Rainy Day

We were hoping to run some errands today and go to Panera for lunch. However, we had a little leak in our ceiling in the playroom so a repairman was going to come out and fix it today. But, it rained all day and he couldn't come to fix it. So, what else should you do on a rainy day with 2 little boys than BAKE!!! The boys helped me bake some chocolate chip cookies this morning. They did a pretty good job! Caleb is actually pretty helpful with the Kitchenaid mixer while TJ is very good at getting flour everywhere!!! So, I just had to make a video of our fun little time!

Our favorite songs

I finally remembered to video the boys singing some of their favorite songs. Well, its mostly Caleb singing with TJ dancing and mommy as backup singer! TJ tries to sing the words...he does his best. He actually speaks a whole lot of words...just singing is a little too tricky for him right now. But, he is a very good clapper and dancer!

The boys love to sing their ABC's...Caleb and my mom had quite the time singing their ABC's when she was visiting last week. Caleb loved it! They also love "Beloved"...a Bible verse song of I John 4:7+8.

Well, enjoy the videos! Have a great day!

Playdough

We had a fun craft day today with some coloring and playdough. We played outside all morning on our sit and spin...then Caleb rode his tricycle around and TJ rode in the stroller to the playground. But, it was just getting too hot by lunch time. So, after lunch we had a fun time with the playdough. TJ did much better with it this time. He didn't eat it like the last time. He's getting so big! And Caleb probably could have played all afternoon with it...he was having a great time using his imagination making all sorts of things!

Cousin Mike's Birthday

We had my cousin Mike and his girlfriend Anne and my sister over last night for dinner. It was Mike's 30th birthday on Saturday. It is really nice to be close to family and celebrate birthdays with them. I grew up close to a lot of my extended family in Florida so we always celebrated birthdays together. It was a huge blessing to have them all over...the boys had a blast playing with them. Here are a few pics!

The Metro

Well, the boys took a ride on the metro into Washington DC today!! The boys and I went with my mom to visit my sister in the city. She works in DC..so we took the metro in and had lunch with her. It was quite an adventure for us all! We were pretty wiped when we got home! The boys enjoyed the "train" ride for sure. Caleb especially liked when the "conductor" told us we arrived and when new people would get on the train with us! He just sat and watched everyone get on and off and had a great time! I was very thankful because it was 30 minutes to the city and 30 minutes back...so that was a lot of sitting time for my little ones. But, they did great! TJ even did fine also...he's a little more squirmy than Caleb...seeing as he is only 1 1/2...but, he did well playing with some toys and singing songs! It was so nice to see my sister and to be so close to her. She came over this past weekend also! The boys had a great time playing with her and going to the swimming pool!

The boys got to show off their new swimming skills to Grandma and Aunt Kristen. We have a very nice little community swimming pool in our neighborhood. What a blessing that was this weekend since it was in the 90's!!!

We are in!!!!

Yay!! We are in our new house! Praise the Lord! The movers came yesterday and all of our stuff arrived! The boys stayed at Kevin's parents yesterday and came to their new house today. It was so nice for them to stay with Kevin's parents, we got a lot done without them yesterday and this morning. Thank you so much to Grandma and Grandpa Beeker. You are awesome! We have also been staying with them quite a bit during this transition time. So, it is just such a huge blessing for us. And we are now closer to them and my sister and my cousin and not too far from Kevin's sister and my brothers are not too far either. Wow!! What a great blessing to be close to our families!

So, Kevin looked for houses in May while I stayed in Ohio with the boys. So, he picked this house for us without me...I saw pics but that's all! He of course did an AWESOME job! Most ladies think I'm crazy for letting my husband pick a house for us. But I have the utmost confidence in Kevin and so I am so thankful for our house. And it so nice to be in a permanent place for a few years!

All my boys are napping now as they are quite tuckered from the travels and stresses. I know Caleb is very glad to have his crib back...the pack n play really is too small for him, but he did fine! He was very cute when he went into the playroom. He said "Mama we have that play kitchen set and we have that duck and we have that ball". He thought the people at this house had the same toys as he did. So, I explained that those were his toys...but, then he still kept saying...we have that, we have that!! It was so cute!!! And TJ didn't care to see the rest of the house...he just stayed in the playroom and played and played! I was gone from them for one day and they both looked so much bigger and older to me.

Well, I'll try to get some pics of our house up for you soon! My mom comes on Thursday for a visit!!!