....To Nana and Papa's House He Goes

The week after his birthday, Thomas went back to Sandersville with Nana and Papa. He was so excited to go spend the week on the farm! He had the best time and barely had time to talk to me when I called.

 

He rode the horses,

 

 

Logged in lots of hours on the "bad boy" lawnmower. Poor Papa's grass was happy to see Thomas go home.

 

Fed all of the animals,

 

Made a visit to the Farmer's Market on the square.

 

Showing off his goodies.

 

Chased after Brandy trying to get her rope. My money is on Brandy for this one.

 

 

And they became fast friends after playing so much.

 

Picked the first harvest from Nana and Papa's garden.

 

Went "exploring" the forest in the golf cart...Brandy in tow!

 

Every afternoon they went swimming.

 

One day, they had the Davis's over. Charlie is Thomas's age and they became fast friends.

 

And a visit to Sandersville wouldn't be complete without a stop by Grandmother's house.

 

Thomas came home asking when he could go back. We are so grateful to Nana and Papa for taking him for the week. He had an amazing week!

Swim Lessons and Pickwick

Thomas took swimming lessons in June from Ms. Teri. She is the swimming whisperer - absolutely amazing. Thomas cried and screamed literally the entire first lesson. Five minutes into the second day, it was like a lightbulb went off and he wasn't scared any more.

He loves Ms. Teri and said he wanted to swim with her every day.

By the end of the two weeks, he was jumping off the diving board and swimming to the side.

Henry was the tiny cheerleader on the side of the pool every day. He would clap and clap for his big brother. Next year, both boys are taking lessons!

At the end of June, we went to Pickwick with the Campbells. We had the best time! Thomas even rode the tube behind the boat!

Henry was a trooper. He even napped on the boat a few times.

And when the boat was anchored, he walked around snacking and "driving" the boat.

4th of July

Fourth of July Weekend was a little rainy this year. The weather held out long enough that morning for us to go to our neighborhood parade. This year Thomas rode his scooter and decorated it himself! :)

 

 

 

 

The fire truck spraying water was a huge hit again this year.

 

Henry loves to give hugs, and Thomas is one of his favorite people to hug. Thomas doesn't always have patience for his baby brother but I'm glad I was able to capture one of the sweet moments.

 

4th of July is one of the best days of the year to actually be living at the MCC. We went back and forth to our rooms all day.They had 3 water slides, a balloon man, pool games and more. I did a terrible job of getting pictures this year so I don't have much to show for the rest of our day.

 

Lulu was sweet and offered to stay in Henry's room with him once I put him to sleep so the rest of us could enjoy dinner, friends and fireworks. The window above his crib was probably the best view of the fireworks in the whole place. He only woke up once, which was amazing. The evening show started with the Grizzlie's drum line. They were awesome but sooooo loud.

 

Thomas decided to take in the festivities outside this year. I wasn't sure if we would make it, but he did a great job. This isn't the best picture but you can see our sweet friend Ellie and her dad, Ben, all watching the fireworks show.

Beach Pictures-Photo Shoot

Just when I thought life couldn't get any crazier, it did. The last 5 weeks have been nuts between life, living away from the house, getting the house fixed and the list could go on and on. Anyway, now that we are home, I'm determined to update the blog with what we've been up to.

I never got around to looking through the pictures from the beach of the kids until TODAY! I can't even believe it. They are so cute and while they are not perfect, they are such a reflection of these kiddo's personalities...Thomas was over the pictures before they began, Jane is a girly-girl who loves Thomas and the "babeee," and Henry's not sure what's going on but the sun was in his eyes.

 

More of our summer to come!