Engagement Party

We went home a couple of weekends ago to go to Michael (Drew's brother) and Megan's engagement party. Here are some pictures. Can you believe I never took a shot of the bride and groom to be?

Brotherly Love

The other day I was getting dinner together and the boys were out on the deck. The door was open so I could hear them. The cutest conversation took place and it went like this.

Jared: "Josh, do you want to play together? I'll play with you. I ask you if you want to play and you are supposed to say yes!"

They are starting to play together and it is so cute! I actually took these pictures only because Jared asked me to. I had put Josh down for a nap and he wasn't ready so he cried for about 5 minutes. Jared kept telling me to go up and get him because he had a surprise for him. The surprise was the sliding board so when I got Josh out of his crib and he started to play on the slide, Jared got behind him and told me to take a picture. I couldn't get my camera fast enough!!!

Kaden and Josh

This was one day last week when I was watching Kaden. We have this pumpkin that is a jack-in-the-box and the boys were cracking up laughing at it. I didn't get the camera going until the end but it is still funny. Kaden was really scared by it in the beginning.

Daddy's trash picking find

Drew came home from work yesterday with a sliding board. I have been looking for one of these little tikes sliding boards on Craig's List ever since I took the boys to the play place in the mall. Josh loved going down the slide and I thought a slide this size would be perfect. The boys were ecstatic! I just wish Drew would have waited until after dinner to bring it in the house.

Family Project

Jared's teacher sent home a project for the family to do to hang on the bulletin board outside of their classroom. Our family had to decorate an apple using any craft supplies we had around the house. You could include a picture (right up my alley) or anything else that you wanted displayed. I had this yarn from when I decided I wanted to learn to crochet (as you can see I still have the yarn). I thought it was perfect for the apple since it was somewhat red. I was happy with the way it turned out. As you can tell, I ended up doing most of the work but it is a family project so I guess that isn't a bad thing :)

First day of preschool

Jared started his 2nd year of preschool today. I had a difficult time sleeping last night as if I were the one starting school. Jared is a late sleeper so it was an early start to the morning this morning when i had to wake him up at 7:00am. Jared usually rolls out of bed around 9:00. He was very good about getting dressed and brushing his teeth right away. I allowed him to watch some TV while he ate his breakfast. I also had to wake up Josh because he usually sleeps until a little after 8:00. Drew went into work late so he could drop Jared off too. Jared was a trooper and was a very brave boy. He made us very proud. He did start to get upset right before we walked out the door so we put his blankie in his backpack just in case he needed it. His teacher said he had a great day. He even took the notes to the office! The new Transformer back pack.

Kaden (our neighbor) was with us because I babysit on Mondays and Thursdays.

Jared walked into school with no problem :)

Can you stand it?

He is one of the cutest boys ever!!! This is right in front of our house behind one of the shrubs. The gutter must be clogged because every time it rains hard, the water pours out of the gutter causing erosion of our landscaping. Josh thinks it is the best thing ever. I was trying to get the dirt and mulch out of the driveway but as you can see Josh put a stop to that. He loves playing with cleaning supplies! This is one time I loved my 50mm lens. I finally got a shot in focus.