Fave Pose

This is everyone's favorite pose of Travis, so I just had to post it on the blog.

I'm sure I'll catch him with his hands behind his back again and post it many more times in the future. It's even cuter when he's looking over something and really concentrating.

Watch This!

The other day, Brian and I were in the kitchen and we heard Travis say, "Watch this!'' (in his cute little almost 2 year old voice). Of course, Trevor had to get in on the action, too.

Look for future episodes of "Watch This!"

Painting

Today, the boys did some painting:

And that's all I have to say about that.

BONK!

Monday night, well, actually early Tuesday morning (2:00), Travis started crying a little. I was going to let him cry himself back to sleep until we heard a big THUD and him SCREAMING HIS HEAD OFF BECAUSE HE CLIMBED OVER AND OUT THE END OF THE CRIB!!! Today, I noticed this and just had to show you all:

Mr. Climber in all his glory. Maybe we shouldn't wait until Christmas to give him a big boy bed!

Volcano

At the gift store at the Pink Palace Museum, I told Trevor he could have one thing to take home. What did he pick? A volcano kit, of course. Here's how it turned out:

WOW!!!

And here's the major motion picture based on the actual events...
(pause the music at the bottom of the page for full effect)

Saying Goodbye

Saturday morning we got together and ate breakfast before everyone else headed back home. It was much fun and I'm glad the kids had a place to play. Everyone should be back for Thanksgiving and I'm sure it'll be great!

What A Week!

This week Grammy and Grampy and Beth and Jonathan spent the week with us and, boy, did we have fun!! It was quite an eventful week and here are some pics to prove it!

Travis really enjoyed his chocolate chip cookie.

Travis beside the cannon at the Pink Palace.

This was at the Piggly Wiggly display at the Pink Palace in Memphis, TN. Travis LOVED running up and down the (three) aisles!

The boys watching t.v.

On Friday it was finally sunny and warm enough to play with the water guns Grammy and Grampy bought everyone.

In front of a treasure map at the Pink Palace.

Boy, that was good timing with the camera!

Grammy helped keep the guns filled with water, but "I'm not playing!"

Swimming diapers, what a wonderful invention! Why didn't I think of that!?!

It rained practically all day Tuesday....we just had to go out in it and have some fun!

Beth found a pretty purple rock while mining for fool's gold at the Pink Palace.

Watch out, Trevor!!!

Umm, there's a big polar bear behind you, Travis and Grampy!!!

Fun with moon sand. Thanks Grammy and Grampy:)

Brian was only home Monday and Friday nights. This was Monday playing with Lincoln Logs.

Travis wasn't too keen on being out in the rain, so he stayed under the porch riding his "cycle." This is the fish face "stinky feet" pose. Isn't he cute!?!

Sorry about the randomness of the pictures!! I didn't upload them in the right order and it took too long to redo! I'll do better in the future. Remember, I'm new at this!! More to come tomorrow.

Fun with Neighbors

This evening our neighbors invited us over for hamburgers, etc. They also had a bonfire after supper. It was much fun and the food was great! Brian and I were tired after a long, frustrating day putting in our new door. More on that tomorrow. BTW, the camera did not come in time for pictures of door install, but I will put a picture of the new door later. The trim is not around the inside, yet, so I'll wait until then. For now, here are some pictures from our evening with the neighbors. Thanks, neighbors:)

Travis in the dog house.
(First picture taken on our new camera.)

Trevor and Travis gathering sticks for the bonfire.
That Travis loves picking up sticks!

The bonfire (with our old door on top).

Trevor at home after the festivities.

18

So, I'm in the kitchen cooking lunch and the boys are watching tv. I hear commercials in the background and then Trevor asks, "Mom, am I 18?" Wonder what the commercial was for, huh? I reply, "No, not yet." Trevor says, "Oh, right, I'm 4." Oh, the power of commercials. Too bad "you must be 18 to call." No tellin' what we'd get in the mail!
Hopefully our camera will be coming today or tomorrow. Brian and Papaw are going to put on our new door tomorrow and I want to post pics. Also, GRAMMY AND GRAMPY ARE COMING THIS WEEKEND, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!! We'll definitely want pics from that visit, especially since there will also be some wonderful cousins involved.
Stay tuned!!

Hot Days and Toy Guns

Yesterday afternoon, around 1:30, we were leaving Nana and Papaw's house to take the boys home for a nap and it was HOT. As Brian was buckling Travis in his car seat, Travis said, "Oh boy! It's hot!" Isn't that the cutest?!? He's really putting words together.

Friday, the boys and I went to a friend's house for a play date and Trevor and his friend E. played with (toy) guns the entire time. Well, when we left, E. let Trevor "borrow" his cowboy cap pistol until we see him again at church Sunday. Well, it has hardly left Trevor's side the whole weekend. Both boys love guns, but especially Trevor right now. I think we might be requesting some (toy) guns for birthday gifts this September:)

Speaking of September.........Can you believe it's August already!!!! What happens to time as you get older!?! I remember thinking it was FOREVER between Christmases when I was a kid and now I feel like we just had Christmas! Oh well, I guess the saying "time flies when you're having fun" is true because, for the most part, we're having a blast at our house.