Busy, Busy, Busy!!!! That is the word for us these days! We've been busy doing a lot of things around our house and with friends! Today we decided to paint the shutters and the front door on our house to spruce/spice things up a little! We picked a green color that I was very nervous about at first (the first coat made them look grey!) but after the second coat I was extremely excited! Here are some pictures of our newly painted door and shutters!

We also took Daniel for a haircut yesterday. The poor boy had a rough day yesterday and we just added to it by making him get this haircut! Here is what his hair looked like before (this was our hair style each time we woke up):

After 20 minutes of crying, fussing, screaming, sniffling, and bribing him to sit still...here is what his haircut looks like:

Now, towards the end of his haircut, he sat up from leaning on me (I held him through the whole ordeal) and I was shocked when I looked at him. HIs hair has turned redder by the day and the expression on his face plus the haircut made him look exactly like my younger brothers! I have thought that repeatedly since. All four of my younger brothers have red hair and the expressions on Daniel's face and his face shape just look a lot like them! Chris looks a TON like Greg and I have thought that a lot about Daniel but just the other day it hit me that he looks a lot like my family as well...the haircut did it! :) I am loving his haircut and Chris is excited because it looks a lot like his! Here's another picture with his new haircut!

Now, this next picture was inspired by a picture that my mom took of my brother John when he was little! I have tried to get one of these pictures many times from the other angle but every time he sees the camera through his legs he falls over so this will have to do I guess! This is one of his favorite things to do when he is getting tired...he gets silly and he stands on his head!

One final note is that Christopher has officially learned how to read words. He is now starting to sound things out and he can spot a TON of sight words. I'm not really sure how I feel about this simply because I don't want him to grow up...but I know he must. I'm very excited to see how excited he is about this new world of words and I'm thrilled to know that he enjoys it...but I'm sad that he is big enough to start reading. Ahhh...parenting. Here is a recent picture of Chris...part Chris, part Spiderman!

Thanks for stopping by! More later on!

The Past Week...

Man! Time sure flies during the summer! I realized tonight that I hadn't updated the blog in a while and I thought about everything that has happened in the last week so let me update you!

Last Thursday's T-ball game was cancelled due to heavy rains in the area and the ball fields were a soggy mess! We took a trip to Columbia on Saturday with friends and did some shopping and went to Bonkers (a great place for the kids to play). Sunday we cleaned out our basement more and then each day this week we have played with friends and I have worked on reading curriculum with a fellow teacher (that part is over now!).

In the midst of all of that, Daniel has learned a new facial expression which I haven't been able to catch on the camera yet but as soon as I do I will post it! He has learned to turn his mouth into an "O" while making the oooooo sound....it's adorable and he uses it A LOT! He is getting big so fast and I just can't believe it! Soon he will be 18 months old and he's already more of a little boy than a baby. I would like to add though that he is great at following directions which I LOVE!!!!

Same old, same old and yet new each day! We had play group this morning which was tons of fun (as always!!!!!). We had friends from around town over with their kiddos and then neighborhood kiddos were out playing as well so I think around our front yard we had about 14 kids running around playing! I love having so many kids for my boys to play with. I also love all the parents I have to chat with while the kids play! :)

The rest of this week is going to be pretty busy as well. We have T-ball again tomorrow night and I am going to be attending a Hip Hop dance class (wish me luck!). On Friday, we are going to go to St. Louis to snag my sister and bring her back up here so she can visit some friends and help us out!

Well, enough for now...keep checking back and we will be updating our pictures!