Summer Fun

I started this post a while ago but didn't realize I never finished it.  Where did June go? Anyway, here are some of the things we have been up to this summer so far.  

Teddy had a blast when the traveling petting zoo visited our library.  Here is is with the pig:

and the little lamb:

Teddy and his buddy Drew:

Teddy and Lilly check out the little pony:

Aw, brushing the pony:

Back to the pig:

So much fun (except for the crazy allergy attack I got 15 minutes into the trip):

Teddy, Neil, and Daniel:

Although the boys had fun with the animals, they had just as much fun (if not more) playing with the acorns, leaves, and dirt:

We went swimming with my friends from work.  Teddy loves little Stella Rose:

It's not all fun and games around here.  Teddy has to earn his keep:

"Washing" the car:

OK, back to fun.  We love playdough.  Well, Teddy does.  

Happy Father's Day!

Teddy had fun making koozies for the father's in his life.  So much fun, in fact, that the day we made them, the first thing he told his dad when he got home from work was, "I made you a koozie."  So much for the surprise!

Opening presents in bed:

I think he likes them.

Shae went fishing early in the morning and we brought him some bagels for breakfast.  Here are my boys "toasting" their bagels...

Teddy on the bridge:

Can you see Shae out there on his boat?

We brought lunch over for my parents since my dad is still recovering from his eye surgery.  Here are three of my favorite fathers:

We went back over for dinner to visit with cousins too:

Teddy had a blast playing with his cousins:

We had a few left over koozies- so Teddy asked to make one for himself.  He uses it on his sippy cup!

We hope everyone had a very happy Father's Day!

Camera pictures

Memorial Weekend 2012

We had a blast on Memorial Day Weekend.  After traveling several times together as a family, Shae had to travel two weeks in a row for work.  We were looking forward to a weekend with no long car rides, but when our neighbors invited us up to their lake house in SC, we couldn't turn down a day at the lake.  So we packed up early Sunday morning and headed to the lake.  Teddy was a little excited:

Teddy and his buddy Drew enjoying a snack on the deck:

Playing with cars:

BEST part of the day: getting to DIG in the sand.  They had tons of fun:

The water was great too:

Chillin on the deck after a day on the water:

We were having so much fun e didn't realize how late it was when we finally packed up the car and headed home.  Teddy got all of his favorite things: to swim, ride on a boat, play with his friends, eat chips and chicken nuggets, and digging in the sand.  The drive was under two hours, and luckily Teddy entertained us most of the way.  He sang the same song.  Over. And over. And over again.  For at least thirty minutes this is what we heard:

Of course on Memorial Day we remembered all of the soldiers past and present who have served our country and those who have died doing so.  We will definitely teach this to Teddy as he gets older.  But for now, he seemed to enjoy the long weekend of fun in the sun.  Monday we spent the early afternoon at our neighborhood pool.

All that sun will wear a guy out:

My cousin Jamie was driving through town so we went to my parents' house for dinner.  I think Teddy enjoyed the homemade fudge sauce my mom made:

(Yes my mom keeps it SO cold in her house I need a sweatshirt in Atlanta in the summer).
Teddy and cousin Jamie:

So the rest of this blog update is not about Memorial day, but I will just put the rest of my pictures on here so for the moment I will be "caught up" on this blog.  This past week I got two cake pop orders...so there have been A LOT of cake pops in our house!

Between a baby shower and a princess party, I ended up making six dozen cake pop!  All that left over chocolate and 6 months pregnant..... so this is what I did:

The chips barely lasted 24 hours but the boys helped me eat them!

For the princess/knight party:

Teddy got into the spirit of things....

Along with Shae:

Our Trip to the Mountain House

Even though we have been traveling A LOT the past several weeks, we were excited to go to my parent's mountain house with them.  They were babysitting Violet for the weekend so we had a great time with everyone.  

Grandma reading to the cute cousins before bed Friday night:

Teddy and Violet had so much fun playing together.  At the cabin they alternated between playing with toys, shooting baskets outside, reading books, and watching Elmo in Grouchland.  Here they are watching a few minutes of  Elmo.  Of course the ducks wanted to watch with them:

Shae and Grandpa took the kids to the park on Sat. morning while Mom and I went shopping.  Here's what I missed while looking for deals:

Sat. afternoon we went to the train museum.  It was FILLED with trains!  Here we are looking at the "extra trains":

Before you get to see the huge room with all of the trains, you have to sit through a lecture from the man whose hobby turned into a HUGE display of trains, towns, and landscape.  

It was sort of a long lecture....

Wow:

This is just part of it:

On the way back from the trains.  Looks like we picked up an extra little girl.  I think three car seats fit nicely in the back of my car, don't you?

Now Teddy has officially bathed with all of his cousins who are under the age of 5.  

Teddy's favorite part of the weekend was probably playing basketball with Grandpa.  He can even dunk on this net!

Well... with a little help that is.

Mother's Day 2012

We hope everyone had a great Mother's Day.  Teddy shared his love with some of the wonderful moms in our lives: 

I am so thankful to celebrate Mother's Day with my wonderful little family.

Teddy and Violet felt the love as well: 

 With the little man who makes this holiday so incredibly special:

 We had a lovely day. I didn't change a single diaper and spent the day with my family.  It doesn't get any better than that!  Here are a few other random pictures.  Teddy in his pea patch:

 While I am  so proud to be a mother, I am definitely not Mother of the Year.  Some evidence?  I was cooking dinner the other day... well I was preparing to cook it that is, when I started a fire, in the oven.  So of course I snapped a picture of it.   Yikes: