Kung Fu panda

While I was at my class this week, Nana and PaPaw took the boys to see Kung Fu Panda at the new IMAX theater. Needless to say, they enjoyed it! When Shawn gets back, we are going to take them to see Walle (sp?). They can't wait! Neither can I!

Alex the Duck

One of the things we had in the garage sale was a duck costume that Brannon wore a couple of years ago. Alex never wore it for Halloween because size wise, last year would have been his year (the boys were Batman and Robin last Halloween). So he decided to try it on, and here's what happened when we tried to get him to quack like a duck. :)

What did your child have to eat?

I have decided that one of the easiest ways to make food interesting and fun is to change its color or shape. My boys LOVE for me to put food coloring in their food. Last night, Brannon decided that he wanted green mac n' cheese, and Alex wanted red grits. Usually, I just put a smiley face with food coloring in the grits or just change the color, but green mac n' cheese was new for us! Doesn't it look disgusting! They were perfectly fine eating food that looked like it had been left out for weeks! :P This summer, I have also started using my cookie cutters more too, to make cool shaped sandwiches! I love summer vacation!

What we've been doing

Well, the last 2 weeks have been pretty crazy! Here is a list of the things that we have been doing, and some pictures to go along with some of them. :)

• Brannon and I started working more on his letters and writing his name.
• My mom and I priced and organized everything for the garage sale.
• Brannon "washed" the van while we were setting up. I am still trying to get the streaks off the windshield so that I can see clearly through it! :\
  
• I had a garage sale where I sold a lot of baby and toddler cloths, toys, and "stuff"!
• Brannon has been going nap free almost everyday, so he has been getting to sleep a lot better at night. This makes for a VERY LONG afternoon and evening!
• Shawn got his haircut into a "fow" (sp?) mohawk for YoungLife camp.
• Shawn left early Sunday morning for YoungLife camp in Michigan, and won't be home until late Saturday night. The boys ask everyday about when he will be back.
  
• I went to a conference at Purdue Monday and Tuesday on teaching gifted kids. It was good. I stayed there Monday night, so mom and dad watched the boys for me. :)
• On Tuesday before I came back from Purdue, I ate at Dog N' Suds...yummy! You know...the place "where everything's so doggone good!" While I was there, I noticed that you can buy a 4 or 8 pound bag of their yummy coney sauce. I got a 4 lb bag, not knowing that it came in a frozen block!
  
• AND...the most important and monumental thing that happened this last week, is that Alex is POTTY TRAINED!!!! I can't believe how easy it has been. We started putting him in underwear last Thursday, and now he is pretty much potty trained (no accidents in 3 days)! The first two days were horrible! He kept on peeing all over the place! But now, he is going on his own to pee AND poop! HALLELUJAH!!! We told him that when he peed in his underwear, he had to apologize to Nemo or Spiderman or Hulk (whoever was on his underwear). It was so funny having him hold up his underwear and tell the characters he was sorry. Now, everytime he goes potty in the potty, he says, "Hulk (or Spiderman or Nemo) is SO proud of me!" And I tell him that I am even more proud of him! :)
  

Play Group 6-17

Here are some pictures of the boys at the park last week. Alex was really into getting his picture taken, so I have a lot of him. When we left, I let the boys jump off the picnic table until I got a good midair shot of each of them. Brannon's turned out really good!

Breakfast

Dave had an interview in Shelbyville (sp?) the Friday they were here, and we just found out last week that they offered him the job! :) We are looking forward to hopefully have them closer by us soon! :)

Here are some funny breakfast/morning pictures of the boys.

I really don't ever let Brannon drink out of the milk jug (I don't think that he had ever thought about doing it), but there was only a little bit left, so I asked him if he wanted to. He thought it was so cool! The zipper of his pjs looks like he is spilling the milk all over himself.

The boys were playing a file folder game I made back in college. They thought it was cool to see themselves with weird eyes.

Storms

The Friday night after the museum, we had another one of our storms we have been having every Friday - Saturday (it has been hard on Shawn's softball and Brannon's t-ball games). It was SO cool to watch the storm come in and then watch it roll out and have the beautiful sunset afterwards! I just had to take some pictures.

Dave, Jennifer and Jacob's Visit - The Children's Museum

Last weekend, Shawn's best friend Dave and his wife Jennifer and son Jacob came to visit. We all had a great time. On Friday we took the boys to the Children's Museum. Here are some of the pictures I took there.

Brannon and Jacob running to get to the museum.

The boys playing with dinos...what a surprise! ;)

This time at the museum, Alex was really into the trains. If I would have let him, he would have stayed all day watching the trains go around and around.

After I got Alex away from the trains, I found Brannon in the oceans room on the computer and wearing a shark costume around. :) I think sharks and lions tie for his second favorite animal. His first favorite animal would be any type of dinosaur...of course!

Alex in the water...he LOVES water!

Alex also was totally glued to this contraption. I can't remember what it is called, but it is in the Dow Sciences section on the top floor.

Here are the boys being boys.

By the end of the day, the little cherubs were getting REALLY tired and grouchy. Not that you can't tell from Alex's face! :) But they did have a good time in the new superhero exhibit. We will definitely be going back and playing in that part first next time.

Alex was SO tired! His legs aren't really that long, the costume was way to big for him.

And here they all are at the end of the day. They are watching Night at the Museum (the boys FAVORITE movie). From this picture, you would think that they all were just laying back, taking it easy, relaxing and watching a movie. No, minutes later they were all up running around acting like crazies again! Oh well! They did get to bed early. :)