Dads, Love and Poop

Yesterday we celebrated 3 great things.  Tim and I have been married for 6 years now!  And it's been a great 6 years.  We also celebrated our great dads.  Tim and I have the best dads around and we are so thankful for everything that they do and have done for us.  And my boys have an amazing dad.  They love Tim so much.  When he gets home from work, they drop everything  and run to the door with open arms shouting, "Daddy!"  It's one of my favorite parts of the day.  And this is pretty exciting, James pooped and peed in the toilet!  Julianne got him to do it.  He never would for me.  Hopefully, this is something that will continue, but I'm not holding my breath.  Potty training is not the easiest thing around this house.  

Julianne and I took the boys to the zoo on Friday and Matthew was mad at me for taking a picture.  He wanted to look at the baboon, not the camera.

Some random shots...

Abby's hair has finally gotten long enough that we can pull it into a ponytail.  She loved how luscious it felt, yet still staying off of her neck.  It is summer after all.

Wait, that's a little boy.  Maybe it's time for a haircut.  Just a little one.  

On another note, we found some baby rabbits in my parents' backyard.  They are so cute!  Can you see their long ears?

To Grandmother's House We Go...

We're in Alabama...

...having fun.

If they lose it's a shame...

On Memorial Day we went to a Diamondbacks game.  Matthew was very excited for the game to start.

James' favorite part was the food.  Loved his hot dog, but the stray peanuts on the ground were even better.

The D'backs started out winning, but began to crumble in the 8th.  Matthew requested his rally hat.  Unfortunately, it didn't work.  Sorry D'backs, we tried. 

Ahhhh, Sunday afternoons.

27 Weeks...

13 more to go...

Ziggity Zoo Day

Tim's sister Amy and her family are in town.  We have been having so much fun with them and are very excited for them to be closer soon!  On Friday we headed to the Wildlife World Zoo with Martha, Amy, Colin, and Kristen.  We had tons of fun and the weather couldn't have been better for a day outdoors.  

Matthew and James got a kick out of this bird because it was eating... fruit!  They thought that was hilarious.  Matthew was telling me while I took this picture how funny that was.

James and I liked this bird.  You can't tell from the picture, but it was the most vibrant blue color under its white feathers.  James sat and pointed at it for a while.

One of Matthew's favorite parts was feeding the giraffe.  He had just dropped food on the giraffe's tongue and it licked his hand.  Giraffes have very slimy tongues and Matthew agrees...

Which resulted in my all-time favorite picture of him.

Took a ride on the fastest carousel ever.  Not only was it a short ride, but is spun super fast.  It took me a while to recover from it.

Shockingly, Matthew picked an animal to go on, instead of sitting on one of the benches.  

I could not get James to smile for the camera.  He just sat in the wagon and looked grumpy.

Until Grandma came over and cracked him up.

And what's a better way to end the day than a dip in the pool?  Maybe getting a non-coerced smile out of a super cute boy.

Thanks Martha for the fun day!

Graduation Night

Matthew graduated from preschool Wednesday night.  He was so excited for it.  

Matthew and his buddy, Cooper.

Receiving his diploma.

Curly

We're so proud!  He did great all school year and is ready to move onto kindergarten.

I don't wanna grow up...

Well, Matthew probably does want to grow up, but I don't want him to.  

Today was his last day of preschool!  I can't believe it.  He has grown so fast.  He'll be a kindergartner in less than 3 months.  Nothing makes time go faster than being a parent to little kids.  A time I would like to stretch out a little longer.  He was so excited because he got to wear his swimsuit to school for a water party.

James had to get in on the picture taking action.  

I love these two boys!  I'm excited to have a third one posing in there with his brothers.

Mother's Day Tea Party

Today at Matthew's school they had a Mother's Day Tea Party.  "But don't worry, Mom, it's lemonade instead of tea," he assured me this morning.  He's so cute.  They put on a fun little program for us.  The cute girl with the headband is Maggie, his girlfriend.  

James sat here during the whole program, which was only about 5-6 minutes.  It was 9:30 am and 96 degrees.  I know, get over it.  I live in Arizona.  It's hot.  But man, it is hot!  Anyway, when they were done with their songs, James clapped his hands and shouted, "You did it!"  

And then all the moms got a pretty pink rose.  I left mine at the school.  Matthew was pretty upset.  Maybe he can go out with his dad and get me some pretty purple tulips.  Hint, hint.

I love my job.