A nice spring day

We are loving the Spring weather and have been playing outside, a lot! It was a little windy today, but still nice. Here are a few pictures of the boys playing and then....videos of them starting to ride their tricycles!!

Brendan in light blue, Collin in orange.




And the tricycle riding!

A beautiful day at the Dallas Arboretum

We took a trip to the Dallas Arboretum today and had such a great time! The weather was perfect and so was the company! The boys had a great time. They did keep asking me where the "animals" were though! I guess they thought it was supposed to be like the zoo! :)

I didn't get as many pictures as I was hoping for, because the subjects were in constant motion. They really didn't care to sit down or stand still for pictures. Imagine that!
Here is a cute one of Collin when we first got there:

This is what happened when I tried to get a picture of them together. Collin in green and Brendan in blue.



I think this picture is so cute! Collin and his girlfriend Presley.

Then Brendan got in on the fun and they were running around chasing each other and having a great time.


Brenny by the tulips.

The pirate ship - they thought this was very cool.


If you can stand the shaky camera, this is a really cute video! If you get motion sickness, you may not want to try it! I really need to work on my video-taking skills.

Brotherly love

I finally got it on tape! The boys started "wrestling" each other about a month ago. At first I stopped them, but once I realized they were both having fun and laughing I let them have fun. It's been hard to capture on video because every time I turn on the camera they stop! Collin has been quite the bully lately. I think Brendan finally got a little fed up with him this morning and tried to take him down!
(The video is a little dark, sorry! Wish I knew how to edit videos. Also, please excuse the Doodlebops on TV...oops.)



Other cute brotherly stuff, since the transition to their toddler beds it has not been uncommon to find one of them in their brother's bed. The other night we were putting them to bed and Mike looked in to make sure they were asleep. He found Brendan sleeping in his own bed but Collin was sitting in the corner of Brendan's bed just watching him! I'm surprised he wasn't trying to wake him up! This morning I heard them rustling around so I went to get them up for the day and they were both laying on the floor, head to head singing - it was so adorable! We are so lucky that our boys have each other as built in playmates and friends. Watching them grow up together is the best thing a mom could ever ask for.

Fourth of July weekend

We had a great Fourth of July weekend. Nothing too exciting, but relaxing nonetheless. On Friday we picked out and bought new tile for all of our bathrooms. The boys even helped and they choose the same tile we liked! Mike and his dad will be installing soon hopefully!
Saturday Mike played with the boys while I worked. Then when I got home Mike filled up their little baby pool and we took them swimming. Collin absolutely loved it and hasn't stopped talking about "swim" since! Brendan wasn't too thrilled about it on Saturday but he warmed up to the idea by Sunday. Now they are both little fish. We let them swim for about an hour or so on Sunday and then they took a 3 hour nap...which is history-making for us. So I think I may have to take them swimming every morning to get a good nap out of them! :D

Here are a few pics of them enjoying the pool.


Collin drying off

And here is a video of the boys when they first got in the pool. The water was still a little cold so they were just jumping around and not sitting/swimming much. (I don't know how to turn this video around, so I guess you have to watch it sideways!!)