Lesson Learned

This is what happens when Derek watches me put on makeup...

Moral of the Story: don't leave makeup where little boys can reach it.

Fourth of July!

What an awesome Fourth! We spent the morning and early afternoon with my mom and Rick and then headed over to Jeff and Tammy's for the late afternoon and evening. Derek was very thoroughly worn out! YAY! I tried to get Derek to say "Happy Fourth of July" but the best I could get him to say was "FREEDOM!" Still pretty entertaining...

I pulled a Crocodile Hunter and caught this Texas Spiny Lizard in my mom's backyard. He chose the wrong woodpile to sun himself on. :) Of course, I marched into my mom's house (into her bedroom where the other adults were busy hanging a mirror) and announced, "Look what I caught!" To give her credit, she barely batted an eyelash when she saw me holding a lizard in the middle of her bedroom (I once had to pull a tree frog out of her toilet), but everybody flinched when the lizard wiggled, haha! Derek seemed especially disgusted, as you can tell from the picture.I'm going to have such fun with my kids! Just so you know, we let the lizard go back into the backyard...

So wary of that lizard!

Behold the coolest headband!

I get the biggest kick out of this...

Since I spend so much time behind the camera, here's a candid photo... only because I had makeup on. :)

Mitchell's attempt at the "Facebook profile pic." Pretty close!

Jeff BBQ'd the most awesome cheeseburgers for us and we ate a red-blooded American meal to celebrate Independence Day. Yum! They had filled up the inflatable pool just for Derek, too. He was so excited when he saw that pool in the backyard! He loves the water and has no qualms about getting his face wet or his head submerged. Funny little kid. After the pool and dinner, we all took a walk around the golf course. Jeff and Tammy tried to teach Derek how to ride on the cool Batman bike but he just wasn't getting the hang of it so we ditched it and just let him run up and down the "mountains" on the golf course. He loved it! We watched fireworks from the bed of Jeff's awesome truck (Derek talks or asks about "Papa's truck" daily; it's his epitome of coolness) until my prego bladder nearly gave out and we had to go home. Thankfully we left as early as we did though because there was some MAJOR traffic. My camera died right after the pool pictures, so I don't have any pictures of fireworks :( But these are just as fun...

Look at this little muscle man!

Kick kick kick!

Playing with Giga

He loved launching himself over the side into the pool. Never quite made it in one jump though so he ended up tumbling head first under the water every time.

Yes, that is a ball heading straight for his face...

YUCK!!

The pool is more...interesting...when Daddy joins in. :)

Mitchell tried to teach Derek to play catch. Derek was more interested in throwing. :)