Face Lift

When Chris and I got married, we received this bathroom set as a wedding present. I love this shower curtain. A close friend of mine drove all the way to Lubbock from Alpine to find it because they had discontinued it and didn't have it many places any more. I still love this shower curtain.

However, this is no longer "my" bathroom. It is the boys bathroom. Chris and I have another bathroom off of our bedroom and the theme of that bathroom matches our bedroom. I wanted to change this bathroom to look like a little boys bathroom, but I love the blue color on the walls and didn't want to have to repaint.


The hunt has been on for some time now, to give my very adult looking bathroom a "childish" face lift.

These two little monkeys (and Target) inspired me.

So, here you have it.

...and just look at how well that shower curtain matches the blue walls. Awesomeness!

4th of July!

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July. The boys and I spent a night out at Mom and Dad's house because (as always) Chris had to work on the lake for the 4th. We haven't seen the sun around here in over a week, and it has been raining off and on for days now. I know we are not supposed to complain about it here in West Texas when we get rain, but it kind of put a damper (literally) on our 4th of July.

The boys found a rather LARGE mud puddle with the help of our friend, Pete, thanks a lot! (insert sarcastic eye roll here) and proceeded to get completely filthy playing in it. They found large rocks to throw down and make large splashes. They had a blast!

The Table

Playing with play dough, clay, rice, sand, water, and many other things can strongly help a child's sensory development. This can help with fine motor skills and help them develop tactile senses. This can also later in life, improve a child's handwriting.

So when my sister, Kay, suggested that she get the boys a sand and water table for their birthday, I was all for it. It would foster development, occupy them for a longer time period (working on attention span), and besides, they would LOVE it.

So when it arrived, I eagerly put it together and filled the sand side with blue sand (we're going to learn colors while we are at it). I had to wait until Church Camp was over to find the perfect opportunity for the boys to test it out for the first time. Finally, the morning arrived. I filled the water side and let the fun began.

And fun it was. The boys played and played...

....and played..

...until the mess grew and grew. Now, I am not the type of mom that "minds" a mess. I think this is great for their developmental skills, so, by all means, Make a Mess. It will clean.

It was when the clean up began, that I realized if I was going to allow the boys to play with this every day I was going to be doing A LOT of cleaning up.

I had to spray off the patio, sweep up the left over sand, change the boys clothes, wash their hands/feet/every part in between, and wash the window on the glass door.

Yup, I even had to get it out of Heath's hair!

Now, I know it was great fun and the boys had a blast, but I am not up for cleaning that mess everyday.

That was the day that our sand and water table became a "Water Only" table. At least for now. This winter it might become a "Just Sand" table. We might give them another year until we try sand and water again.

See...much cleaner.

Go ahead, Heath, pour that out on the ground. I can handle the water and it will probably evaporate before we go back inside.

Ahhh, much better.

Living and Learning,

2010 Pecos River Church Encampment

Bible class. We are in red.

Enjoying the ice cream that Daddy bought us.

Yummy!

Washing off the ice cream in the pool with cousin Kali.

Watching the grasshopper in our bug catcher.

Heath, showing his true colors.

Hanging with the Grigsby Twins.

Some of the gang.

Papa and his lifeguard in training.

The annual bell picture. Click here to see last years picture. Boy have we grown!

Happy (Belated) Father's Day

"Walk a little slower Daddy," said a child so small.
"I'm following in your footsteps and I don't want to fall.

Sometimes your steps are very fast,
Sometimes they're hard to see;
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For you are leading me.

Someday when I'm all grown up,
You're what I want to be;
Then I will have a little child,
Who'll want to follow me.

And I would want to lead just right,
and know that I was true;
So, walk a little slower, Daddy,
For I must follow you."

We Love You, Daddy,

From Heath and Hunter

Our Birthday Party!

I have so much to post about and I promise I will do more the first chance I get. Last weekend we had the boys 1 and 1/2 birthday party. It was a huge success. We had loads of fun with all of our friends and family. I leave you with a LOT of random pictures from the festivities.