Fort Worth Zoo

Check out this getup. Carson was THRILLED to go to the zoo and wanted to wear his "zoo hat!" Feeding the birds

Busy, busy!

Boy, have we had a busy past 4 days! Mark is off for two weeks (yea!) and we have been all over the place. On Thursday, we headed off to Fort Worth to visit the zoo. On Friday, Grandma Martha came to keep the boys so we could go to our friend Michele's wedding in Frisco. We got home late that night and the next morning we had our cousin Avery's 5th birthday swimming party. We came home to let the boys take naps and then we packed up and hit the road to join our friends Brenna and Craig at the lake for some 4th of July festivities.

We swam at the beach all afternoon and evening, ate hot dogs and watched fireworks. The kids had a blast! After the fireworks show, we drove to my mom's house to spend the night. Everyone was exhausted from swimming all day Saturday, so I thought we were good for a restful night. Not so much. Cole slept for a couple of hours and then woke up in his pack 'n play screaming! I put him in bed with me and he thought it was playtime until the sun came up the next morning... no fun! We swam and played at my mom's for much of the next day, grilled hamburgers and then headed home. Needless to say, we had a ton of fun but we're worn out!!

Good Intentions...

Mark and I joined a gym this past weekend. The following day, we took the boys swimming there and had a great time. The next two days, I actually attempted to work out. On both days, 20 minutes would go by smoothly, only to be interrupted by a voice on the loudspeaker: "JENNIFER FREEMAN, WE NEED YOU TO RETURN TO THE CHILDREN'S AREA." One guess what (or who) the problem was...
Yep... he cried and carried on from the moment I left him.

Babysitting Antics

The other night, my friend Lindsey offered to keep the boys so Mark and I could go to a wedding reception.

We laughed about a funny conversation she overheard at the dinner table between Carson and her son, Grayson:

Carson: When I grow up, I want to be a lizard catcher and a fireman.

Grayson: I want to be a lizard!

Carson: You gotta have a dream!

Speaking of dinner table, this is where she found Cole at one point in the evening:

A few other pics she took:

Bathtime

Blanket Buddies (notice how Cole is touching Caroline's blanket and she is NOT happy about it). HA!

Pajama Party!

Slip 'N Slide Gone Wrong

It all started out very innocently... Cole takes a turn.Carson takes a turn.
Only Cole decides he doesn't want to get out of the pool of water at the end of the slip 'n slide. Not only that, but he gets mad when Carson wants to sit there with him.

First he tries to push Carson out... Then he pulls his hair.And before I knew it, Cole HEAD-BUTTED him! Twice! Seriously.
Notice Carson laughing. Not helping the situation...

Sprinkler Fun!

Some Kung Fu Panda moves...

Little toes

Growing...

Carson has a favorite stuffed pig that he sleeps with every night. Tonight when we went into the bathroom to brush his teeth, I looked at him in the mirror and realized how much he has grown in the past few months.

Me: Carson, you are getting too tall! You HAVE to stop growing!

Carson: But Mommy, there's just nothing I can do to stop it.
Me: But I want you to stay little forever.
Carson: Mommy. I have to get bigger. But even when I get big, I'll still be your little boy.
Me: You will?
Carson: Yes. I will always love you and even when I get big, I will still have my Piggy.