One of the perks of being a mom of boys...

...always having fresh flowers in my kitchen window!

Thanksgiving Weekend

We spent Thanksgiving with Rob's family this year. It was a very nice visit with family...and I forgot my camera. :( Saturday we headed up to my parents house for the rest of the weekend, more family fun. A lot of game playing, and laughing. I remembered my camera... but forgot to use it much. I did catch a catch a classic moment of my dad and brother Bryan having fun with the boys. Maybe too much fun! :)

Just The Usual...

Cuteness, that is! He was really enjoying his chocolate donut this morning!

Ooblek

Today we made some oobleck to play with. The boys are still into science projects, so I thought they would get a kick out of this. It only takes cornstarch and water to make, but provides hours of fun! It made quite a mess, but it was worth it!

Forts

What little boy doesn't like to build a fort? The boys decided to take over the living room today so they could each build their own.

Riley's Farm

We took the boys up to Riley's Farm in Oak Glen. It's the perfect place for little boys to run around and just be boys. They climbed trees,

jumped out of trees,

and even the biggest boy couldn't help himself from getting in on the action!

We met up with our friends, and the boys just explored everything.

There were great bridges, streams, and docks for them to check out, and only a couple of them got wet! :)

It was so much fun to just let the boys loose, everyone had a great time.

My Little Book Worm

Ethan's reading has really taken off in the last couple of months. He constantly surprises me with the huge words he can read.  He's become the bedtime story reader for us, and he loves that. He's been asking me for a long time to get him one of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books for him. I didn't think he was ready, but with the progress I've seen in him lately, I knew it was time. The school had their book fair going this week, so I surprised the boys and took them after school to pick one out. 

Guess what Ethan picked...

He was here all afternoon, and read 54 pages! I'm so glad that Ethan loves to read!