Shhhhh....

We tried a headband on Bryce to see how it fits. It's hideous, I know. Lol!

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



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

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

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!



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."

On Our Way to a Pool Party

Isaac is hilarious :)

Bryce Loves Fish

 Watching the stingrays at the Grapevine Aquarium

 Brothers!

 Fascinated

Megalodon jaw cast and a snack-size Derek

Marker Makeup

Oh Derek...seriously?! *face palm*

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