On July 6, 2010 the kids and I had fun taking silly pictures of oursleves. Oh, the joys of digital cameras. Ethan took a lot of the pictures and we took a bunch ourselves too. We had a ton of fun just being goofy!
Our happy Ellyse!
AHHHHHH!!!!!
We took a lot more pictures, but I didn't think they were all blog worthy. They were mostly just for fun!
On June 7, 2010 we had a fun family night outside. Tim had to fix the sprinklers so we thought it was a good chance to run wild in the sprinklers. The boys loves and so did Tim and I. It was so hot and the cold water felt so good. Ellyse was taking a little nap so she missed out on the water fun, but I think that was probably for the better :).
Ethan and Eli joined the summer reading program through the library. They are loving it!!! I got this chart for Ethan and he gets to put a sticker in a box for every book that he reads. In the first 2 days he had 2 1/2 rows filled up -that is about 65 books!!! Wow - he is really taking to this reading thing. He is getting really good too since he is practising so much.
Eli isn't reading yet, but he sure memorizes books fast. Here he is "reading" a new Thomas book that I have only read to him a few times. Eli gets a sticker for every book Ethan or I read to him.
The library gave them cards that they get to color . Each day they do their reading goals, they get to color in one of the fish on their card. Then they get prizes from the library each month.
I love seeing Ethan and Eli enjoying to read. I hope they keep it up. They are going through books so fast that we are making lots of trips to the library.
Right after they arrived at the camp ground, Ethan tripped and scraped up his hand. He got a pretty good battle wound.
Happy Campers!!!
My sweet boys
Ethan loved roasting his marshmellows. He liked to burn them, 
YUMMY!!!
Tim and the boys
A good lookin' self photo
Eli is enjoying his marshmellow - he loves them!
Having fun
Eli loved riding his cars on the benches with one of his buddies
Happy boys sleeping in the minivan. They folded down all of the seats (you gotta love stow-n-go seating).
My boys love doing crafts. We fiund fun little ceramic banks that came with paint at the dollar store (I love the dollar store!!). Ethan and Eli had a great time painting.
It was so cute; they were very focused on their project!
My brother Dan with our little Ellyse. All of the kids love their Uncle Dan. He always makes silly faces and makes them laugh!
Eli dumped a whole bunch of salt on his dinner plate - YUCK!
And then he proceeded to eat it- WHAT??!! He has some crazy taste buds!
We are getting really good at coming up with new and different ideas for play time since nearly all of the toys are packed up in storage. I found some paper fish in my primary singing time folder and we made fishing poles out a piece of string and a paper clip at the end. The boys had a great time casting their string over the chair and I would attach a fish to their paper clip. We had a great time and it kept us all busy for quite a while. Maybe when we eventually get into another house we might not need to unpack their toys. It is fun getting creative.
We love summer time and all of the fresh corn we can eat!! Ethan and Eli REALLY love corn on the cob and will eat several ears of it in one sitting. Eli likes to eat it raw off the cob. They also love helping to shuck the corn. They are such good helpers. Yeah for summer time corn!!!
