Taste of Summer

Easton recently got to try corn-on-the-cob for the first time.  Like almost all foods he's ever tried, he seemed to really enjoy it!

Because it’s summer and the memories are just waiting to happen. ~Unknown.

Home of the Free...Because of the Brave

Every year for Memorial Day we load up the boys and head out to the local cemeteries with Gramma Deb & Papa Gary to put flags on the graves of all the veterans.  Mike and I really enjoy teaching our boys about the importance of Memorial Day.  We love how Xavier has quickly come to learn so much and humbly enjoy putting out flags each year, just like we do.  There is so much history and mystery despite the small sizes of these cemeteries.  We would love to learn more about some of the veterans, especially since there are some who served in the Civil War!  We are so thankful for all the veterans - teaching our boys about this important day and doing this simple act of putting out flags is our way of saying "thank you."

You're never too young or too little to learn...or help.

So careful and proud

 

 

 

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives.  I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.  ~Abraham Lincoln

Stop and smell the flowers

Easton runs around like crazy playing most of the time, but sometimes you just have to stop and smell the flowers!

 

 

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.  ~Martin Luther

Potty Time

Easton has had a HUGE interest in toilets over the past few weeks.  He has seen Xavier sitting on the toilet and anything Xavier does, Easton has to try to do too.  A few days ago I heard Easton calling for Mama with a hint of panic in his voice.  When I went into the bathroom I found Easton clinging to the toilet seat with his hands, his butt in the toilet, and his feet sticking out by his hands.  After helping him out of the toilet, I couldn't help but laugh and run for my camera... 

 

Easton hasn't wanted anything to do with the big toilet since falling in, but he is still fascinated with his little potty chair.

He is NOT, however, amused with Mama constantly taking pictures of him! 

One minute (Part II: Wet Wipes)

Easton can absolutely be a master of disaster when he wants to be!  In one minute he can be extremely destructive.  The other night Easton was supposed to be going to sleep.  When I went to check on him and give him another kiss before I went to bed, I opened the door to find that this is what Easton was doing instead of going to sleep:

 

If you can't tell, that is an ENTIRE box of wet wipes that Easton took out one at a time and threw on the floor in front of his crib.  He is fast asleep in his bed.  He either got too tired to throw anything else out or decided that since the box of wet wipes was empty, he might as well go to bed!  Oh what a stinker!

 

"The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year." ~Voltaire

Preschool

It's so hard for me to believe that Xavier just finished preschool!  It seems like only yesterday that we were bringing him home from the hospital, and now he has his first year of school behind him. 

Xavier's 1st Day of Preschool

August 28, 2012

 

Xavier's last day of Preschool

May 9, 2013

Xavier really enjoyed his year in Preschool.  He had an awesome teacher who taught him so many things, and wonderful classmates that he enjoyed telling us stories about. 

Xavier with his teacher Miss Mueller

 

Xavier is really going to miss his teacher, classmates, and school next year, and it was an extremely difficult decision for us to decide which school we were going to have him go to.  I hope we've made the right decision, and I know I am looking forward to teaching in the same school that Xavier goes to and being able to see him more often and be more involved in his school a daily basis.


"Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." ~Walt Disney

Sunscreen

When it's literally below freezing out (despite the fact that was April 15, 2013) and you just got 16 inches of snow dumped on your little town, your mind is pretty set on thoughts like, "Crap, it's going to take a long time to get all this snow cleaned off the sidewalk." and "Ugh!  Winter is supposed to be OVER."  It is not, however, thinking "Hmm...maybe I should put some sunscreen on before heading outside to scoop the snow."  Because of that, things like this happen...

 

We'll certainly try to be better about the sunscreen from now on!

 

 

"If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it." ~Mary Schmich