August

Tom's birthday is tomorrow and over the weekend I surprised him with a balloon ride over State College. We had a blast and even touched down in the middle of a great party on private property. As much as I hate to see summer end, I'm excited for the fall. Time to switch up some recipes, preschool (yea!!) and cooler weekends scoping out the fall colors.

Here are two of my favorites from this month. Tom & Ben playing a good game of toss, and our recent trip to the Grange Fair. Will threw the winning ping pong ball for a new fish!

July

I'm not sure what happened but its August already.

Here's a run down of what we've been up in our house:

Someone turned four in case you didn't hear....

after the Will-a-palooza we had some fun with bubbles waiting for daddy to come home....

and have been hamming it up every Tuesday at the farmers market in Boalsburg....

then visited the Dan Koppmann Family in Ohio!

This past weekend we all cooled off at the Park Forest pool. Of course the sun hid behind the clouds and since it was the only day it wasn't 90 degrees/100% humidity we froze. But had 100% fun nonetheless.

Little B has decided he's still too lazy to learn to walk - but enjoys torturing mommy by climbing on furniture instead (and lets not forget constantly aggravating his brother).

June

Things in our house have been flying by at warp speed. Hard to believe this week we flip the calendar to July. Ben celebrated his first birthday and soon Will turns four. Yes, I can believe Ben is one. Will on the other hand has made me question where I've been for the last our years. When did he get so big? Has he always asked so many darn questions?! I see it every day but its still unreal to me.

So without further adieu here are a few highlights...

(just click on the pictures to make them bigger)

Strawberry picking at sunset with the boys at the Way Fruit Farm. A random "hey lets scope it out" turned into one of the best nights.

In Buffalo for a baby shower for Aly. Can't wait to spoil my little niece in person come August!

Dressing the little executives up for a Fathers Day present for Tom.

Ben is One!

Most recent a few favorites with Aunt Joyce & Uncle Art. Hard to condense them down to just a few. We had such a good time and packed a bunch of fun things in. The boys had a blast. I mean really, how can you not?! Thanks so much Aunt Joyce & Uncle Art for making it so much fun and putting up with us including the flea bag!!

We're Back!

Well the trip was a blast. We managed to get the boys on the plane without incident and arrive all in once piece (luggage too!). What the pictures don't show was that during mid-day the temps reached close to 110 degrees and it was 100% humidity. Literally so hot when you opened the room door you lost 5 lbs in sweat (but yes, I made that back up in rum *wink wink*).

Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend!

Safe travels Jeff!

5 Things About Will Right Now

He ate half of a large pizza for lunch yesterday. His growth spurts will put us out of business by the time he's 10.

He loves to sing. "Party in the USA" is one of his favorites next to "Shake Your Love".

The Big Wheel is still the favorite mode of transport around here.

Questions are non-stop all day. He's fascinated with the world around him and its great to see his mind trying to figure it all out. Including tornados. Did you know another name for tornado is cyclone or twister?

He loves nothing more than to be with friends or family.

Or strangers. Or really anyone that will smile listen all about tornados.

Weekend in Baltimore

We spent a wonderful weekend at the "Roerink Chalet". A superb visit with Aunt Joyce & Uncle Art (as usual!). And even more special was the opportunity to watch Hannah make her First Communion. Will was completely in his element soaking up all the adult & cousin time he could get (and especially soaking up some fun in the hot tub!). The only way we could get him in the car to head home Sunday was to promise over and over that yes, we would be back in June. Thanks to Aunt Joyce & Uncle Art for making the weekend so much fun and special for everyone including Bella!

Ten Months Old

With Uncle Laurie's passing and Tom out of town last week, things have been a bit somber in our house.

So to brighten things up here's Little B squawking he was done with nap time. He turned ten months old yesterday too. I think he's a keeper!