In the tree

There is a mahogany tree at the baseball field that all the boys just LOVE to climb.  My son climbs it every chance he gets.  Tonight, after practice, I loved the way he looked just relaxing there with the sun sinking in the sky behind him.  AND check out his handsome haircut.  :) He melts me.

Playing with cars

Today I set up an aluminum foil race track filled with puddles of water for my younger son to play with on the porch.  Wow....he LOVED it!  He actually squealed with happiness.  :) It was hilarious! He just laid there on the porch floor and drove his matchbox cars (prized possessions) through the puddles down the ramp over and over.  It was so cute.  :)

Mismatched shoes

Confessions of a harried Mommy...


Do you see anything wrong with this pair of shoes?  Hmmm... I'll give you a moment.  Ah yes - they don't go together...they don't match.  I wore these ALL morning - ALL MORNING!.... while dropping my son off at school, while food shopping at Publix, at Kindermusik class with my younger son, and while driving home.  Wonderful.  Perhaps I need more light in my house or glasses. Maybe I need a bit more sleep?  Time for myself?  If it wasn't so embarrassing, it would be hysterical! :)

Mmmm ice cream!

We gave the kids a scoop of ice cream each tonight after dinner.  When they get this sort of treat, well.....they go beserk!  Just look at how my younger son is slurping it off the spoon!  We almost didn't have to wash and clean his bowl!  :)

Snow Cones

After dinner and mini-golf tonight, the boys got a treat: SNOW CONES.  They were in seventh heaven.  Who knew that it was this easy to make them quiet and happy?  :)

Brothers at the grill

My brother-in-law and his girlfriend are visiting us for the weekend. We've had a great time considering it has been raining/lightning/thundering constantly ALL day since we all woke up this morning.  What HORRIBLE weather!  We had such grand plans for today: baseball game, volunteering at school, going out on the boat....all cancelled....oh well.  We played lots of Wii, darts, the kids wrestled with Uncle Chris, Uncle Chris helped me organize my files on my computer, and the men did a little grilling tonight (STEAKS!).  I have not gotten out of my pajamas ALL day! STILL in them now.  SO nice for a change. :)  I'm going to go play some more darts and have a glass of wine.  Here is a picture of the brothers cooking us up some yummy dinner. 

Waiting for Daddy

This is what the boys do some nights when they're waiting for their Daddy to get home for dinner.  They lean on the couch and look out the window....sometimes for up to a half hour, talking to each other and just watching cars drive by the house.  Then, when Daddy pulls in the driveway, they cheer and run to the door.  How cute are they?