Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we headed out to the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch and had a great time! The weather was gorgeous. The boys have been obsessed with pumpkins since our neighborhood started decorating for Halloween. So they could not wait to go see a pumpkin patch! In fact, they asked me this morning if we could go play with the pumpkins again!

Lots of pictures ahead...Brendan is in red and Collin is in green.











Mike and I squeezed ourselves into these little carts to take the boys on a choo-choo train around the farm! The boys loved it!

Labor Day Weekend

We had a great Labor Day weekend! (*Warning - this post has LOTS of pictures!*) It was nice to have some quality family time. Saturday was just a normal day since I was working. Sunday we went to breakfast with Aunt Shelley and then we went home to play.
Mike took the boys out to the driveway with their tricycles. They had a blast even though they still can't get moving on their own.

Sunday night we met our friends Amie and Andy and their kids Sam and Lyla at Gattitown in Frisco. We ate lots of pizza and played hard. The boys got to ride a carousel and a choo-choo train, and they got to bowl! I forgot my camera though, so no pictures of this! It was really fun though!

On Sunday we met my sisters at the Children's Museum at the Museum of Nature and Science. It was the BEST kids activity that we have been to yet. The boys had a blast, and better yet, so did we!! They have everyday "scenes" set up for the kids to play in, such as a farm, a house with kitchen, a backyard, etc. It was really cool!
Here is a picture of the boys in the farm. They got these little bags and got to collect plastic fruit and vegetables.

Then they got to ride little rocking horses.


They even rode tractors!

After that was the messiest part of the day - the water table. Even though they had smocks on they got soaking wet - because you know they had to splash hard!

Here they are playing a little music.

Then we dressed them up in costumes. Much to the dislike of Collin. Although Brendan didn't mind one bit! Here is Magician Brendan:

and Construction worker Brendan:

and Firefighter Collin:

Last but not least they climbed into a firetruck, took it for a drive and slid down the slide!

Not much to talk about

This has been a very looong and trying week. Mike was away on a business trip Tuesday-Friday and unfortunately the boys and I got sick with a stomach bug. One of the worst stomach bugs I've ever encountered. Talk about cruel timing. We are so lucky to have a caring and loving family though. My sis Shelley and my parents came to our rescue and helped us out - THANK YOU so much guys! I was pretty incapacitated Friday morning and could not have taken care of the boys without you guys. Aunt Mandy-you are so lucky that you got to miss out on this fun! ;)

Mike is home now and the boys and I are slowly recovering from the virus. So, like I said, not much to talk about over here! Hopefully this week will be much better.

Babies and Birthdays!

Whew, it's been a busy few weeks! Add to the fact we had some interruption of our internet service (switched to Verizon FiOS) and it's been nearly two weeks since I've posted!

First, on Friday June 20th my best friend Amie welcomed her sweet little baby girl, Lyla into the world. They are both doing wonderfully and big brother Sam is in love with his little sister! She is so small and cuddly. I forgot how tiny a newborn is!! Doesn't Amie just look too good here for just having given birth??!

This is Sam meeting Lyla for the first time, it was a really touching moment.


Last week was full of birthdays. Mike's birthday was on Friday. He was able to leave work a couple of hours early and we took the boys to "Going Bonkers" (www.goingbonkers.com)
They *love* that place! They had so much fun climbing up high and going down huge slides. I even climbed up there with them! Although it was a little too warm for my taste! :D We put the boys to bed and my sister Shelley "babysat" for us so that we could go out to a dinner alone! We went for sushi and it was delicious and nice to have a quiet dinner!!
Here is Mike with the boys on his birthday. Brendan didn't want to cooperate with getting his picture taken.


My dad's birthday was the next day, Saturday. My sisters and I took him to breakfast on Sunday and we had a nice time. It's always good to get together with the family! But of course I forgot my camera. Dad is coming over tomorrow to work on our playground project so I'll try to snap some then!

Lastly, just some cute random shots of the boys!
This is Brendan...look at that full mouth of teeth. And, um yes, he is wearing rings as bracelets!

Here is Collin also showing his pearly whites!