Small Fam of 5: June 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Summer Fun

We rode the bikes to Wally's to get Fireworks and groceries. We didn't plan on buying as much stuff as we did, so poor Seth was in the bike trailer along with a lot of other stuff! He's a good sport though :)

Elijah rode in the bike seat (thank goodness or we never would've fit both kids and all the groceries!)

After our shopping trip, the boys took a bath and put on pjs so they could stay up later and light fireworks.

Elijah and Daddy lighting a firework

Elijah's reaction to the firework...

Seth lighting a firework with Daddy.

And Seth's reaction...

Elijah with a sparkler-he was a little frightened of them...

Seth with his sparkler-with all fireworks he would cover his mouth, though I'm not sure why...

After the boys each lit a couple fireworks, all they wanted to do were sparklers and those little pop things you throw at the ground. Whenever Chris would light off any fireworks, both boys would run to the front step, sit down, and Seth would cover his mouth and Elijah would cover his eyes. Weird because last year they both couldn't get enough of fireworks!

Our Pets

For those that don't know them, here are out pets.
Steve, our MinPin, is 4 1/2 years old. I got him in March of 2006 while Chris was in Iraq.

This is Chloe, one of our two cats. She's 5 years old-we got her in June of 2005 right before Chris deployed to Iraq.

This is our other cat, Simon. He's 2-Elijah picked him out at the pet store in July of 2008.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

New Tub!

Our new tub!! In this pic you can kind of see the flooring and paint color (and the sticker on the tub...) Bathtime is so much easier now!

Hams...

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Gymnastics

Elijah is a Butterfly this year. His class is pretty small-it's him and four girls. Here's him on the balance beam with airplane arms.

Climbing up the wall

Getting ready to do straight jumps on the trampoline

Downstairs jumping on the big trampoline

Seth is a Caterpillar-here he is doing a forward roll. His class is quite a bit bigger-I think there are about 10 kids in his group, including two other boys.

Climbing up the wall

Jumping on the big trampoline downstairs

Sunday, June 20, 2010

A New Cousin!

The boys have a new cousin-Lyla Marie! Seth isn't the youngest anymore (at least not on the C side-not for much longer on the S side either!) :)

Saturday, June 19, 2010

New Sprinkler

We finally got to use the new sprinkler that we bought in May on clearance-$5!

Poor Seth couldn't keep his shorts up-and they're size 12months!

Warming up on the front step

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Visiting Great Great Grandpa & Grandma

Now that we're on summer vacation, we have a lot more time to go visiting. After Grandpa's fall and stay in the hospital, Elijah thought that Grandma and Grandpa lived in the hospital, so I thought it was time to make a trip to Lakota to visit them. Seth is pretty crazy about his Grandma Dougherty, and doesn't need a lot of time to warm up to her like he does other people. He even walked with her to check the mail, and held her hand! I wish I would've had my camera then! For those of you who don't know, Seth Robert was named for his Great Great Grandpa Dougherty, or Bob.
A little story because I thought it was funny-after we left Grandma & Grandpa D's house, we stopped at Grandma Mary's house because it's kind of on the way home (minus a 12 mile drive south) and she had made supper for us. I asked Elijah if he wanted to go to Grandma Mary's house, and he said "yep, but how many days are you coming back to pick us up?" I thought it was cute-the boys stay there when Chris and I both drill the same weekend, so now Elijah thinks if we go there I need to leave and he needs to stay for a night or two.

The boys checking out Grandma's watch-it makes lots of cool sounds!