2 Years Old!

Our sweet little Connor turned 2 a week ago. He says and does the cutest things. Lately he's been using the phrase "oh, man" a lot. When he does something he knows he shouldn't, it is often followed by "just kidding." We're not sure where he picked that up, but it is cute.

It was hard work opening his presents. Good thing he had Josh to help him.

He got a little trike for his birthday and he took Clifford for a spin on it.

He got a doughnut for breakfast since we made him wait until the next day for cake.

Sunday after church we had everyone over for cake and ice cream.

Josh got to help decorate the bottom of the sail boat cake and I did the top.

Connor likes to follow me every time I go out to the garden to pick stuff. He stomps on my tomatoes and helps pick the green beans. He picks the cherry tomatoes and throws them all over the garden. He's so small he could almost disappear in the garden.

He loves driving the truck. When we go outside he will stand by the shed and yell "Truck out please!" until we get it out for him. He would be happy to live in the back yard with the dog.

Exhausted little guy getting some rest with Clifford and other stuffed animals.

My boys love to be read to. We keep a pile of books in the front room and Connor frequently will grab his favorites, throw them in my lap, and as he starts climbing up will say, "read please". If I don't start reading immediately he will keep saying that until I do. We are glad he joined our family two years ago. He has added so much happiness to our home!

Crazy Busy Summer

I can't believe we've already made it to September. I don't know what happened to the summer. It went by so fast and we stayed so busy. I have a hard time keeping up with everything during the summer. Since we don't have a sprinkler system it is a pain to keep the yard watered and the garden is a lot of work. For some reason I planted six rows of green beans, thinking I'd bottle a lot this year and not have to do much next year. They weren't very long rows, but I will NEVER EVER do that again. Those plants produce like crazy and it seemed like I had to pick beans every other day in order to keep up. I thought I'd quickly post a few pictures and then do a birthday post since Connor's birthday is coming up.

Such cute boys!

Josh spent a lot of time swimming this summer. He swam in his pool on the deck, we went to the city pool a few times, and he had his first swimming lessons with his cousin Jordan. He took swimming lessons from a lady that teaches in the pool in her back yard. There were only six kids and two teachers, so Josh really learned a lot and is an amazing swimmer for his age. He is fearless and would stay in a pool all day if we let him.

While Daddy went to Scout camp, Josh and I had a camp out on the deck on the blow up mattress. We took the baby monitor outside with us and left Connor in his own bed. Josh was so excited about it that it took until 10:00 that night before he fell asleep. The boys had fun playing on the bed the next morning until I put it away.

I'm not entirely sure how Connor ended up with a whole container of animal crackers, in the front room, all by himself. He is pretty mischievous and sneaky. He has the ability to quietly disappear and go get into trouble but he is adorable and that is what saves him.

This was Josh's first day of school. I can't believe I already have a kindergartner. It seems like just last week he was Connor's size and now he's starting school. I can't believe how big and smart he is getting.

The same day Josh started kindergarten, Connor got to start sleeping in a big boy bed. I was expecting to have to chase him back to bed a hundred times for the first several nights, but to my surprise, the kid actually stays put. There was one day during nap time he got out a couple times, but he normally doesn't get out of his bed and if he does it is only once.