A Little Too Literal

Me: "Lincoln, why is there glue all over your chair?"

Lincoln: "You told me to glue my butt to the chair and do my homework."

My baby is 3!!

We had fun celebrating Bryson's birthday tonight. We started at Farrell's for dinner, and they brought him his own ice cream sundae. It was pretty loud and I think it scared him a bit, but when he realized all that ice cream was for him he was instantly happy.

All Bryson has been asking for for the last 2 months is a monster truck cake. He was happy and so was I that he requested something easy.

He was also happy to help his brothers finish theirs.

Fun in the Sun

The kids didn't have school today, so we took advantage of the sunshine and got out the slip n' slide. We couldn't get the hose to hook up right, so Bryson was more than willing to be on hose duty to make sure the slide and his brothers stayed nice and wet. He would laugh so hard every time one of the boys came down the slide and he got to spray them.

Game Ball Round 2

Today Porter had a great game and earned the game ball. We are so proud of him! Coach Will has been amazing this season. After each game he sits the boys down and reminds them that playing is a privilege and that what's important is to work hard in school and to listen to your parents. The boys have learned more than just basketball this season. 

Hard Work

Ethan had his best buddy Lance over today and they worked on building a fort in the backyard. It was fun to watch them work together, and brought back memories for Rob and I when we did the same when we were kids.

They were pretty proud of their work when they were done.

A Short Getaway

Ethan has a mission project due next week so we decided to make a short trip to visit the San Juan Capistrano Mission. We stayed at the San Clemente Inn last night and it was awesome. It had a mini golf course and the kids loved it.

They also had a little club house with air hockey and and pool table. The kids were in heaven. 

This morning we went to the mission. We took the audio tour and learned a lot. The grounds are beautiful and the boys loved looking at the fish in the fountains. 

After Ethan got all the pictures and information he needed for his project we went to Dana Point to check out the tide pools. The boys loved climbing on the rocks and checking stuff out.

We found a lot of stacked rocks and Lincoln just had to try to make his own stack.

Ethan enjoyed finding good climbing walls,

and Rob was obsessed with finding his own mussels for dinner.

He collected a bunch and cooked them up when we got home. He was pretty proud of himself.