shorts in her car.  Unfortunately for Riley, they were a little big for him.  As we were walking out of the restaurant, the shorts just fell down to his ankles!!  Sorry buddy, I know you'll hate me when you're a grown up, but I just HAD to take this picture!

If You Give a Pig a Pancake

I went to this awesome meeting this past spring to talk with other moms about having a "purposeful" summer. I have been trying to plan a little more so the kids don't get bored and neither do I! We've made a summer fun list of things they wanted to do and checking them off as we go.  So far so good! 

The other morning, we did a little activity called "Cook with Books."  Loved this idea! I found our copy of If You Give a Pig a Pancake and we made some yummy pancakes after reading it.  

The boys loved helping me make pancakes.

And sat so still to read this story. 

This face says it all!

Nothin better than a pancake shaped like a pig! Here's to more cooking with books!

Father's Day present

For Father's Day this year, I decided what better way to capture our boys than to dress them up in their favorite superhero outfit and Daddy's favorite shoes.

We took lots of pictures.... this one is compliments of Riley-Roo.

I could hardly believe when I downloaded this one and saw it... Just wanna freeze time right there.

And of course Rod's favorite... his boys complete with superman shirts, daddy's boots, and superhero poses! 

More pics of Father's Day to come... :)

Love him....

Just love this boy... he cracks me up!! 

Summer's here... what have we been doing?

We started off the 1st week of summer slow... a picnic here..

A splashpark there...

Riley visited the dentist for the 1st time last month! He did awesome, sat so still for the whole thing, and was as quiet as a mouse!  Crazy!

And then we got busy.... Reid took a tennis camp the 1st week of June and LOVED it!!!  I have never seen him so happy about playing a sport!!  On the first day he said, "Mommy, I love tennis!" Yay for TENNIS!!!

Reid testing for his purple belt last week! He breaks those boards without much effort at all!  Hi- yah!

And he got it last night! He will be starting the BIG boy karate class come the fall!  Can't believe he has been doing this almost a year now!  He {LOVES} it!

And the boys have been in swim lessons all week.  Whew! We made it through week one!  One more to go.... This is Riley's 1st year to do it and it's safe to say he is LOVING it!!  

He is the only kid in his class not crying, which makes me super duper happy!  He does what the teacher says and has put his face in the water all week!  

Reid is swimming like a fish again and jumping off the diving board.  SO proud of my boys!!  Summer's here... bring on the fun!

Last t-ball game of season 2013

Warming up for his 1st hit of the last game of the season.

And he hits...

And makes it to 1st base! 

And now we're playing in the outfield, makin' superhero poses... nothin' unusual at this age! Or definitely not for this guy!

Game over. Good game guys! Time for snacks!

Reid had a great time playing t-ball this season!  He got to play with some good buddies and even though he didn't love every game, he still always looked like he was having a great time!  Love seeing this smile on his face! Makes my heart smile every time!

We are so proud of you #3.  You did a great job and ALWAYS gave it your all for every game and practice!  Way to go BIG Reid!

Riley's BIG boy bed

So many big things have been happening lately, and I just don't have time to document them all on time.  Reid graduating from pre-k, Riley getting a BIG boy bed, last t-ball game of the season, karate testing... The list goes on! Where are more hours in the day, cuz I need 'em!!

 

Here's what happened a couple of weeks ago...

Memorial Day weekend, the boys spent time at their grandparents house.  We cleaned out, organized, moved furniture, and decided it was time for Riley to have his new BIG boy room.  I hadn't shopped, really even put a whole lot of thought into it, but I knew that this was a good weekend to do it if it was gonna happen before summer truly hit.  We managed to pull together some cute bedding and just pulled Reid's trundle out from underneath his bed for little Roo-Roo to sleep on. 

It turned out perfect and from the smile on his face, he LOVED it!  I wasn't sure how this would all go since we hadn't really talked about it much lately.  We started potty training after school got out, so I figured, why not do the big boy bed too! 

Riley LOVES being upstairs with Reid and they are just happy as clams up there together!

This just proves it.  He jumped right on top of Reid the first night up there & gave him a BIG OLE little brother hug!

Just look at those smiles, will ya?  Now we just have to keep them from waking each other up every morning!  They play more together now than they ever did, except it's at 6:30 am!!  Ack!