Dress Up Party!

Kimball, Tate’s special friend, had his birthday party a few weeks back. He is super stylish and decided he wanted this guests to “dress to impress!” So we got Tate a little suit, look our sweet! The kids looked adorable! They went to a fondue restaurant called The Melting Pot and then off to a movie in the theater, they stayed out to about 9:30! WOW! That is past my bedtime even!

Berrypatch Farms 2012

Picking berries with some of our favorite people at Berrypatch farms this July!

Boating Boys

The first camping trip of the year was with our friends the Forsythe’s – we had a ball and here are the little guys going out for a fun boat ride!

Sword Performance

Last night we had the Boyles over for dinner and we were fortunate enough to get several performances from the big kids, check it out!

 

Worm Party!

One early March day in the car on our way to school, Grace and Griffin mentioned they saw a worm – a sign of Spring! I asked if they had ever eaten a worm? EYEYEEWW they all said! I told them people eat worms and there is a whole movie about it! So as the conversation built, we decided we were going to have a worm festival! So a few weeks later, all the kiddos came over, I made fried “worms,” worm smoothie and pudding with worms sticking out. Before we feasted, the kids watched How to Eat Fried Worms – they had a ball!

New Chum Lilly

Tate likes the ladies, plane and simple. I love that he loves to play with girls! It actually softens him a bit. I hear him asking, “what would you like to do?” Or “let me help you with that” more often than if he is playing with a boy. I know right now it is cute that Tate and Lilly were holding hands while watching a show on TV yesterday during their play date, in 5 years (or maybe less?) I will have to be a little more suspicious. Tate and Lilly played for almost 2 hours in the fort, a new record! I love it! They were out there soaking up the sun, breathing in fresh air, eating green popcorn, writing/drawing in their journals and exploring. With boys, Tate is back in about 10 minutes. I am not sure what that is all about??

Strawberries and Bees

An adventure is not as memorable without some catastrophe, right?  Julia, her 3 boys, Tate, Chase and I all headed out about 10:30 Thursday morning for Berry Patch Farms, which is a small farm out in Brighton, CO where you can pick your own veggies and strawberries. We get there, see the fantastically large pet big in the yard, sword-like sticks, feather-footed chickens…great stuff! Then someone disturbs a group of bees and the fun begins! The boys were so loud with excitement about just being there and together that it took me a few seconds to realize the excitement had turned to shrieks of pain! Bees were swarming and stinging them all (except Chase, who was casually observing from the sidelines).

We finally get away from the buzzing creatures and the farm owners come running out to help…”aftersting” medicine and ice packs in hand. Luckily the bees were honey bees, which apparently don’t sting quite as bad as other varieties. The boys howled and whined and then the owners gave them each a treat from their store (freeze-dried fruit) and they were miraculously healed! Not another  word was said about the bees.

So we started picking our strawberries at noon (AKA eatin’ time), so no one really lasted that long. That is OK, there weren’t too many strawberries to pick anyway. We ate our lunch with the ready-for-bacon-makin’ pig and chickens hanging around the benches and then drove home…a little tired and sun-beaten, but happy nonetheless. Ahhhaaa….adventures with the boys!

Little extras

Here are some fun pictures from this week.

Tate plays computer games and Chase is starting to get involved. When Chase figures out what is going on he immediately goes to the closest stool and pushes it right next to his brother to watch the action, totally cute.

My good friend Mary comes over on most Thursday’s to go for a walk and pray. She loves on Chase for a little usually and I caught this pic.

Bath-time is usually a grand time of kicking and bubble-making.

Welcome Baby Torcillini!

My friend Julia had a baby around 8 last night. She explained the whole process to me this morning from her hospital bed. Yikes…with that said, she had a boy (they were waiting to be surprised)! I suspected. On the phone, Julia reminded me about a comment I made down at the creek one day when we were watching (and chuckling about) the boys being boys. I said, “I think we are in for 2 more boys!” She remembered that…so I called it! I better start crocheting another little baby blanket, Julia really likes Chase’s, so that will be a special present the Allbritton’s can give yet-to-be named baby Torcillini. VERY EXCITING! I told Tyler this is a sign of what is to come for us….3 boys! BOYS ROCK!

Here is a picture of Julia, me and the boys we took at church one day, it turned out so cute! I hope to have a picture of baby Torcillini soon, I will probably be making a meal here in a day or two to bring over…now what to bring….

Train Museum

Friday we met Julia and the boys at the Train Museum in Golden. They had a blast! There wasn’t much they couldn’t do or touch. It was so nice not to have to corral them or keep them off of things that were off-limits.

Sandbox time

The boys are having tons of fun in the sandbox Tyler put together last year. Dirt, sand and flowers are all new to Chase, so it has been fun watching him explore and experience the outdoors. My two nature boys!

Tate has a new friend, Jordan. He moved in next door a few months ago. He is 8, but plays so well with Tate. He keeps him out of trouble and is gentle with Chase too if he is hanging around. It is fun to see Tate play so well with a friend. And right next door, WOW, now I see why people like living in neighborhoods with other kids down the street.

Chase really does play with the sand and toys, I haven’t seen much go in his mouth. Isn’t he the yummiest baby you have ever seen! I just want to eat him up every time I see him!

I gave Chase a summer-cut the other day, he sure does look different without all those precious little curls around his cute little head; he has more of a little boy look about him.

Chase has been going through about 3 outfits a day with all the outside play, dang kids get dirty fast! And Tyler had to perform splinter surgery the other day on his baby hand, he took it like a champ.