I got brave today and took the boys to the Nelson. There was fear and trepidation on the faces of the people who work there when they saw us walk through the doors, but the boys did pretty well. It was not a leisurely stroll through the gallery admiring all of the fine artwork while reading all of the plaques that tell all of the pertinent info, but it was still a nice little adventure. One docent asked Colm not to walk on a platform what was holding a statue, but no real harm was done. I think the worst we did was that Colm turned out the lights in one room and I couldn’t figure out how to turn them back on. Oops! The best part was Colm looking at a statue sans loincloth and asking where his diaper was. In the car home I asked them what their favorite parts were. Liam’s response was the shuttlecocks and Colm’s favorite part was riding the elevators. I would like to take them back again, only one at a time. There were too many things they each wanted to see, but they both wanted to go in different directions. It got to be a little frustrating towards the end. After all of that culture we then took a requisite trip to Winstead’s to fill up on french fries, onion rings and chocolate milkshakes.
I saw this last weekend and totally forgot about it until we drove past the same park again today. Last weekend, we were out returning something to the Apple store and we drove by the cancer survivor park in which someone was sunbathing. I was laughing so hard. (Don’t take it the wrong way. Cancer is not funny.) I wanted to go back and ask her to scoot over so I could take a picture of here near the cancer survivor sign. The irony…it was just too much.
Have you seen this movie? No matter what your thoughts or beliefs, you will find it intriguing.
What does this word mean? No cheating!!! Don’t look it up!!! Any guesses? This word was in a book I was reading to Colm. It was just a normal, regular children’s book…and then I came across this word. Rarely do I come across a word I don’t know or have never even seen, for that matter, in a book geared towards the preschool set.
We had great fun on our trip to Krispy Kreme. Any trip that involves eating donuts is a good trip as far as the boys are concerned.
The boys and I went to the arboretum yesterday. It was such a beautiful day. The boys liked listening to the birds and the waterfalls as well as the Monet garden. Their favorite part was trying to follow the map though. They love maps! (Thanks, Dora!) I will say that the children’s garden was a bit of a disappointment though. The tunnel was neat as was the Copper Chopper Hopper, but that was about it. 
Liam discovered this game at the grandparents. God love grandad! He played it with Liam for a good hour a couple of weekends ago. I am tempted to buy one, but I think I will let it be a special treat that he can look forward to at Grandma and Grandad’s house.
In the past five days we have had two incidences at two different playgrounds, both of which included a child or children calling Liam names. The first one was at the park at our new subdivision. We stopped by to play after looking at the house and there were a bunch of other children there riding their bikes and trikes around the tennis court. We obviously didn’t have our bikes with us so my kids were just standing there watching the other kids go around and around on their bikes. Well, one kid, who was probably in second grade, decided to start calling Liam a baby every time he went by. Why? I’m not sure. Liam was just standing there. What also bothered me was that the kid’s mom wasn’t twenty feet away. Liam said he didn’t care, but I do. Then we were playing on the playground after church yesterday and there were two kids, probably about the same age as the other kid, that kept calling him weird and they were kind of taunting him. They sure got sheepish when I went over to them, but that didn’t stop them. As soon as I walked away they started up again. Again, Liam said he didn’t care. But how many times does that half to happen until he does start to care? What can I say to him that will help him when I am not there with him? How should he handle these pint-sized jerks? That’s it, I am putting him in a bubble and not letting him out until he is 40.
It’s that time of year again…it’s time to plant the garden. My mom and step-dad had already tilled it and gotten the soil ready for us (thank you!), so all we had to do was come in and plant. We planted three tomato plants (cherry and regular), cantaloupe, watermelon, cilantro, sunflowers, lavendar and basil. Our purple salvia from last year has come back and is doing great. 
Planting the sunflower seeds
Counting out the pumpkin seeds
Digging a trench for a tomato plant
This picture was taken right before he turned around and soaked all of us…oh he thought he was so funny! 🙂
All of that hard work deserves a snack
Liam’s school picnic was on Thursday and the boys had a lot of fun. They gobbled down their lunches so they could go play on the equipment. They played hard for a good hour and a half. Colm took a very good nap when we got home.
