Mr. B's antics of late

Our Brock is turning into quite the mischief maker lately. His smile gives him away every time!! Here's what he's been up to in the past week:

Undressing himself in bed. We are sharing the pic of the shirt removal, but didn't get a shot of him with no pants - this was another day:).

Climbing out of the straps on his highchair. This is as far as he has gotten (thank goodness), but if we're not watching closely, I'm sure he'll push his luck a little farther when he gets the chance!!

Not just unrolling the toilet paper, but shredding it!! I was working with Kyle one day last week, and I came out of the boys' bedroom to find this.

"Let's make sure to spread it out a bit so that it's more dramatic!!"

Looking so proud of himself:).

He definitely keeps us hopping and keeps his brother inspired. It does make for some funny pictures, though:).

A cool place to rest

In this kind of heat, you will rest almost anywhere that you can find a cool surface, right???

All cooled down and ready to play again!!

** Check out the new post below the Father's day post**

Happy Father's Day!!

Oh, the difference that just one year makes!! It's amazing how much the boys have grown in just one year, and how much more we love them every day!! We wouldn't have thought it was possible to love them any more than we did on the day they were born, but it seems that as they grow, our hearts grow bigger, too!! So cool!!

We love you, Daddy!! Thanks for taking such good care of us and playing with us.

We love you, Papa!! You spoil us rotten, just the way Grandpa's should:).

We are thankful for the wonderful fathers that we have in our lives, both the one here on Earth, and the one looking down on us from Heaven. You have given us such amazing examples of how to love our children by loving us so well!! Happy Father's Day to all.

I think I'll have a drink!

One day last week before lunch was entirely cleaned up, Brock saw an unsupervised kitchen table and unsuspecting glass of water. He climbed up and helped himself to a little refreshment. He's getting pretty good at drinking out of a regular glass, but it's usually with help. Needless to say, he got a little pre-water table soaking, as did the kitchen table.


"See what a big boy I am. I can drink all by myself - even one-handed!!"

"Oops!! What's all of this water doing on the table? I thought I drank it all."

"Why does my shirt feel wet and cold all of the sudden?"

"Oh, well. Wet or not, I'm still having a good time!!"

"Caught red-handed!! I know what's next - dry clothes, hopefully!!"

Hats!!

The boys have a new-found fondness for hats - hats of all shapes and sizes. Daddy's hats, their hats, and anything that you can put on you head is called a hat around here, even diapers (dry ones, of course!!). Here we are, showing off some of our favorites:


Wearing hats while riding on tractors and trains is especially fun!!


"Brother, why do you have a hat on and I don't??"


"Here you go!! You can have a turn. Don't we share well?!?"

"If I can just figure out which way is up, I'd be good!!"

"Hats with jammies looks good on me. I think I'll wear this one to bed!!"

"I have mine on sideways, now let's get yours on."

What a cutie!!

Me too!!

That's all for now, folks!!

I think I'll sleep in here tonight, Mommy

We were supposed to be getting our jammies on, but.........

.........we decided to run away from Mommy and ride on our vehicles instead (best garage sale purchase that Mommy has ever made, by the way)!!

"Awwww, Mommy, do we have to go to bed?? I definitely don't feel tired yet."


"I'm just trying to get back into the bathroom to play in the sink some more. With my trusty train, I can reach this door handle, and light switches, too!"


"You're so funny, Mommy. We're not any where near ready to go to sleep!!"

"Okay. So they take their hand and put it on this knob here. If I could just get my little hand to make this turn, I'd be in!!"

"I'd better work fast. Soon, she'll put down that camera and I'll have to resign myself to finishing this task tomorrow. Oh well, I've got nothing but time:)."

My little asparagus eater!!

Brock LOVES asparagus!! He eats an adult size portion every time I serve it and asks for more (in his little point and grunt kind of way:). Thanks, Papa, for growing it so well. We're going to be sad to see this season come to an end, but bring on the sweet corn!! Here he is chowing down on his new favorite veggie!!

"I think I'll eat all of this, and maybe my brother's, too!!"

"Hummmm. Which one do I want next??"

"I'll try this one. It looked pretty good."

"Yum!! It is good!!"

"Now, to wash it down with some milk."

Kyle says "I think I'll just have some milk!! This asparagus stuff is for the birds, but Mommy just won't give up. I hate to think about her making me try TWO pieces every meal when I turn 2 years old. That's just a silly rule, don't you think?!?!?"

Monkey-ing around!!

These very cute sock monkeys were Brock and Kyle's souvenir from Grandma and Grandpa Martin's latest trip to Colorado. They have been having lots of fun with them, and we often wake up to monkey sounds as they play with them in their cribs. Too cute!!

" Want to go for an airplane ride with me, monkey?"

"I think I've got a monkey on my back!!"

"It's me and my monkey, wherever I go:)."

"He doesn't even mind when I carry him around by his head."

"Hang on monkey!! This is going to be a rough ride!!"

"Mommy, can you please take this monkey off of me??"

Our last monkey shot:).

Together, we make a pretty cute pair!!