A Day to Play

James gets bored very easily when he is  here by himself. Since he is quite a bit like his father, it is NEVER a good thing when that child gets bored! So, after he gets through with his school work for the day we get to go outside and play. Well, I guess I should back up a bit and tell you the story behind the "bubble wand". James bought 2 bubble wands with his money at the beginning of the summer. The first wand didn't last very long because he wanted to see what would happen if he shook it up and then through the bubble liquid into the air---you guessed it, a mess happened!! He was aggravated because it didn't work and refused to open the second bubble wand. Well, he was helping me clean out my desk and he found the last bubble wand in the drawer and asked if he could have it. Of course I reminded him of what he did last time and he informed me that he was "older" now and knew what to do with them. The following pictures are of him with his bubbles. I am also adding a picture or two of Orion zoning out in front of the computer....just because!

This is Seamus the wonder dog. He got sleepy, found his pillow in the chair and decided to "sneak" into the chair and go unnoticed.

I'm still learning to use the new camera....so bear with me :-)

The boys were super excited about the MSU vs UAB game! The were decked out in their MSU t-shirts and were ready to watch!

Trip to the Pumpkin "patch"

...and we are back!!!

Thanks to my sweet mother in law, Liz, for loaning me one of her awesome cameras! I now can keep my blog rolling along! I have attached some new pictures of my little ones! We took them to a pumpkin "patch" at the Methodist church in Luverne today. Also, I surprised them and took them to the playground to play. Little did they know that I was just looking for ANY opportunity to photograph them playing! Enjoy the pictures!

A Day at the Park

This weekend was so pretty that we didn't want to stay in the house! We spent the majority of our weekend outside enjoying the beautiful weather.

James being cute! He jumped on the couch and hid behind the pillows and then popped up and posed for me!

Ian decided to cooperate and give me a great smile :)

Ian and Orion getting the rules straightened out for their game :)

The boys were having so much fun on the trampoline that I decided to start taking pictures. They love to rough house and play on the trampoline. Ian has even "written up" (his phrase not mine) rules that have to be followed while on the trampoline!

I love the pictures of them in mid-air!

James was plotting a sneak attack but I caught him in the act! lol

They were taking turns jumping this time.

Ian....he really didn't want to stop jumping for me to take this picture. You can tell from the look on his face that he was just humoring me!

Orion trying to look all sweet and innocent :)

James wanted to make a "strange" face for the camera and this is what he came up with LOL

Spring Planting!

The boys wanted their own flower gardens this year.We didn't know how involved they would really be in the watering and upkeep of their gardens but they have really done well with it!

This is Ian's flower garden. He wanted to do a "custom" border around his with bricks so we let him.

This is Orion's flower Garden :)

This is Jame's garden. His is actually doing better than his brothers' but we don't point that out! :)