Favorite part of the day...

Tonight I was able to capture a few moments that I am lucky to experience almost every night.  Some fortunate ones out there have been in my shoes and given my two children a bath together.  There is just something magical about their innocence while playing together.  I want them to stay this age forever.  I guess I will always have memories and these few moments I was able to capture in pictures.

SPF Cool!

On the way to dinner last night, Owen put on his sun glasses for the ride there.  I turned around and took his picture.  I told him he looked so big.  His response, "I look good and they protect my eyes from the sun."

Tough Cookie!

Here is our little angel.  As you can see, she has some major scraps on her nose and fore head.  Last night at the pool we were walking to the towels and she tripped and caught herself with her face on the pavement.  She didn't cry too much and it didn't even look like anything.  Then this morning I was getting her out of bed and saw the marks of a warrior.  She is one tough cookie!

Cycle of Life...

My husband's roommate and close friend from college came by for a visit this morning.  He had never met Allison and Owen was Allie's age when he last saw him.  He was smitten by Allison's charms, but it was Owen's bottomless knowledge that impressed him.  The two of them were in our playroom and Owen was showing him all of his toys.  More specifically the plastic animals and dinosaurs.  Of course Owen was naming them all as he handed each toy to our friend.  Then our friend thought he would ask some questions concerning the toys.

Friend: "What kind-of dinosaur is this?"  (picking up a random dino)

Owen:  "That is an Apatosaurus."  (pausing and looking for a second)

Friend:  "What do they eat?"

Owen:  "They are plant eaters."

Friend:  "What does this one eat?"  (holding up another dino)

Owen:  "That is a T-Rex.  He is a meat eater.  (stopping what he was doing and looking at our friend now)  See, the plant eater eats plants but then they become the meat for the meat eaters to eat."  (moving on with his previous project)

All the adults in the room started laughing and our friend says, "That makes perfect sense.  Can't argue with that."

It's the end of the world...

...blisters!  As adults we take this minor injury with a grain of salt.  It is just a fact of life.  My son however, experienced his first today and you would have thought he was dying.  We went to Exploration Place for about an hour of playing.  At the end, I took him into the bathroom.  He was taking off his new slip-on dock shoes telling me that his feet were hurting.  I glanced down and saw that the pinkie toes on both his feet had popped blisters.  Not aware of the pain these can cause, my son reached down to pull off the flap of skin.  You guessed it!  Blood-curdling screams came from our stall and could be heard at the castle.  I had to carry him and his shoes to the car as he continued to wail in my ear.  He calmed down enough on the drive home to sob and talk about these new travesties of life.  He claimed he couldn't do anything because he now had bad toes.  I tried to explain that everyone gets these from time to time.  He wasn't buying it.  I guess some lessons in life are harder when your 3.

Happy 4th of July

This fourth of July, we spent the afternoon and early evening with our friends.  This was the first year Owen was able to appreciate it.  Nathan and Owen were thrilled when the first firecraker went off.  Tommy watched from a distance.  Allison was a little scared, but took refuge in Daddy's arms.  Good times, great memories.

Best Friends

This is just a snapshot from a recent trip to the local spray park.  Jake saw it on the computer and asked that I put it on the blog.  I would call this the beginning to a fun summer.