Clifford the Big Red Dog at OCM!

They always change the theme in the upstairs of the Omaha Children's Museum. Right now it is Clifford. My kids really liked it.

Tanner played in this boat FOREVER! At least a half and hour. He didn't care about going to see everything else. He would even "jump out of the boat to go swimming".

Benson on the other hand wanted to check out everything. He had fun for the most part. It would have been better if there hadn't been so many people.

A woman was making HUGE bubbles that the boys kept trying to catch. Benson would occationally turn around and say, "Wo Mom Wo!!!"

"O!... we love the Children's Museum!"

We hadn't been in months and the kids enjoyed getting out. I am trying to get them out as much as I can before the baby comes and won't want to go anywhere for a while.

35 weeks and counting!

Well I hope this baby doesn't come to early, but I really don't know what to expect. I am hoping for the little one to arrive in a couple weeks, but that's me. Andrew says 40 weeks. Tanner arrived just over 2 1/2 weeks early and Benson came 5 weeks early. When do you think she will arrive???
Tanner took my picture then I went to put the camera away. He said, "No mom, take some pictures of me now." These are his poses!
Love my Tanner.


So after Tanner was looking at the pictures I took, he looked at his left hand and said, "What am I doing with my fingers? Why did I do that?" As he looked at his fingers and tried to do what it looks like in the picture kind of annoyed with himself. It was so funny to listen and watch him talk about it.

Having fun INSIDE

This morning I made a "Cave" (fort) for the boys to play in. Tanner instantly said that they were lions. But Benson said he was a bear. So a ferocious lion and bear were living in a cave in the middle of my living room. Tanner told me that if I didn't move I wouldn't get eatin up. So I didn't move for fear of my life. :)

After the boys were done being scary, they went and got their pillows and blankets and just relaxed.

The fun of having a brother to play with!

Here they would race back and forth from the front door to the back. I was in the kitchen when I noticed they started slowing down and then would get quiet for a while before running again. So I followed them from the kitchen to find them quickly jump onto the stairs and lay for a minute before running again. I thought it was cute!

We love DAD!!!!

Since we don't do much camping out here in the middle of the country (it is just way to hot and humid in the summers). This is the camp out Andrew does with Tanner. They pull out the hid-a-bed and "camp out" in the living room. Tanner thinks it is super fun and loves when they do it. Andrew will complain the next day that his back is killing him. :) So I guess it's not much different then sleeping on the hard ground.
Giving Daddy loves. The boys love when Andrew gets home and will follow him around for a while. They usually end up wrestling, but on day's like this... they just want to relax and give loves!

Last games of the season

So the last two t-ball games of the season our team only had 4 players because everyone is on vacation. So my friend brought two shirts left by other players for Benson and his little friend Easton to wear and "play" on the team. Yeah they were a little young and didn't end up playing but they felt really cool looking like their big brothers. They threw some balls around.

I love the picture of Tanner above just getting ready to hit the ball. He is so serious and determined.

Our small little team of four.

They could still give a good yell though!

Go Mighty Mariners!!!!

Benson's 2 year old pictures

A couple months late. But I finally got pictures taken. I wanted to do them before but I swear he always had a bruise or bug bite on his face. Andrew finally said, "Just do them, the bruises on his forehead is who he is." Nice.... at least he hasn't gotten them as bad as Tanner. Benson does have a few old bruises on his head but you can't really see them.

Swimming lessons and the KROC Center

We put Tanner in a two week swimming lesson class and he absolutely loved it. Taking Tanner swimming before was not always the most enjoyable thing but now it is really FUN. He likes going under the water and just having fun being in the water. He's not quite ready to swim on his own. This was just a beginning class but I thought it was great for him.
Here he is at his lesson waiting to get in.

I told Tanner that we would buy him some goggles so the water wasn't getting in his eye's so much. He wore them around the house for the first couple of days we had them. I got 3 pair at Toys' R Us on sale for less then the price of one, so all the boys have one. Benson took his off right before I could get a picture and Andrew's are a little tight... maybe I should have gotten a adult pair. :)

With Tanner enjoying swimming so much we have gone the the KROC Center a couple of times to swim. I love it because they have a shallow part cut off from the deep water but right next to it and then 3 foot water that's deep enough for Tanner to play in. I can be by both kids without worrying about either of them.

Here is Andrew having fun. It really is such a fun and cheap place to go to for the whole family.

What I see almost every morning...

As I sat there eating my own cereal I thought how cute it was as I looked across the table and watched as Benson and Tanner drank the milk out of their bowls. So I hurried and grabbed the camera. As they set their bowls down after finishing, they both said, "YUM" with big smiles on their faces.

It was just something that brought a smile to my face so I had to share.

After a storm

I am really going to miss the storms we get out here. Nothing like you see in the west!

Break out a PUZZLE!

Our friend wanted to borrow a puzzle to do but then decided against it. Andrew and I did this one the first year we were married and haven't touched it since. But because I had gotten it out I thought we should try doing it again. We spent a couple hours each night for 3 days putting it together. It was actually pretty fun. It is such a thrill to find a piece that fits, especially if it was a piece the other person had been looking for for a while. :)

So if you are wondering what to do with your nights and are bored with what you have been doing try doing a puzzle. Plus it gives you time to just talk to each other and enjoy the other's company while you put in a piece they wanted to and rub it in their face. :)

The 4th of July

Benson was not so sure of these flower fireworks. Tanner loved them.
We watched the fireworks set off from Rosenblatt and they are really the best firework shows I have seen. Coming from a small town it might not mean much. But I really like the ones here. None of my pictures turned out though. This one looks lame but you could see it the best.

Tanner did have a really excited face but with the crazy green flash my camera does Andrew and Tanner made weird faces.

I should have bought just a CASE of snaps. Both boys think they are the greatest and could have done them for hours.

We also did some sparklers, but it wasn't even dark yet so the pictures would have been lame. It gets dark late here and I like putting the kids down before. But overall we all had a fun and relaxing weekend!

Random things this month

Benson starting up a new style
Being invaded by skunks.
There was at LEAST 13 baby skunks living within 100 feet of our house. This is one being caught.

Benson falling off the slide and trying to smile after being cleaned up. His mouth was full of rocks and blood before the clean up. It was so sad!

My boys being so GOOD and so QUIET with their Tag pens almost everytime I try to nap or shower. Best purchases ever!

Benson showing off his new "Fip Fops"