Friday, August 9, 2013

Riding the Rocking Horses

Derek and Bryce love the rocking horse and bouncing zebra at Grandma's house. Derek is way too big for the rocking horse, but we haven't found a suitable larger horse yet. He doesn't mind making do. Bryce loves to touch the horses and has recently learned how fun it is to bounce on the zebra!
 
 Good morning!
 
 Derek loves helping Bryce
 
Yee-haw!
 
Derek's interesting version of side-saddle
 

Bryce learns how to bounce on the zebra


Thursday, August 8, 2013

Pool Party!

I blew up the backyard pool to give Derek something fun to do and Bryce insisted on swimming too. He was a little apprehensive about the waist and chest deep water at first but he quickly mastered crawling around the water. A great way to cool down on a hot summer afternoon!
 
 Chew toy!
 
 Face first!
 
 Sweet smile!
 
 These two are so cute!
 
 Having a blast!
 
 Derek liked this inflatable tube.
 
 HE was very inventive with his entertainment
 
 Derek turned the tube into a Frisbee
 
 When he was done with the "Frisbee," he jumped back in! He refused to wait for me to get his swim trunks, so I just let him swim in his underwear. Haha!
 
 Brothers!
 
 Mid-jump
 
Playing with water

Monday, July 29, 2013

Bubble Gun

Nana found a cool bubble gun at the store. Derek was thrilled to go out in her backyard and pretend to shoot the "bad guys." We were well-protected. Bryce was content to sit and watch from Nana's lap of luxury. :)
 
 Pow pow!
 
 A plethora of bubbles
 
 Perfect ammo for a three year old
 
 Happy as a clam
 
 Trying to shoot the camera
 
 Bryce was politely amused
 
Shooting the bad guys

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Racing with Bryce

Derek loves playing with Bryce. I caught them reading together on the couch this morning and then Derek started racing Bryce around in the car walker. We watched Emeri for a couple hours too and she climbed into that walker all by herself. She's getting so big!
 
 Look at those chunky cheeks!
 
 Derek is such a great big brother! I'm so glad he's sharing his love of books with Bryce.
 
Learning to like books
 
 Jumping in the jumper!
 
 She's not waiting to get her license to drive!
 
 Sweet brother time
 
 Vroom vroom!
 
Pushing Bryce around

Having fun!


Wednesday, July 24, 2013

First Flower for Mom

 This awesome storm rolled in but didn't dump a thing. Still a cool picture
 
Derek brought me a flower today! He said, "Here Mom, you can put this in your hair."

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Bryce Loves Fish

 Watching the stingrays at the Grapevine Aquarium

 Brothers!

 Fascinated

Megalodon jaw cast and a snack-size Derek

Monday, July 8, 2013

Peachy Keen

I blended up a can of peaches for Bryce today and half is gone. Bryce decided he liked peaches so much, he'd make cute insistent sounds between bites to tell me I'm going too slow with that spoon. I ran to get the camera and came back to find Derek seated in front of the bowl of pureed peaches feeding Bryce massive dripping spoonfuls and helping himself to bites in between. I love these kids and they are clearly keen on peaches.

 Love this shot with the cheerio on his tongue

 Caught!

 Shamelessly shoveling it in - can't blame him. Peaches are good. :)

Happy boy with a very full tummy

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Croquet

Tammy has been talking about playing croquet in their massive backyard for a while now. So, we all went outside to set up and play. And, of course, the boys want to come and they start hitting each other with the croquet sticks and it turns into a circus. Good thing I like the circus. It was blazing hot outside but we all had fun learning a new game and spending time together. Jared and Sereen have to go home tonight, so we're sapping all the fun out them that we can. ;)

Check out this VIEW! I love Jeff and Tammy's backyard. 

Only Sereen can (or would) rock a scarf in the Texas summer heat

 Aw.... young love. ;)

 Umbrellas channel your inner Downton Abbey and make you look and feel cool

Mitchell demonstrating the Common Style, or how-people-normally-hit-the-ball

Adventure Style (because Derek and sticks make a dangerous mix)

 Austin demonstrates Redneck Style (with lemonade)

 Here's Tammy demonstrating... dare I say it... Granny Style!

Playing the part of Sweet Southern Belles

 We all instantly became experts, critiquing hits and making recommendations. No pressure right?

At least your kids don't care how well you're hitting the ball. :)

Check out this sexy man in his security uniform! OW OW!!