This Week In Pictures (5/30 - 6/5)

This week:

* we celebrated our friend's birthday

* our family had a picnic lunch at Mott's Reservoir

* John & friend & neighbor built our backyard fence (& the neighbors fence too) and then had a potluck bbq with our neighbors afterwards

* my brother and sister-in-law had their first baby! xo

* we went to the library as a family to check out some books

* I was tired of Andrew wanting to play with his sister's pink computer - so I went & bought him a more gender friendly colored computer for himself. :)

* I took the younger two to the park before lunch on a HOT (90 degree) day. Very humid! We thought we were lucky getting there and being the only ones at 11:45 am to be at the park. WRONG! They were all smart to stay indoors. We only lasted 10 or so minutes before running to get a slurpee at 7-Eleven! They at least had fun. During the summer, we'll stick to morning or evening trips to the park! :)

* the kids read lots of books - gearing up for summer vacation

* Andrew played peek-a-boo - and started saying "mommy!" So cute!

* I played single mom much of the week while John spent his spare time outdoors working on our backyard renovation. Everything from sun up to sun down - I was doing with them. Loving it - but tired too!

* Andrew's teething again and cranky and clingy. P.S. I don't mind the clingy part! :)

* John started building our backyard patio putting in a 14 hour Saturday!

* the kids and I attended a friend's Eagle Court of Honor

{Sometimes it's necessary for us to sleep next to the dragon to get her to take a nap!}

{"Here mama...I picked you a flower!"}

{This boy LOVES water bottles! Easy entertainment.}

{Celebrating my friend's birthday!}

{My kids LOVE to read. So glad we started reading to them at an early age.}

{The fence project}

{Sidewalk chalk after our neighborhood bbq}

{Even Andrew had some fun with it!}

{No mid day nap + car ride in the evening = sleep!!}

{He's mastering the stairs quite well.}

{Memorial Day family/neighbor bbq}

{Andrew decided while eating his yogurt that he would drop his crunchy snack into the bowl :)}

{His very own computer!}

{peek-a-boo!}

{I can still see you! :)}

{This was after he fell INTO the tub wearing only a diaper. He completely scared himself AND his mama! While getting the water started, he was reaching over to play with the running water and fell head first into the bathtub. I was only 4 feet away putting his clothes into the hamper. Good thing I don't ever leave the kids alone in the bathroom. He was back to his happy self within seconds. But he better not do that to me again though! Talk about scary! I had to play calm to keep HIM calm. Whew!}

{Watching Daddy in the backyard hard at work}

{Teething!!!}

{Our friend's son receiving his Eagle}

{A rare experience: alone in a quiet and clean living room. Nap times are wonderful...when they actually sleep! :) What a crazy & busy week!}