Flower Children

Just like last year we planted a garden for the boys under their playhouse. This helps with the picking of my flowers and good for play. Today the boys each picked a flower and then Owen gave me one, which I of course put behind my ear. Owen wanted his that way too and he told me to help Aiden with his. They kept them there for the whole hour we were out. They were really cute.

Cheesing for the Camera

Unsure Aiden

Flower Aiden

Flower Owen

Flower Mama

Playing with Praying Mantis

Aiden Searching for Dandelions

Bug Searching

Running Around

Playing in the Grass

Frog Searching for Food

Frog Eating his Prey

Happy Birthday to Me

I celebrated my birthday my getting a morning off to have my hair colored (to blond!) and a massage. Then I hung out with the family and they sang to me after dinner with cupcakes. Then had some of my friends over for a party. It was a nice day.

Olympic Day

Owen's school hosted an Olympic Day where they participated in several athletic activities. I volunteered to help, and was assigned the soccer kick. Owen was very excited to see me there and looked like he had a wonderful time with his friends at the Olympics. These were all from my phone so the long shots not great, but I didn't want to haul the big camera around while doing the soccer part.

Jumping Hurtles

He did really well with this

Sack Race. This is where the rest of the activities were too far to really see, but they did bean bag toss, horse ride, and a rope race. There were also activities in class and indoor activities that we didn't see.
They made torches and marched in a parade.

The Rainbow Bears

Owen couldn't wait any longer and came running for me.

Stuffies

Owen has always enjoyed playing with his stuffed animals, aka stuffies. They hide in the storage under the sofa and randomly today he wanted to pull them out. He is so sweet and snuggles them all and then they talk to each other and us.

Owen and His Stuffies

Snuggles Happy Boy

Making the dog pet the cat.

Garden Help

Both boys like to help me in the garden. Today while Owen was in school, Aiden and I finished planting some flowers. The boy loves to play in the dirt!

Okay, sometimes Aiden pulls them out once I have planted.

He also likes to use my shovel to flip dirt.

Farm with Friends

We were finally able to get together with our Kennedy buds. Truly enjoyed seeing my friend Kim and the kids had a great time too. These wonderful pics were stolen from her site because I forgot my camera.

Puppet Show

I was putting away laundry when Owen wanted to climb in his hamper. We started upstairs with stuffed animals and then when Aiden woke he wanted me to carry it downstairs where Owen told us he had to put on a puppet show. He dumped a bunch of his little animals in the bottom and made them climb up and peek his hand out and tell me about the animal.

Owen in the Hamper

All Closed in and Ready
Shark and Frog Shadows

Puppet Show

Sprinkler Streaking

Warning: Naked butts are pictured.

We did a lot of yard work this weekend on we finished Sunday afternoon off with watering all the gardens, this meant the kids flocked over to see the one tube spraying like a sprinkler. Owen was in heaven. He quickly started to run through the spray, which meant he wanted his shirt off and shortly after he pulled his pants off. Soggy wet undie Owen had a blast running through the water, diving into the sandbox and back to take a shower on top of the bike. Aiden enjoyed the water but in a more calm way. He got to take off his shirt as well because it got drenched quickly and Owen insisted he have his belly. Aiden would come to the edge where the spray was soft and then enjoyed watching his crazy brother and also play in the back behind the tree at the source of the sprinkler. Owen thought Aiden needed a sandy belly too so smeared some on him. As this was before naps the boys got hosed down; Owen loved it, Aiden dealt with it. To say the least Omer and I had many a good laugh watching our happy boys play half naked in the sprinkler.

Something is wrong with Blogger because I couldn't load pictures but below is a slideshow of them or you can see the larger pictures on my Album.

Popsicles

One of our fav past times is sitting on the porch with a Popsicle. Now Aiden gets to join us. Owen requested, "Aiden has to sit on the couch with me." Mommy heart melts.

Sprinkler Ball

So it has been in the upper 80s and even reached over 90 today, so I pulled the sprinkler ball out. Owen LOVED it, and ran around the ball getting nice and wet. Then he liked running up to the ball, getting sprayed and the running away. I was shocked that Aiden did not like it. He loves the water but for some reason the ball scared him. He would cling to me and if he got sprayed he'd cry. He did enjoy getting swung into the water. The sad part was Owen kept trying to get Aiden to run through the water with him, and Aiden would not oblige. "Come on Aiden, run quick, I'll hold your hand," Owen said. Aiden, "Wahhhh!" (pics were taken by phone and not sure why some came out super small, still learning it)

Owen Meet Sprinkler Ball

Aiden running away, while Owen was getting sprayed.
Crying Aiden

Laughing Owen

Sprinting Through the Water Spray

Boys in the Water

Aiden gave up and went to play sand.

Sand Lounging