Day play

We play all day, Night Fight we fight all night. A line out of Sammy's favorite book. They actually have it reversed, although you couldn't tell it by this picture!

Waveland local tv footage

At the Children's museum... the boys are getting ready for the Olympic kayaking event.

Daddy and his crew

Mommy and Me,too

Mommy and Me

Fun in Biloxi

at the Children's Museum.

wait for me

The boys are jumping overboard, is there something I need to know about?

We love Waveland day

  
We made it here for their special day... Free hot dogs, ice cream sandwiches, water, balloons, jumping castles, and entertainment.

Last days

These are our last days in our house, for a while. We are headed for Tx. T has some training there and we are looking forward to a change of scenery.
We will visit Kate on our way over.

By the way, Zack was pulling his wagon and ran into a tree-thus the dot on his head! He told me after he stopped crying that Daddy needed to cut that tree down!

Zack's first skate

Maddie and Zack have a first skate together....

Sammy in the slide

ok, I just couldn't resist--they looked like they were having too much fun! Really Zack was not exactly too sure about the slide, so he wanted me to put him in my lap!

We went to Skate Zone and played with Maddie, Logan, Emma,& Sammy.
Look at the big kids-

Popsicles

Great on a hot summer day!

There is no right way to eat one!

Yummy!

Imagine it...

Sammy the shopper

Playing in the sandbox that has plastic/cork feeling sand, we decided if we could find that "sand", we'd have a sandbox!

Sammy the frog and Zack the bee play in the pond scooping up plastic fish, snakes, and frogs in nets and having a great wet time!



all the fun we had with Lily at the children's museum.

the Aquarium

Grandmother's house

We had lots of fun at Grandmother's house

In Harlem, GA

We ate watermellon and rode scooters

Sam gets a turn

I think I want Mamma now.

Look at me

Here we go boys, hold on to your hats!

The Able Anglers-or the big kids mom teaches.

Gone Fishin'

Gone Fishin'

Zack just needed to wake up a bit-- he told me in the car to VBS- Mom, I'm just tired I need a nap.



His classroom bulletin board

Zack's favorite teachers

After VBS today, I asked Zack who his favorite teacher was (there are at least 4 in his class) he promptly replied Grandma. (He went to school with her a couple of times). Then he looked at me and said are you a teacher mama? I told him yes and asked again who his favorite teacher was and he said Mama.

Sammy's new words

Cook, cook, cook-- Food is cooking
Ka- car
Hi dada- he has just started putting two words together
ni ni- night night
ba ba -bye bye
thank you-sing song sounds
yu mam- yes ma'm
ha- hat

Sammy cry for Daddy

I discovered on our ride home from VBS that Sammy has learned to cry on demand... Zack was in the backseat saying Sammy cry for Momma... and Sammy would start to whine and poke out his lip and whimper... funny thing I've heard that "cry " now a few times. It's seemed to work quite well for him in the past.
Once T came in from work, I surprised him with a "Sammy, cry for Daddy"
He looked right up to T and squinted his eyes and gave his a nice cry... Boy do we have our hands full!

VBS

We have been busy with vacation Bible School this week.
Zack had a hard seperation on Monday, Tues started with just a few tears, so we will see what is in store for us tomorrow.
He says his favorite part is the race cars, apparently they have a cool set of cars and a mountain they can drive on in their classroom. He has been learning his Bible verses and likes the singing and crafts. He keeps telling me he doesn't have snack- and he likes to play on the see saw.
Sammy is the only nursery age kid and has sort of become the mascot! He shows up everywhere, I have to be careful or I run into him like today on the stairs! He and Ann Marie run errands and hang out with the youth group. She told me today, that Sammy would not go to any of the girls but if the boys try to hold him he goes right to them! I guess he's tired of the girls pestering him (look at Flicker picts).

I'll try to get some picts once the mornings aren't so tramatic!!!

Best Buddies

Sammy and Zack really love each other. They have really started playing and fighting together. I guess that's what brothers do best!

Let's play ball

Zack is the pitcher, he doesn't like to hit the ball (since he's still learning how) but he loves to pitch, so he'll play if you hit. Oh, and he will critique your stance.

He told Rebecca, the babysitter, to put her hands up higher on the bat. Zack loves to tell you how to hold the bat. Come play and you'll see...

Independence

Sammy is becoming a little person and sees all of us eating with our utensils so he refuses for us to feed him and he wants his own utensils. So it's usually a pretty messy but happy occasion. Please note the toddler spoon left in the bowl, he wants the one I had.

I think I'll ride back here

I know he's here

Peekaboo!

So what we did

Over the reprive of having only sammy, we decided to paint the exterior of the house. We still have some window trimming to finish, but it is a huge improvement. We will post some pictures when I get a chance.

In the process it seems that we have some chigger beds around the house... We thought we had gotten rid of them, until I picked some blueberries and let's say, I am going crazy with them. Both of the boys have them and poor Zack is having a rough time. Sammy doesn't itch them, I don't know if his senses are still developing or what but thankfully they are not bothering him . We went to Rite Aid today and bought anyting and everything that might help. The only thing that really helps is to release the histamine in the skin by turning on the hottest water I can stand and itch. It seems to be the most effective.

We have to figure out what to do about the blueberries, I'm not going near them until we can get rid of the chiggers...

special times

Zack was so happy to see me, and I him, he jumped into my arms and hugged me and he kept saying, Momma I love you.
We had a nice lunch with Grandma and Grandpa and after gathering all the contraband-just kidding grandma-we spent some special time together. We decided to go to the mall, since we were in Tupelo and there isn't much shopping here. We found some great underwear for him that he picked out, and we rode the horses- carousel.
Z: Momma your my favorite friend

Once we got home and seeing daddy
Z: Daddy your my favorite friend

He even let sammy try and shoot his pop gun that Grandma got him. He is still talking about his fun, and I don't think he is going to be able to wait for next summer's Grandma camp!

Father's day

On T's special day we got him a book he has been wanting and I left him and Sammy to pick up Zachary in Tupelo. Zack spent most of the week at Grandma camp in AL.
T and Sam had a very fun moring of going to church, having lunch and the best part, putting Sammy down for a nap and thumbing through his book.
Sat night when Grandma asked Zack if he was ready to go home,
Z: No, I think I'll stay a little longer.
G: I think your mom and dad miss you.
Z: Are they sad? Did they cry for me?
G: I don't know if they cried, but I know they want to see you.
Z: I don't want them to be sad.
G: You know you can come back and stay at my house.
Z: ok grandma, Will you read all my books three times since it's my last night?

Way to go!

Zack decided about two weeks ago that he no longer wanted to wear diapers and from that point on it has been underwear only! He has really done well at keeping his underwear clean and dry. We are so proud of his big accomplishment and are happy to report some really neat underwear-- complete with dianosaurs, sharks, sea creatures, & jeeps.

I need a new one.

Zack told me before his nap that he needed a new leg. A "quito" bite and a scratch had ruined his leg and he needed a new one.