Cousin Camping Trip

Many months ago hubby started planning a 4th of July campout.  His idea grew and expanded to include not just his own little campers, but two uncles, two cousins and one Papa. :)  So for the past 4 nights, the seven of them have been at a state park and us wives have been mostly kept in the dark.  Supposedly there was no cell phone service, but I think it may have been more so due to the fact that "what happens at camping stays at camping."  Haha.  I finally got to see a few pictures hubby posted on fb this morning after they left to come home. 

 

Whatever they are doing in that puddle must have been pretty great since some random kid decided to join them.

Fishing!  Last update I got no one had caught anything yet.

I love this one.  I always say, you can't keep little boys out of puddles so why even try!

They'll be home this evening and I can't wait to see the rest of their pictures and hear the boys describe their adventures.

Water guns

Hubby and the big boys are camping all weekend.  I can't wait to see all the pictures and hear about their adventures when they get back home!  For now, I'm enjoying some one-on-one time with my silly little pumpkin baby.  Boy is he soaking up all the attention too. :)  Here are a few pictures from the boys' water gun game the other day.

 

 

Summertime

Playing puppies...

These pictures crack me up.  Is that youngest child of mine not just the epitome of the "baby of the family."  I've heard that youngest children like to be in the limelight. 

My handsome crew!

Another adventure

We woke up to another gloomy day this morning.  We went for donuts.  A day late since apparently yesterday was national donut day.  Hubs had a conference call so the boys and I hung out upstairs playing legos until that was over.  Then we headed out to a new museum.  It was small, C was a little disappointed about that, but it was still a lot of fun.  They have a dinosaur exhibit right now and a really neat discovery room.  I think it will be a great rainy day activity, especially for me to take the littles to once C is back in school.

C and Daddy put this magnetic praying mantis together.

Lil' peanut loved digging for fossils.  He probably could have kept at it all afternoon.

A hissing cockroach!  I cannot believe that out of all my kids this guy was brave enough to hold it!  He surprises me sometimes, this little man.

Baby went as far as touching it and C's response was "Um, no."  Now, that is a kid I have something in common with. ;)



A common sight

I finally have a working computer again so I should be able to post more often....at least when these three aren't keeping me busy.  As you can see, they are thoroughly enjoying summer break.  Pajamas always acceptable and shirts rarely required. This is such a regular sight it doesn't phase me at all but I do sometimes wonder what the neighbors think. :)

Touch-a-truck

I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting much from our small town's touch-a-truck event.  But, they had a bunch of great "mighty machines" and vehicles to climb around on.  We also got to ride the carousel next door for free.  My folks came along too and it was a fun little outing.  Hubby reported in to his new job yesterday so we might not be going on adventures as often with Daddy back to work.  It's always hard for everyone when we get used to having him around all the time and then "real life" starts again.  I'm hoping to have lots of fun with my boys this summer as TWO of them will be going to school in the fall.  C will be in 3rd grade and lil' peanut is going to half-day preschool!  

Children's Day at the zoo

Well, we're officially midwesterners again.  We're in our third week here and feeling quite settled in.  Our computer situation is still not ideal for blogging which is why I've been so quiet since we moved.  I'll have to write about our move and new home soon, but for now I just want to get some pictures up.  I hate going too long without posting since we have a very special lady half way across the world that still checks in here.  

Tuesday was the Korean holiday, Children's Day.  We celebrated our little loves by taking them to the zoo for the day.  The weather was perfect and it was just a wonderful day together.  This was our first zoo trip where pumpkin baby has actually shown an interest in any of the animals!  He loved watching the penguins and the bird show.  He kept pointing and saying "whoah!"  Lil' peanut's favorite part was the train.  And the tram. :)  And C just seemed to enjoy everything.  I'm glad he's still not "too cool" for family trips to the zoo.  

My handsome big kid!

Squee!  His little arm wrapped around my neck...he held on the entire time.  Precious!

Having fun!

Love these three little men!

Lil' peanut said several times that it was "the best day ever!" Love his enthusiasm for life.  And I agree, the day was pretty great.