Brooke and Bailey

I love this one :)!

Time at Aunt Wendi's... Brooke

Brooke got to show everyone she just learned how to sit up by herself!  Makes a Gramma proud and happy!  

She also got to show off the cute dress Dad-Dad and Sharon got her for Christmas... before she was even born :)!

And she ate her first solid food for the very first time... bananas!

Brooke with Aunt Wendi

Bailey is so good with Brooke!

Swing Time

This was Brooke's first time to ride in a swing.  Chad added the bucket swing to the tree so Brooke and Lane can swing at the same time :)!

Lane had been wanting to play with the water balloons he won at the Florida white elephant birthday party.  He and Chad played with them in the kiddie pool in the front yard one night while I was working.

Daddy's Shirt

Time at Grandma and Harvey's

Feeding Eva Grace a cookie in Grandma's back yard.

Grandma teaching Lane how to play 'Battle'.

Watering Eva Grace with the kitty.

Most days when Lane and Brooke stay with Grandma while I work, they head up to the frame shop to uncover and feed the birds.

Safety Palooza

The city had an event called Safety Palooza.  Lane got to sit in a police car and a fire truck.  They also had a Care-Flite helicopter land while we were there.

Lane's Perspective

I love the pictures Lane takes.

Our Babies

Diddley Bow or Unitar?

Chad calls it a Diddley Bow and Lane calls it a Unitar.  Regardless, they made one in the garage.  Chad waited for the authentic broom wire he ordered online for the string for at least a couple of weeks.

Easy Bake Oven

Thank you, Jennifer, Jacob and Bobby for giving Lane an Easy Bake Oven yesterday.  Chad and Lane were so excited.  They 'baked' their first cake in it tonight while I was working.

Coolio

You gotta be pretty cool to wear this hat when it's 100+ outside.  This was Lane's getup for our trip to the library this past Sunday.  Cute baby!

Bedtime at the Hayes House

Lane loves putting stuff on his head.  He (and we) thought this was particularly funny (his overnight pull-up)!

Brooke is getting so tall and big :)!

Sunflowers and Zinnias!

They're in my garden and they bring me joy!

Lane's Summer Do - the shortest yet

Tag Yurret

Lane is adamant about this.  And I looked up adamant to make sure I was spelling it right.  Who knew Adam Ant and adamant were the same thing.  I'll never feel the same about that word :)!

Volcanoes

This week at preschool co-op, Sheila hosted and read a book about volcanoes.  After storytime, everybody got to make their own volcano and have it erupt, twice.  Tonight, before bed, Lane told me the volcano was his favorite part of the day, he just wished he didn't have to throw it away because he wanted to make it erupt more :)! 

Liam's a Star

Yesterday, Jan met me in Keller and took Lane and Brooke to spend the day with Misti, Kenzie and Logan while I worked.  What fun they had!  Storytime at the library, spaghetti lunch at a restaurant, and an afternoon of play for Lane and Kenzie!  After work, Lane, Brooke and I got to see Liam play t-ball!  They were all so very cute!

Riley Turns 5

This past Saturday we were invited to Chuck E. Cheese to celebrate Riley's 5th birthday.  We got to see Riley and Jack, Aunt Jo, Aunt Charlene, Reisha, Dad-Dad and Sharon.

Brooke is Sitting

Brooke can sit.  Yay baby girl!

Sleepover with Cousins

Last Wednesday we took on the heat at the Fort Worth Zoo.  My cousin Lonnie and his friend Drake, on the left, were going, and Marilyn was in, so off we went.  We got to see some of the dinosaurs on exhibit.

On Thursday morning, Marilyn, Liam and Jackson, met s at the DMA for our third, and their first, preschool class.  This one was about mosaics and the mosaic we looked at in the museum was called Orpheus Taming the Wild Animals.  After looking at the art and reading a couple of books, the teacher gave the students tiles to make mosaics.

Lane's mosaic.

Liam's mosaic.

Jackson's mosaic.

During 'studio' time, after viewing the art, the boys made their own mosaics.  They had the choice of picking an animal outline and filling it in, or getting blank paper to make their own animal.

Liam chose a butterfly.

Lane chose a blank piece of paper and made 'Running Zebra'.

(We ended up asking Grandma Bobbie to frame Lane's "Running Zebra" for us. Looks so good in his room!!)

They love playing in the bead wall on the way to the studio.

Chad and Lane made pizza dough Thursday morning so we could have a pizza party the night of the sleepover.  Everybody got to choose their own toppings and it was delish!

After pizza, we paid a visit to teh snowcone lady and the nearby train tracks.

Friday morning we sat outside for a bit.  Marilyn happened to get the Dr. Sears baby book out and I happened to look at what babies do during their sixth month.  Sitting was on the list and Brooke delivered!

The boys wrapped up the sleepover with homemade popsicles!   Yummo!

Lane loves time with his cousins and I love getting to spend time with my sister and her babies!