Okay, so since the purpose of this blog is to be a "journal" of our lives, I've got some stories for you!!
Last weekend, Memorial Day weekend, we had a great time with the boys. Friday night we went to a local park to play in the creek and just spend time outside since it was beautiful! The boys played and played in the creek. Rusty went with us and had himself a dip as well. Everyone had a lot of fun. They are so much fun to watch. Travis and Taylor like to throw rocks into the water to see who can make the biggest splashes. Rusty, an innocent bystander, becomes somewhat of a target. But to be honest, he's not the smartest dog walking around so it didn't bother him at all that they were trying to hit him with the rocks as long as he was receiving some of the splash. When we had out boat that dog would jump out and swim forever! And now I'm learning that the only thing worse than wet dog smell is wet dog and sweaty little boy together.
Saturday we got up and went to Lebanon, TN to visit friends who breed horses. We were all pretty excited of course the boys were most excited. We told them they would get to ride horses while we were there. They of course then told us they wanted to ride cows and pigs as well because obviously where there are horses there are cows and pigs!
The boys rode the horses with Mr Darrell, who I like to call Cowboy Darrell because every time I've seen him he's wearing his cowboy hat and he once rescued us from the side of the road when our boat trailer managed a flat tire one day on the way back from the lake. But I digress. They rode first with Mr Darrell on his horse Plum Naked. Isn't that a cool name for a horse! Her baby girl's name is Half Naked! After they rode with him a couple of times the boys declared they wanted to ride by themselves. Now, I probably normally would not be cool with this. But these horses were so good! We put the boys Jackie and Mr Darrell led her around while she just followed right next to him. She never tried to take off and never acted like she was bothered in the least. They had so much fun and really thought they were the stuff! I hope I can figure out how to put some of those pictures on this post. They also got to hold (and by that I mean squeeze) new kittens and climb on a bunch of tractors. It was a big day for them. The pictures up top are Travis (orange shirt) and Taylor (blue shirt) riding Jackie with Mr Darrell next to them.
We got home and started working on our deck that evening. We started adding on to our deck last July and simply ran out of cash to finish. Then it started getting cold outside and before we knew it, Christmas was here. So, we've picked that project back up. I really like what we've done and it's been a lot of fun to work with Jason on it. The boys have been helping as well. They like to hammer and measure and drill and screw and once we turn the sprinkler on, they've changed gears and head for the open yard. We tried to get them in for normal bedtime (7:30 pm) but Taylor picked up his toy hammer, walked back and forth on a piece of decking laying on the ground and declared "We can't go to bed, we've got a lot of work to do. We have to keep working!" It was really cute and he was serious.
Sunday we got up and went for a nice walk through the neighborhood. We decided not to go to church and just hang out together that day. Another fun day of working on the deck and just being together. The boys played with water guns for the first time. They are infatuated with anything that has to do with water so we spent a lot of time filling up water guns. They would spray us, but again, Rusty became the target. They chased Rusty around spraying him and then got the idea to give him a wash down. He didn't know why at first, but they asked Jason for a washcloth. He got one for them and then found them chasing Rusty, squirting him with the water guns and then rubbing him with the washcloth like they were giving him a bath. There are very few things on this planet that Rusty enjoys less than a bath. But alas, they wore him down and he finally gave up and just let them do whatever they wanted. Man they love that dog! He's driving me crazy lately, but they love that dog.
Monday finally rolled around and we went with Daddy to Bowie Nature Center in Fairview. Jason rode the mountain biking trails and the boys and I played on the playground. We went down to the fishing pond and watched the ducks. We'll have to go back there, it was a really nice place and it would be a great place to feed the ducks. However, there are signs everywhere that say "Do not feed ducks in picnic area". You look around and their are pic nic tables everywhere. So, we'll have to figure that one out.
We're coming right along on the potty training. I don't know when I can say the boys are potty trained. What's the rule on that? I just refer to them as potty training and leave it at that. The funniest thing about potty training is the talk that comes out of it. For instance, snake poop v. rock poop. The boys have begun comparing their poop. Is is snake poop or rock poop? And then shortly after that question is answered they have to know how much there was. So each time one of them poops the other has to check it out and gets mad if the pooper flushes before the brother can check it out. Pretty funny! Then there is the size comparission. Travis was pooping and Taylor told him that he could poop "bigger, bigger, bigger rock poop"! So there is a little debate there. Now honestly, I'd rather see a competition based around who can stay dry and clean longer. But this certainly makes it fun and interesting for them. We do seem to be having more accidents lately and I'm not sure what the problem is. Taylor told me today (as I was cleaning poop out of his undies - probably would have been snake poop) that he didn't go to the bathroom because he was playing. We've got to get them to understand that they can come back to whatever they leave from and go to the bathroom!! I guess they think while they're on the toilet I'm going to go and clean up and hide all their toys. They are also concerned about birds getting them...as if birds are going to come into the house and grab the toys. I have no idea where that comes from!
That's all for this post. I started several days ago and just tonight managed to finish. I've got more to talk about and I'll start that in another post.
