1st Time at the Movies

This morning we woke up early (before 6), and I started thinking fast about what we could do to fill our long day. During the summer Harkins has this "Summer Movie Fun" thing where they play KIDS movies that are already out on DVD's, and it only costs $2 to get in. So, we gave it a try, and I am really surprised at how good Tate did! I bought popcorn so that he could stuff his mouth, thinking that would help with loud outbursts, and it did help I think. He only talked out loud about 5 times, so I think that was pretty good!

We had a really fun time, I think we'll do it again!

Most Recent Pool

This is Bryan's Latest Pool Project...

He designed it and built it all within about 6 weeks!

I really like the interior finish that they chose, it makes the pool look REALLY blue!

The slide and diving board make it look really fun to swim in...

Tate's Work Out

Given a choice between every movie we own (Cars, Nemo, Toy Story, etc.), Tate chose to watch PILATES!

It was hilarious watching him lay there on the ground trying to do the exercises...

Vroom!

We went and bought our dream truck Saturday Night!

Bryan's Top 3 Features:

1. 5.7 L V8 Engine 381 HP



2. Dual Exhaust



3. TRD Suspension Pkg.

It's REALLY BIG and fun to ride in-so I'm good!

And Amazingly, Bryan somehow fits it in our garage!!!

Tate's Rendition

"Two little blackbirds sitting on the wall, one named Grandma Margaret, one named Grandma Stradling... Fly away Grandma Margaret, Fly away Grandma Stradling. Come back Grandma Margaret, Come Back Grandma Stradling!"

Tate always surprises me with what he can come up with. He never fails to make me laugh!

The Chair

We were given this table and two chairs when we got married 6 1/2 years ago. Then, Bryan found two more chairs in a dumpster at work. We cleaned them off really good, and even though I thought it was pretty nasty to use dumpster furniture, I gladly took them to having Tate sit on my lap during dinner! Well, one of the dumpster chairs broke almost immediately-and that left us with 3. The chairs that we have left are constantly breaking, and fixing them has practically become one of Bryan's chores.

Tate is VERY picky about which chair he will sit in!

In fact, he will only sit in this one. This morning, it broke!!!
Tate looked up at me, and VERY SERIOUSLY said, "Goldilocks broke it again-Daddy needs to fix it!"

Maybe one of these days we'll get a new kitchen table and chairs, until then Bryan can just keep fixing it!

Or we can just use our patio table and 6 chairs!!!

Twinkles

A few weeks ago, Tate woke up in the morning and confidently announced, "my name is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!" I asked him if we could call him "Twinkles" for short, since that was my nickname when I was a small child. He happily agreed!

Tate still beams with JOY, everytime we call him "Twinkles!"