Bees, Bikes and Chicken

Declan has started to show alot of interests in Carson's "big boy" bikes lately. He's far from reaching the pedals but he gets his little legs on the ground and tries to get going. He's pretty good on the big wheel but prefers to be pushed on the trike. It's weird to see him getting so old. It feels like I just brought him home from the hospital.

A few weeks ago we noticed a large number of bees going in and out of a crack in our foundation. It seemed like a weird spot for these little creatures to live. So we went and got some stuff to spray in there but it didn't work well. It killed a few but there was still alot of them there. Then on Friday Trevor got stung by one of them. Bees 1 Trevor 0. So last night they ventured out to get some Raid, why that wasn't purchased the first time I'm not sure. But it did the trick.
Bees 1 Trevor (at least) 25.

I grabbed a bag of our chicken nuggets at the store last week. I was surprised today when I opened them up and they were in the shape of numbers. Well isn't that cute? Back to School chicken nuggets (that's what the bag said!). Lucky for me the boys' will probably refuse to eat any chicken nugget not in the shape of a 1, 2 or 3 from now on. Because these are WAY more fun.

Camping

We went camping this weekend with the boys. We were barely gone 24 hours. Our car was more packed for this 24 hours then it was for week long trip to Montana. And we used pretty much everything we brought. We were talking about going out to the Black Hills next summer for a few days to camp. At this rate I'll need to rent a U-haul to get us there.

The boys were big helpers and very excited to get the tent up.

Goofing around in the tent.

Last time we went camping Carson was younger then Declan now!! Look at that little boy and all his hair!

Hey, everyone's looking at the camera.

Hiking up the stairs.

The boys were hiking champs. We hiked for almost 2 hours and they made it the whole way with minimal carrying.

Me and my boys taking a break from our big hike.

At the end of our hike we stopped and listen to a lady talk about snakes. She even let the boys pet it.

Both boys skipped their nap on Saturday. They were exhausted and are still trying to catch themselves up.

Daddy's little helpers.

It's a fire!

Time to relax.

Desperately digging for the marshmallows.

Declan just wanted the chocolate.

But then figure out the real thing was pretty good stuff.

And Carson loved them too.

But eventually just went for the straight chocolate.

Declan soon realized that it was pretty fun to squish the marshmallow between his fingers. Doesn't that look yummy??

We all kind of felt this way when we ate one too many smores.

Declan was thrilled to find little rocks on road. Its his new favorite thing to play with.

The campground showed A Bug's Life at night. Carson was thrilled.

Declan could have cared less. He just wanted to annoy his brother and eat the popcorn.

The boys slept pretty well in the tent too. And as you can see.....we still have the plug.

Time to put the tent away. Carson would prefer to sleep in it every night.

Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy....

I was trying to make a video this morning to illustrate just how much Delcan talks. It's non-stop...all day long. Did I mention it's non-stop? No matter where we are or what we're doing he talks all the time. And in the morning its always Mommy this, Mommy that, Mommy, Mommy Mommy!! You try and count just how many times he says it. It seems to be more frequent in the morning. Must be trying to make up for the 12 hours he was asleep!

They said what?

We are on day 2 of Declan going to bed without his plug!! He got it this morning at 6am because 1.) He was having a hard time settling himself back to sleep and 2.) There was no way I was getting up for the day at that ungodly hour! He didn't even ask for it at nap today but he's been talking ever since I laid him down. "Time Out "Bruder" "Be Quiet "Bruder" "Bruder" "Bruder" "Boo Bruder." Bruder?"

Yeah he's asleep just like you should be!


The other day as we were drove past a church that was having a block party. They had several bounce houses up. This was the conversation as we passed...

Declan: "Bouuunnnccee Hoouuussseee" (he was trying very hard to enunicate)

Carson: Good Eye "Dekan"


Today we were picking up toys before nap time and the conversation went something like this.

Me: Come on boys lets pick up our toys.
Carson picks up a few then keels over in pain.
Carson: Mommy my tummy hurts.
Me: Oh no! What's making it hurt buddy?
Carson: Picking up all these toys.

Oh the pain caused from picking up those toys.

A little golfing, a little go-karting.

On Friday I stopped and grabbed some donuts after work for breakfast the next morning. The decision may have something to do with the fact that I am lazy when it comes to making breakfast, but who's keeping track? We had a busy day planned and there is no better way to start your day then to feed your children lots of chocolate and sugar before 8am. They were thrilled to say the least and are now requesting donuts for every meal.

This picture is blurry but I still wanted to show Declan's odd way of eating a donut. I'm not sure if he's actually eating it or trying to snort the frosting.

Either way this is the end product when he's finished. The donut pretty much intact, just missing the frosting.

And this is Carson's end version. At least he ate some of the donut. And have no fear Declan took care of that chocolate frosting. That's what brothers are for I guess.

After our sugar high was in full swing we ran to the farmer's market. In addition to our awesome sweet corn my wonderful husband also got me these. They smell fantastic! Thanks honey!!

After nap we headed out to a friends birthday party where we played mini-golf and rode the golf karts for most of the afternoon.

We may need to work on his form a little bit.

When all else fails you can just push it in with your hands. I think in the golf world that's called a "gimmie."

Declan just carried around my club and ball. He refused to set it down. So glad I paid for that round!

Declan trying to stay cool while watching brother on the "go-go-karts."

All buckled in and ready to go.

Wave to mommy and Declan!

Apparently I was more scared them him.

He talked NON-STOP the entire time I drove. I have no idea what he was saying because I couldn't hear him but it didn't stop. He loved them!

This and That

I'm trying not to think about the fact that we are already 6 days into August. It's too depressing to think of fall coming and being stuck inside with the boys. I've said it before but we are having so much fun being outside, going to the pool, eating on the deck and just enjoying summer as a family. Luckily we don't have much planned for the next month so we can really soak it all in.

Last week it was just windy enough to get the kites out.

Carson and Dean had a blast playing with it.

Trevor and I bought a play kitchen for the boys this weekend. I found it on craiglist for only $20! Go me! The boys are thrilled and haven't played with anything else since Sunday. There's a small highchair on the one side of it and both boys have tried climbing into it.
They don't exactly fit so we've put every stuffed animal in there and fed them. It's been really entertaining to watch their imaginations take over.

Carson's favorite piece off food seems to be the corn. Mmmm, can't wait to get some real corn at the farmers's market.

Declan has become our "wadermewon" king.

Carson likes it too!

Every morning Carson usually asks me, "whadda we doin today mamma?" This morning was a little off since I was at the dentist so I told him I wasn't sure yet. He reponded by telling me he wanted to go to school. He got a new backpack this weekend and it even comes with a water bottle holder so he was beyond thrilled when I showed him that his sippy cup fit in there.

He starts school on Sept 2nd and last night Trevor asked me if I was going to cry. I'm not sure I'll cry but I have had a lot of mixed feelings about it. On one hand I think, he's only 3 does he really need to go to school? But on the other hand I know he is going to love it, he'll learn alot and meet lots of new friends. Plus its good socialization for him. But we aren't going to talk about school anymore (I might cry) and just enjoy the rest of summer!