Beach Day

We took advantage of the nice weather today and spent our first day at the beach this summer. Jack had a blast running, playing, building sand things and juming in the water. Julia seems to LOVE the sand. She even made a move toward the lake crawling on her tummy. Luckliy Jack stopped her, way to go big brother! As you can see Julia had a little snack eating the sand, yummy!

Gasworks

We took a family outing to Gasworks Saturday to enjoy the sun.
We played in the grass...

watched some seaplanes...

Took in some views...

got a family pic

played some soccer

did LOTS of running

and Julia worked on her new spin moves

Jack's Baby

Jack has been really into the baby doll that our old nanny got for him before Julia was born. In the morning before I put Julia down for her nap Jack likes to give his baby a nap first. He likes to hold her, rock her, and put her down for a nap in Julia's crib. He then walks around the house saying 'shhh baby sleeping'. A few times I have needed to put Julia down and he has gotten mad that I woke up his baby.
Rocking baby

Gently putting baby in Julia's crib (okay maybe more like a throw into the crib)

Making sure baby has a blanket to sleep with to keep her warm. Unfortunately for this baby she seems to be face down in the crib.

Rainy Day Fun

It has been raining way too much for late spring. We have had to find a few new ways to entertain ourselves indoors....

Basement races. Our finish line is the row of toys (designed by Jack). These pics are blurry because they were taken by my phone and Jack is just to darn fast I could not catch him as he was sprinting.
Jack's turn
Jack helping Julia in her race

And finally Julia's turn to race, oops this way Julia!

Jack towing his passenger miss Firefighter Julia in her truck

Wooaaah!

Yum

Jack and I both love the Starbucks mini scones and seem to have a habit of getting them at least once a week. Today Julia got to taste it for the first time too. Yum!

Moms of Boys

I realized the other day how much Jack has changed my perspective of the world, I now see many things through the eyes of a curious little boy. I was driving in my car alone (quite a rare event these days) and I saw a big digger coming down the street. I got really excited and started to say ohh digger straight ahead. The I realized I was alone....yet I was still excited to see that digger.
You know you are a mom of a boy when....
- you look through the ads in the morning newspaper to try and find some showing lawnmowers
- you cannot remember your little guy ever walking only running
- on a stroller walk you hope and pray for sightings of mailtrucks, fire engines, moving trucks, lawnmowers, the list goes on
- when driving past construction sites you slow way down to maximize the entertainment for the backseat audience
- you stay in shape by racing after your little guy at the park, in the grocery store, down the street, around the house....
- instead of saying peek-a-boo when you hide under a blanket you say 'roooaaarrrr' in a loud scary voice
- your main goal is to tire your little guy out with physical exercise in hopes to calm the afternoon wiggles (you know that time of day just before dinner where little boys engines seem to be going out of control)

But the best part of being a mom of a boy is you know you are guaranteed a big double arm goodnight hug!!!

Miss Julia

Julia turned 8 months this week. She would only sit for her 8 month picture with a brush. She is turning into more of a girl every month and now enjoys crawling, standing and is babling more and more each day. We are having so much fun! Here is her picture and Jack as 8 months too.