Last weekend, Memorial Day weekend, we had a great time with the boys. Friday night we went to a local park to play in the creek and just spend time outside since it was beautiful! The boys played and played in the creek. Rusty went with us and had himself a dip as well. Everyone had a lot of fun. They are so much fun to watch. Travis and Taylor like to throw rocks into the water to see who can make the biggest splashes. Rusty, an innocent bystander, becomes somewhat of a target. But to be honest, he's not the smartest dog walking around so it didn't bother him at all that they were trying to hit him with the rocks as long as he was receiving some of the splash. When we had out boat that dog would jump out and swim forever! And now I'm learning that the only thing worse than wet dog smell is wet dog and sweaty little boy together.
Saturday we got up and went to Lebanon, TN to visit friends who breed horses. We were all pretty excited of course the boys were most excited. We told them they would get to ride horses while we were there. They of course then told us they wanted to ride cows and pigs as well because obviously where there are horses there are cows and pigs!
The boys rode the horses with Mr Darrell, who I like to call Cowboy Darrell because every time I've seen him he's wearing his cowboy hat and he once rescued us from the side of the road when our boat trailer managed a flat tire one day on the way back from the lake. But I digress. They rode first with Mr Darrell on his horse Plum Naked. Isn't that a cool name for a horse! Her baby girl's name is Half Naked! After they rode with him a couple of times the boys declared they wanted to ride by themselves. Now, I probably normally would not be cool with this. But these horses were so good! We put the boys Jackie and Mr Darrell led her around while she just followed right next to him. She never tried to take off and never acted like she was bothered in the least. They had so much fun and really thought they were the stuff! I hope I can figure out how to put some of those pictures on this post. They also got to hold (and by that I mean squeeze) new kittens and climb on a bunch of tractors. It was a big day for them. The pictures up top are Travis (orange shirt) and Taylor (blue shirt) riding Jackie with Mr Darrell next to them.
We got home and started working on our deck that evening. We started adding on to our deck last July and simply ran out of cash to finish. Then it started getting cold outside and before we knew it, Christmas was here. So, we've picked that project back up. I really like what we've done and it's been a lot of fun to work with Jason on it. The boys have been helping as well. They like to hammer and measure and drill and screw and once we turn the sprinkler on, they've changed gears and head for the open yard. We tried to get them in for normal bedtime (7:30 pm) but Taylor picked up his toy hammer, walked back and forth on a piece of decking laying on the ground and declared "We can't go to bed, we've got a lot of work to do. We have to keep working!" It was really cute and he was serious.
Sunday we got up and went for a nice walk through the neighborhood. We decided not to go to church and just hang out together that day. Another fun day of working on the deck and just being together. The boys played with water guns for the first time. They are infatuated with anything that has to do with water so we spent a lot of time filling up water guns. They would spray us, but again, Rusty became the target. They chased Rusty around spraying him and then got the idea to give him a wash down. He didn't know why at first, but they asked Jason for a washcloth. He got one for them and then found them chasing Rusty, squirting him with the water guns and then rubbing him with the washcloth like they were giving him a bath. There are very few things on this planet that Rusty enjoys less than a bath. But alas, they wore him down and he finally gave up and just let them do whatever they wanted. Man they love that dog! He's driving me crazy lately, but they love that dog.
Monday finally rolled around and we went with Daddy to Bowie Nature Center in Fairview. Jason rode the mountain biking trails and the boys and I played on the playground. We went down to the fishing pond and watched the ducks. We'll have to go back there, it was a really nice place and it would be a great place to feed the ducks. However, there are signs everywhere that say "Do not feed ducks in picnic area". You look around and their are pic nic tables everywhere. So, we'll have to figure that one out.
We're coming right along on the potty training. I don't know when I can say the boys are potty trained. What's the rule on that? I just refer to them as potty training and leave it at that. The funniest thing about potty training is the talk that comes out of it. For instance, snake poop v. rock poop. The boys have begun comparing their poop. Is is snake poop or rock poop? And then shortly after that question is answered they have to know how much there was. So each time one of them poops the other has to check it out and gets mad if the pooper flushes before the brother can check it out. Pretty funny! Then there is the size comparission. Travis was pooping and Taylor told him that he could poop "bigger, bigger, bigger rock poop"! So there is a little debate there. Now honestly, I'd rather see a competition based around who can stay dry and clean longer. But this certainly makes it fun and interesting for them. We do seem to be having more accidents lately and I'm not sure what the problem is. Taylor told me today (as I was cleaning poop out of his undies - probably would have been snake poop) that he didn't go to the bathroom because he was playing. We've got to get them to understand that they can come back to whatever they leave from and go to the bathroom!! I guess they think while they're on the toilet I'm going to go and clean up and hide all their toys. They are also concerned about birds getting them...as if birds are going to come into the house and grab the toys. I have no idea where that comes from!
That's all for this post. I started several days ago and just tonight managed to finish. I've got more to talk about and I'll start that in another post.
