Dressing For Church

It is always interesting to see what our Sunday mornings are going to be like. I have got Austin figured out at this point. He likes to dress "Handsome" to church. Adam used to just put on whatever I would lay out for him. However, I think that might be changing.

I took this picture the other Sunday. It tickled me! Austin is wearing a long sleeve shirt-it was suppose to be 90 that day--but he needed to be handsome. His shirt is not tucked in, his vest is too small. In order for his pants to look like they fit he wears them entirely too low on his hips--Sorry, Austin, this suit is going in the box for Adam to wear in fall!! You have grown out of it!! Then with this handsome suit he wears---sneakers! Not what I would put with a suit, but I'm not a 10 year old boys either.

Adam has decided he wants to wear handsome clothes as well. But, for him that means a vest. He does not fix his collar, and does not tuck in his shirt either. Oh, well!

I guess they look fine for 2 little boys going to church. At least they are showing an opinion in what they wear to church. :)

July 11

Today we celebrated the boys birthdays. The boys have their birthdays 5 weeks apart, so we often celebrate them together. This year we decided to celebrate at the water park. Each boy was able to invite 1 friend to take to the water park. Austin is turning 10, so his friend was invited to spend the night. (One of the advantages of turning 10 at our house)

Austin invited Bryse and Adam invited Joshua. Both boys go to our church, but Adam and Joshua were in class together at school last year.

After playing at the water park, we had a snack at the car. (that is why the boys look like they are chewing--they actually are :) It was good to have something to eat. The boys were hungry!

Happy Birthday Austin and Adam! I know this celebration is not on your actual birthdays, but I hope you enjoyed your special celebration. You both have added so much to my life in the past almost 8 and 10 years. I love you both very much.

Stats

The boys went to the Dr. today for their annual well child appt. I am recording the information here, because if I know myself, otherwise it will get lost and never be recorded. Their poor baby books have been so neglected! At least if I blog it, I have it for future reference.

Adam: 50 lbs
48 inches

Austin: 71 lbs
50 1/2 inches

The Dr. was talking to Adam (since he tends to be my "picker" eater. He said, "You have to eat so that you can grow taller than your brother, are you going to let him get ahead of you?" I had to laugh because it seems that the boys are so competitive anyhow, now he is making growth a competitive "sport." I guess that is okay, maybe it will help Adam to eat better :)

Floors

There have been some requests that I post pictures of the floors that we had done.

Looking into the dining room.

Looking down the hallway.

Looking into the living room.

I love how easy they are to clean. I am so glad we had them done.

Austin's Camp

Austin went to 1/2 week camp last week. Friday we went to pick him up and see a program about what they got to do.

One of the first parts was meeting Grandpa Ed.He was the fireside speaker. He told stories of animals and related them to Bible stories. It seemed like the kids were really able to relate to him.

Austin was in Hickory cabin. After I dropped him off, I called my sister, who had worked at camp for several years. When she heard this, she said, "Oh, he is in the heat box." Then I realized there really is no shade at that cabin. I bet it did get hot. However, Austin did not complain. I don't think they were in the cabin that much during the day anyhow. Here is Austin with his counselors, Ben and Barrett.

On the way to the car Mike and the boys found this cool caterpillar. They picked up the rock he was on and put it in the car. Awesome pet, right? Well, we ended up stopping at my parents house so we gently put him my one of their bushes. We wish him the best :) (Sorry, Mom, I know you hate caterpillars. We had to give him a chance to get away.)

Catching Up

We have had a lot going on here, I thought I would try to take a minute to catch up on some of the things we have been doing.

Last Monday, we started to have our hardwood floors done. We moved in with my parents for a week, while the work was being done. Monday, the 20th, was also Austin's 10th birthday! We have a tradition that on their birthday's the boys can choose what to eat for a meal. Austin wanted breakfast for lunch. So I made scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, and fruit for lunch (I have to say, it was a good choice!)

Mike took the boys to the mall and let them do....

This bouncy ride.

They have seen this at the mall where my sister lives, but they have never done it. They were pretty excited that they finally got to do this!

I mentioned in a prior post that Austin made his own birthday cake this year. It was chocolate cake, with chocolate icing, with sprinkles and chocolate chips. Sounds like something a 10 year old would like, right?

Mamaw's birthday was the next day, so instead of having 2 cakes, she celebrated with Austin's cake. I think she will make a cake she enjoys in July :)

The week were at my parents house, we went cherry picking. The boys loved it! I didn't expect them to, but they surprised me! Even more, Austin wanted to help pit the cherries, and he enjoyed that as well!

The floors were finished on Thursday, so Friday we came and opened windows grabbed a few things and went camping for the weekend. We had a wonderful time playing in the creek, swimming and swinging on the mountain swing.

When we came home we were ready to get our house in order. It will be nice to have things back in their place. It was hard not being home for week while the floors were being done, but I am sure that I will say it was all worth it--once everything is back in it's place.

Those Tiny Things

Today we were running some errands, and he was talking about how eye Dr's should do eye examines with a microscopic robot that goes into your eye and sees things the way you do. (Clever, huh? Not sure that I want to be the first to have that done. But, he is thinking!)

I got kind of tickled because every time he said microscopic it came out microSPOTic. So, I would break the word down into syllables micro-scop-ic. He would say micro-SPOT-ic. Then he said, "I just can't get that to come out right."

I know he does not say it correctly, but I think it's cute!