Tom and Lisa go on a date!

I say that like it is some really big deal, we do actually get to go out on our own pretty often. We were celebrating our anniversary yesterday (early - its on tues.) and Len and Kyle came to babysit the boys.

To say that Jack and Quent are excited for Uncle Lenny and Aunt Ky-Ky to come over is an extreme understatement! They get crazy when they see them. When its time for Momma and Daddy to go they are enthusiastically saying "Bye Momma, Bye Daddy!" and literally walking us to the door.

Tom and I went out for lunch at Logan's Roadhouse. It was pretty good, its one of those throw-your-peanut-shells-on-the-floor kind of places and when you are not that into eating peanuts it doesn't really add that much to your experience. Tom like his steak and my chicken salad was good too. The bread they bring to the table was very good, I love the carbs!

We then went to buy big boy beds for Jack and Quent due to the crib recall (see this post for that info). We went for the twin beds and decided to bypass the toddler beds figuring that the toddler beds would not last really long due to the boys' height and it was better to just spend the money on the twin beds now. Which also means we had to get mattress pads, sheets and the bed rails so we don't fall out. All in all it was an expensive trip! But all we have to do now is get everything rearranged in their room, wash all the new linens, and get started in our new beds.
Papa is delivering the mattresses to day in his truck (THANKS PAPA) and we will probably work on setting everything up in the next few days. I will post some pictures of before and after.

My babies just keep on growing up! *sniff sniff*

We saw Hancock at the theatre and we both really liked the movie. I like anything that Will Smith is in, but this movie was very good. When we got home we got the lowdown from the day and boy id they have fun here while we were gone. They went for a walk, played outside, got to see Joel's (Kyle's Dad) motorcycle (and even sit on it!) and play with Laverne, Len and Kyle's doggy.

This morning they were still all abuzz about their fun day yesterday with Lenny and Ky-Ky. At breakfast Quent was even pretending to lick his cereal out of his bowl like "Laverne dinkin da water"! SO so funny!

Happy 4th of July!

We had a fun 4th of July right here in our little town! The weather was perfect and a beautiful day for a parade! Gramma, Aunt Jean, and GG came over to watch the parade after lunch. It was not a huge parade but Jack and Quent were pretty impressed. We rode our bikes over to sit in the shade and watch the parade go by. There were lots of kids at the end of the parade that had decorated their bikes for the 4th, it was sweet. They were ina competition and the best bike won 1st prize.
After the parade we walked downtown for ice cream and met the 1st prize bike contest winner and the railroad days princess! (their Grandpa owns the ice cream shop)
Yep, celebrities in our little town!

the boys enjoying their cones on their bikes

Jack is peeking over at the car wash across the street, the dessert time entertainment

yummy ice cream - notice that Quent has eaten the sides of the cone
and therefore he leaked ice cream all over his shorts! Luckily, we are washable!

the carwash is running again!

Patriotic boys and the flags that he "princess" had given them

We spent the evening at home playing and relaxing. It was a nice day for us all.
Hope your was a great holiday too!

Toads and vacuums, hmm?

Here is the little, actually kind of big, toad that we found under our sand table. It hopped out when i moved it from the deck onto the grass, and WHOA, did it scare the bejeezes out of me! The boys on the hand thought it was pretty cool and if it had sat still long enough they would have definitely caught him!

You can see the toad making his escape to the left off the deck while the boys are moving stuff to close in on him!





We also got out some golf sets that we had gotten a while ago. And while they were not quite sure how the whole golf club hitting the ball thing was supposed to work, Jack found a new and better way to use his golf cart -

He called it his VACUUM!

So he vacuumed the yard, the deck and all over the place!
Boy, have I taught him well or what?!

Hose 'em down

It's a Farmer's Market day in our town today and we went to see what good stuff we could find. Also, Gramma was looking for strawberries to make jam (yummmmm) so we were looking for those for her too. We loaded into the stroller and brought along our eco-friendly shopping bags (which I love love love).

Maybe because it was a holiday coming up, I am not sure but this time there was not a whole lot to see at the market. As much as Quentin really wanted to find "stwawbebbies" for Gramma there were none left when we got there! Yes, we get there at 10:30 and they are out of strawberries!
So, we looked around, saw some trains, bought some pastries and walked home.

Well, it was pretty hot this morning and I was sweaty when we got home and the boys were hot too even just riding in the stroller. So, we turned on the hose and had a run through the water to cool off and play!

Quent had a great time. Jack, not so much.

Pay particular attention to how Quent is right at the water having a great time and Jack is far, far away from the water, only sneaking a little bit close to get a tiny bit wet!

We also got a cool rainbow going on this last picture!
Quent is our water baby, Jack will get there though!

Not too sure about this playdoh stuff

Monday we tried playdoh at home for the first time in a long while. Before they used to just eat it, so I gave up on it for a while, but they had been using it now and then at playgroup and doing okay with it so we gave it a shot.

Jack really got into it, squeezing and squishing it , using his "mussools" - that's muscles for those of you who do not speak native 2 year old. And he was using the tools to mash and cut up the playdoh. He really enjoyed it, and played at the table longer than Quent did which never happens.
Quentin still wanted to eat it off his fingers a lot, but slowly he did try to play a little with it. He said "eww" a lot, too. He tried to touch it as little as possible and flicked it off his hands if it stuck to him. Needless to say I went on a purple playdoh hunt after we were done so that none was left on the carpet. We will have to keep working on him.

I had rolled out snakes for them thinking that would be fun, but he just picked it up and said "eewww snake"
I think next time I will make the homemade stuff, that is always better. It stays softer, is easier to clean off everything and smells a whole lot better. And my stomach will probably not turn every time a little guys eats a chunk off his finger :)