Here comes the sun . . .

or so we thought. It was sunny and warm and Josh was taking a nap so I decided to bring out the Pirate Pool that Jenny gave the boys. We had it filled with water ready to go. Jared ate a snack and was in the pool for about 5 min. when the clouds rolled in. Mother Nature decided to dump buckets on East Taunton and ruin our pool fun. Josh woke up from his nap, it stopped raining and the sun came back out. So all 3 of us enjoyed the afternoon in the pool.

Another smile from Jared. You don't know how excited that makes me!!!

Josh started making this "cheese" face this morning. Not too sure where it came from.

Having a pretzel snack while watching Handy Manny. Josh was just in a diaper so when Jared came out of the pool he wanted to be like Josh and just wear his underwear. Priceless!!

Trying to play catch-up

We went to NJ for the weekend - there will be a post about that - but before we left we took advantage of the first "dry" day we had in a long time. The boys had been stuck in the house for over a week due to the rain so when I saw the "dry" weather forecast I took advantage. I say, "dry" b/c it ended up raining later on in the day. We went down the street to a huge lake that is part of a state park. We had a picnic lunch and then walked around for a bit. I had not had my camera out in about a week either since we had be couped up in the house. This post is image heavy as I couldn't leave many out. Since learning how to make my pictures look better using photoshop, I find myself editing each and every picture. So, as my title says, I am trying to play catch up to edit and post these pictures.
Josh doing what he does best - shoving snacks in his mouth until his cheeks can't hold anymore.

Enjoying an apple wedge.

I can't believe Jared smiled so nice! Yes, it was only the three of us - I set the camera up on the camera bag and used the timer.

Josh really enjoyed the apple wedge - can you tell??

Lake Rico.

Here come my new favorite pictures!!!!

I think this is my FAVORITE!!!

Worker Mens

Beacuse the weather has been so crummy, Jared hasn't been able to get out and ride his bike. We decided to bring it upstairs so he could practice riding since it isn't real dirty yet. The Handy Manny tools came out and the "worker mens" (as Jared says) started to fix the non-broken bike.

How dare you squirrel!!!

"What the heck is going on in these pictures", you ask? Well, Jared became upset with the squirrel the moment Drew told him that he witnessed a squirrel knock his bird feeder (made out of a water bottle) off of the deck. When he saw a squirrel on the deck about a week later, he raced out into the toy box without saying a word. He grabbed his Buzz Lightyear gun and started "shooting" the squirrel. I despise everything about toy guns but this was a bit comical.

Big Boy Bike (with training wheels)

I figured this is the summer to get Jared a bike with training wheels since he is 4 and tall enough to ride. We went bike shopping this past Sunday and sure enough came home with a bike. Jared wasn't even on the bike for more than 30 seconds and he fell. While we were looking at the pictures that I took later that night he asked me if I had taken pics of the fall and when I told him, "no" he said he wanted to have the memory of falling off for the first time. At least I know he listened when I told him the importance of taking pictures ALL the time ~ for the memories.

Look who's walkin'

We were out on the deck today and it has been in the sun for hours. When Josh went down on his knees to crawl he started crying. I grabbed him quickly because I figured the hot deck was burning his knees. Indeed it was burning his knees but Josh did not go inside as a result. Instead he started walking.

Yes and No

Josh has been shaking his head now for a very long time. We always shake our heads no when we tell him "no" so he has seen us do it a lot. He just recently started shaking his head yes. If I offer him something to eat he will let me know now if he wants it or not by shaking his head.