Flashlight fun

I heard lots of laughter coming from my older son's room tonight so I went to investigate.  I found both boys sitting in the bed playing with flashlights in the pitch black dark.  They were making shadow puppets.  My older son was making a "spider" on the wall, and my younger son was pretending to squish it and then busting into hysterics over and over again! Hilarious.  Really - you can't make this adorable stuff up!

Goofballs on a couch

These are our two goofballs tonight on the couch after dinner.  The best part is that I CLEARLY remember doing this all the time with my sister when I was little.  We used to actually watch an entire tv show upside down this way. :)

Legos

Ah, what would my son do without LEGOS?  We have BINS of the stuff.  My husband still has ALL his legos from when he was a kid, and he passed it all on to our son!  Really.  It is insane.  We bought him a new NinjaGo lego set before our trip to Maine, and now he is completely OBSESSED. Today, he combined his castle lego set, Alien Conquest set, and NinjaGo set and played for over 1.5 hrs at the kitchen table.  So sweet... :)

Lichen on branch

I saw this cool lichen growing on a tree branch during my morning walk with my son today.  

Cuddling on couch

Now that my oldest son owns a brand new DS, his Leapster is old news and is being handed down to his little brother.  My eldest, ever patient, was trying to teach my youngest son how to play it, which I think must have been a very frustrating venture. ;-)  However, look at how sweet they are!  Not sure how much my baby absorbed.  He was too busy resting his head on his brother's shoulder and snuggling in...  

Reading with Daddy

When I came out of my younger son's room tonight, I heard lots of laughing and giggling coming from my older son's room.  I snuck in and saw my husband and son reading a Secrets of Droon book together and totally enjoying themselves.  My husband was using all these different voices and my son was laughing hysterically. So precious.  Very low light, and I had to be super quick so they wouldn't notice me, but such a sweet moment captured.  :)

Home sweet home

We arrived home FINALLY today after more than 30 hrs of traveling since we left the island.  After we groggily unpacked the car and got our youngest to sleep for a well-needed nap, I surveyed our house and yard....  I admit I was not feeling that happy to be home.   I really miss Maine.  I am definitely a northerner at heart.  I love winter and spring here, but summers and fall are tough with the heat and mosquitoes.  However, as I walked around our yard, I realized/remembered how beautiful it is here too and how lucky we are.  The royal poincianas are in full bloom, and our frangipani is busting with flowers.  The pink blooms are so beautiful and smell HEAVENLY.  I guess we do live in paradise...just a different kind....  It's all in your attitude, right?  :)