Wordless Wednesday: Sibling love

What we've been up to

I've fallen behind on blogging, so brace yourself for a post that's basically just filled with random happenings and pictures.  You're welcome! :)

After years of tagging along to many, many birthday parties (a benefit of being the 2nd child, I suppose)  Liam is starting to have his own little social life at birthday parties.  This was a recent one for one of his besties, Maya...with an appearance by Ariel!!

Painting seashells-look how sweaty his head is, he had just come out of the bouncy house!

As I posted before, Liam has pretty much moved away from weekend naps.  It's fine for the most part, and sometimes if we're home, I have both of them take a rest in the afternoon to recharge....sometimes they read or do something quiet, sometimes I put on a movie and pop some popcorn:

And sometimes, after an especially tiring weekend, this is what happens around 5pm:

 

DONE.

We had a low key Father's Day celebration, which was very welcome after a few busy weekends in a row.  My parents came up and the rain held off so we were able to have a family wiffleball tournament, followed by a trip to Bruster's and burgers on the grill later in the evening :)  Happy belated Father's Day!

Me and my dad, circa 1984

Brian and his dad, 2006

Brian and the boys, 2011

Nothing like seeing a picture of your newborn to make you realize how quickly the time passes.  *sniff, sniff*  Is someone chopping onions in here?!?

Anyway--this past weekend was pretty much a total wash.  Saturday was storm-tastic.  There were maybe 3 breaks in the rain with tiny amounts of sun, but that would be followed by a full blown storm with sideways rain. We did the usual rainy day activities for most of the morning....coloring, board games, etc.

We gave up on the day by lunch time and went to "Inside Out":

I promise Jake was having fun, I'm not sure what is going on in that picture, haha!!  It was a good movie...not my favorite Pixar movie, but good. It made me cry, though I'm pretty sure there hasn't been a Pixar movie produced that hasn't resulted in tears for me! 

Sunday was a bit better in that there was no rain by late-morning, but temperature wise it felt more like fall.  I could nearly taste the pumpkin spice latte!!  We made it to church in the morning...I have to tell you a little more about this picture.  It's rare these days that Jake wears anything other than "comfy" shorts (aka-athletic shorts) so when he does venture out of them, I like to document it.  They were both looking handsome and my impatiens are the BOMB this year (if I do say so myself) so I wanted to snap a picture of them in front of the beautiful flowers.  That's not asking so much, is it? 

Well, according to my 7 going on 17 year old it was.  His exact response when I told him to stand still so I could get his picture was, "Mom, are you seriously going to take my picture?  These church clothes are embarrassing" Well, excuuuuuuuuse me. 

Also, when did I become "mom"???

The rest of the day ended up being a nice balance of work and play....Brian was able to get some treehouse work done (I promise to post an update soon!), I was able to clean out 2 closets that looked like they were going to explode at any minute, and we were able to play in between that stuff.  At one point we were all wizards and sorcerers:

And later in the day, we headed outside to play baseball. 

In case you were wondering, my cue for that picture was "smile boys!"  NAILED IT.

So that's it for right now; it's hard to believe that it's almost JULY! 

Recent Rundown

I'm not sure where the time has gone, but school wraps up for Jake next week.  *GULP*  He's going to be a 2nd grader next year, you guys!!  Craziness. 

We've been playing, of course, both inside and outside:

 

 

 

 

"Is it naptime yet??"

We all got fresh haircuts recently....I was trying to snap a shot to send to my BFF and got photobombed by some freshly bathed boys:

We've been trying to eat things that resemble real meals, though between baseball and various other commitments, some nights we end up eating Mickey pancakes and sometimes some of us eat in our bathrobes:

 

Jake's school was closed last Tuesday for Election Day, so we took advantage of the nice weather and headed to the zoo with some neighbors:

 

 

 

 

Post-zoo crash.

 Last Saturday, our BFFs were in town and we were able to meet them for dinner (ADULTS ONLY, WOOHOO!  Thank you for babysitting, GG!)  Always a good time!!

 

That's a wrap for now!!!

Oh, why hello there, March!

That picture is a bit of wishful thinking, considering we have about 3 feet of snow on the ground right now (that may be a slight exaggeration, but that's how it feels)  Hard to believe we're in March already, but here we are!! 

February was kind of a blur or frigid temps, lots of snow, and a good mix of fun and down time.  We got in a good amount of lazy days and snuggling....

Time spent at home, playing....

 

Uncle Nate and Aunt Katie got Jake Super Mario Brothers for the wii for his birthday and they have been loving it:

Last weekend, we headed down to Washpa for the day to hang out, the kids enjoyed themselves!  Brian was feeling under the weather (found out later in the week he had a sinus infection), so he was able to get some extra rest there.

Playing with Liam's veterinarian kit

"Yep, he needs a shot.  Definitely needs a shot"

 And somehow, these two talked me into letting them have another sleepover the other day....I'm a sucker for them saying "Please, pretty please mommy?  We really want to snuggle!"  And sure enough, what did we find when checking on them later that night?  This heartwarming scene:

So, that's been us lately.  Hope you're staying warm!!