FOURTH OF JULY!!!

We had lots of fun this fourth. One of the reasons being that Leah and her family came for a visit on their way back to Chicago...pictures on post after this one....

I don't have to many pictures of the actual 4th of July. I was to busy comforting Wyatt who HATED the loud noises...or making sure Sawyer didn't blow off a finger helping Jim light everything.

This is, I think, like the only picture of him not looking totally terrified. He's just checking out all the new teeth that have FINALLY come in.

This boy. He's so like Jim. He LOVED lighting things on fire and blowing things up. Great.

By the way. You like his shirt? Yeah. I made that. Took me WAY to long cutting out that tiny little USA and then sewing it on.

We found this little car in the garbage pile at someones house....sweet...just too bad it's not a two seater. They fight ALL THE TIME over it. I'm really thinking the reason it was in the garbage pile was because the poor mom couldn't stand all the yelling anymore...

My favorite though...Wyatt holding on for dear life on the roof of it while Sawyer drives as fast as he can trying to shake him off.

More 4th of July...

So this was like, THE BEST 4th of July....EVER!  Why?

Because the Allred family came into town.

Leah and I have known each other for 20 plus years....long time right?

So how fun is it that our kids are now playing together?! Sawyer is STILL upset that little Jane is gone. He asks for her everyday. I've already planned their wedding...

These two...they had ENTIRELY too much fun blowing stuff up.

Oh Leah....I love you. I wish we were neighbors. 

Wyatt did NOT like the loud noises. This was pretty much what his expression looked like the whole day. Not always with the ice-cream...

These cuties had so much fun together. 

The day before they got here there was a good storm. Jim took the boys out in it and threw firecrackers in the puddles. Sawyer thought that was "awesome!".

Leah and I have had A LOT of adventures together....here is just one more to add to our list...

we had just put all the kids to bed and we went outside to watch our husbands blow more stuff up. Well, when we came back inside I saw something flying around in our house! I thought it was a bird at first but quickly saw that is was in fact a BAT! So....what do Leah and I do?? We scream and hide under a blanket together while our husbands chase it around the house.....

Oh. And what do they do with the poor thing once it's caught? They put it in a bucket with a handful of firecrackers.....yeah....I can't feel TOO bad for the thing. I mean, look at this sucker...

And Finally!!!

Life has been busy, to say the least. We have been putting off and putting off setting up our office and new computer. THANKS MOM and DAD!! But here we are. I'm using a Mac. This will take some getting used too. First: how to get rid of the line running under my words.....Just some pictures of the last couple weeks...
Sawyers two new favorite things are chewing gum and "going to work" as he puts it. On a daily basis I hear: "I'm going to work mom. I need to make money so I can buy you new shoes." It's not always shoes, but always something for me. He's so sweet.

I have a black thumb. Anytime I try to keep a garden it dies. EVERY TIME. I thought. Hey. Maybe we'll just plant some grass seeds and have a pretty little grassy oasis. Keep it simple right? NO. It didn't even get a chance for me to kill it. It got SO HOT the next day and I guess I didn't keep it wet enough. Thought I did. Seeds BURNED!  

Jamie and Lisa will get a kick out of this. The other day Sawyer comes up to me and says "Mom. I need your sunglasses your towel my beach hat and some water." I'm like "Ok. What for?" He says "I'm going to California. I need to go too the beach." So he precedes to set up a spot outside and then demands the sprinkler on...saying that was the water coming in and out...we really need to make a visit to my sisters.

My son the walking disaster. He is ALWAYS getting hurt. Bad. Deep gashes, nasty bruises and bloody scrapes. Doesn't get it from ME.....cough cough jim....

Oh yeah. We cut his hair. So sad. But it's been WAY to hot. 106 anyone? Plus humidity? Yeah. Welcome to Kansas. Oh. And our air condition broke TWICE this past week. Thank goodness for being renters.

And last but not least....dum dum dum duuuuuuuummmmm! (that's a drum roll)

Sawyer is officially potty trained as of like a month ago...yeah. It's been a while since I updated. He doesn't even wear pull ups to bed! Guess he was just ready. Finally. Here he is next to his potty chart we made. A scene from one of his favorite books called "Toot Toot Zoom!" At every road corner there is a star. When he got to it he got a new book. Which is his favorite thing in the world. When he got to the very last star he got to take 50 dollars to the store (the cost of a box of diapers) and buy any toy he wanted....he got a monster truck. And only spent 25 dollars...yay for us...is it horrible we didn't let him spend the rest?

He's such a big boy.

Now for Wyatt.....

Ok. I'm done for now. I can't figure out how to put on videos. People with Macs.....HELP ME!

Preschool Graduation

Just a funny picture of the other day when Jane and Ed came over...



Oh. We have a mommy cardinal literally right outside our back window....if the glass wasn't there Wyatt could stick his arm out there and pet her, that's how close. SO COOL for the boys to see them build their nest then lay eggs. I can't wait till they hatch. You have to ask yourself though...what was this bird thinking!? Right next to crazy boys that yell and tap the glass...maybe they thought the loudness would keep predators away?

Ok. Preschool Grad. It was so silly and so cute. Sawyer is REALLY going to miss his "buddies".

"I got rewards, mommy!!" Instead of awards...

His best friend, Noah, who has a little brother almost exactly a month older than Wyatt...Perfect. I told his mom we were going to be best friends too. Redhead moms with crazy boys.

They did 3 legged races, balanced balls, relay races and played t-ball...Sawyer won them all. Yes! Now if only I could get him interested in REALLY playing sports!



This was his class. All boys. Those poor teachers had their hands FULL.


We're sad that the preschool is over but very thankful that he doesn't qualify for it anymore. The speech therapist will still come twice a month to the house to see how he's doing...but even that is coming to an end. Yay Sawyer!
Well. He was winning.

Aarrrrrrghhh!

So we went to the dollar store today. Sawyer picked this little number as his "treat" for being so good.....












He is now obsessed. Thank you dollar store.