Lego batman

The highlight of Liam's week is playing Lego Batman on the wii with Chris. He loves this special one on one time. It is the one time during the week he can stay up until 730pm. He also gets daddy all to him self, since Eli goes to bed by 645-7pm. Liam loves this time and I love it for him! 

Playing Batman

They are both so focused! 

One night we let Liam had a living room sleepover. We pulled out the air mattress and some blankets. Liam even gave his daddy an animal to snuggle up too. So the boys played Batman on the wii and then Liam got to watch the Lego Batman movie. It was amazing according to him.  He was up late that night, until about 9pm. I know crazy for us! 

Playing batman

This is how I found them in the morning. They are so cute! 

I thank God daily for these blessings. It brings a smile to my face every time I think about our boys. They are amazing children. I can't begin to imagine my life without them. We truly are blessed! 

Night Away

During Chris' semester break we were able to arrange a night away. We were also luck to be able to get a night out. Monica came and watched the boys until Patty arrived to take Liam for the weekend. He loves his sleep overs at her house. We are so blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives that are willing to help us. One of Chris' classmates won a catered party for 100 at Howl at the Moon in downtown San Antonio. We were super excited to hang out with friends on the first night of semester break. I loved all time we got to spend with each of them. Chris was off mingling with his buds, while I chatted it up with the girls. I made myself some new friends. I am excited to watch our friendships flourish over the next year. Thanks Crystal for a great night! 

Crystal, Michelle and I! Chris ordered us all a fruity drink! 

The next day we woke up to only one child. It was weird having just Elias. Liam was off at Patty's lake house. Yes, I know Liam always gets to go to the lake house! One special kid! After Eli's morning nap we loaded up the car and dropped him off at Blaire and Seamus' for the night. I knew he would love it since his most favorite dog would be there. It amazes me the love that Eli and Leonidas have for each other. We were on the road early. We decided to do some shopping before checking into the hotel. Chris got a few new shirts and we found shoes and stuff for the boys. It was a success. Once we checked in we headed to the room, dropped our bags and went to the pool. I was excited for some sun and relaxation. We scoped out some spots and settled in! It was great. just sitting there, doing nothing. I read my book and talked with Chris. It was great.

At the pool!!!! 

We ordered some drinks. Look at how nice that pool looks! 

Enjoying time together. 

Later that afternoon, our dear friends the Zimmer's joined us poolside. We talked and laughed. We also people watched. That is always my favorite thing to do. We ordered lots of food and relaxed. We loved having them with us. 

Kristen and I poolside

After dinner and some more time poolside, we decided dessert was in order. So off to the cheesecake factory for us! As usual, it did not disappoint! 

The next morning was quite lazy. It was amazing. We woke on our own time and then just laid in bed while watching TV. This is quite the treat since we a) don't have a TV in our room and b) don't have cable. Surprisingly, it is almost always hard for us to find something to watch. We usually end up on sports or a cooking show. After some laying around, we headed down to breakfast and to finish our day by the pool! 

My fancy eggs benedict! 

More pool time

Laying by the pool!

We had a lovely weekend and enjoyed all our time. We are so thankful to all our family and friends that made it happen. 

Elias and Leonidas

Elias loves Leonidas! I can not express to you how much this kid loves this dog! Every time we see Leonidas Eli gets so excited! These two make me smile! 

Playing in the back yard. 

Puppy Kisses! 

Can you believe this was Leonidas in February? He is grown so much. 

More Kisses! 

I love love love this picture of these two! 

look at that tongue! love! 

Feeding the Deer

We came home last night from dinner with our new friends the McDowells and we found this.......

Look at all those deer. 

It just so happens that I had some deer feed in the house. Liam was so excited to finally be able to feed the deer. We spent about 20 minutes outside with the deer feeding them. Liam loved it. 

Feeding all those deer! 

Look at how close they are to Liam! 

Seven deer! I love that we have so many deer in the neighborhood! 

Elias' 1st Birthday Party

We finally celebrated Eli's 1st birthday. We planned a low key party for family. That morning we had Lachlan's 4th birthday party. Eli was napping for the first half of Lachlan's party so Liam went over with out me and Poppy came over to help me. She really wanted to help me make the cookies. So we got to work on the cookies. She was great at helping me poor all the stuff in the mixer. Her favorite part..... licking the paddle and spoon.  I sure to love this little girl!

Licking the paddle! 

Next came the spoon. 

We were super excited that Cathy and Brain came to the party. Plus they brought Katelyn! We made Chris hold her for awhile so her girl cooties would rub off on him.

Chris and Katelyn! 

Liam wanted to use my camera for some picture taking. He thought it was the best. He needs to work on his skills but it is super cute to see him exploring! 

Chris trying to make Eli stay still. 

This is also Liam's handy work. 

We themed all the food around the Paddington Bear books. We has seasalt popcorn, "Brown's" sugar cookies, Paddington Bear cookies (teddy grahams), orange marmalde sandwiches, cucumber sandwiches, PB& strawberry jam, and ice tea. 

Liam was so excited that Linda came. He loves Linda dearly. She bought Liam a new storybook bible. It is now his beloved book. He immediately asked her to read to him. Thankfully Linda is always up for some story time.  

Liam and his Linda! 

The birthday boys scoping out his presents. 

Liam so desperately wanted to "help" open Eli's presents. We decided that we would do presents before dinner and cake. Liam was a great helper since all Eli wanted was the bows and paper.

Liam helping Eli

Eli playing with paper. 

Going after the bows. 

He loved the paper. 

Presents. 

Liam helping Eli choose which ones to open at that moment. 

CAKE!!! Liam was very insistent on the Paddington Bear theme. It was very hard to choose a cake idea. Paddington Bear is not easy to come by these days. 

Singing happy birthday. 

Elias was a bit hesitate on the cake at first. He didn't know what to make of frosting. Once he figured it all out, it was love!!!! I made an orange cake with chocolate frosting. I choose orange because Paddington bear loves orange marmalade. Apparently so does Elias!

Trying out a piece of cake. 

Yum! 

Love of the cake! 

See that face.... What is not to love! 

Chowing down on the some cake! 

Liam insisted on taking this picture! Can we say budding photographer?

Lego Store

Our mall just opened a Lego store. I wanted to take Liam to show him all the Legos. We had some things to do at the mall, so I thought this would be a great treat at the end of our errands.

Checking out the super hero Legos! 

See that smile. He loved it all. 

Checking out the Ninja Turtle Lego. 

I let him get a mystery man Lego guy. Best $3.50  ever spent! 

Sprinkler Time

It has been so hot here in Texas. We can barely leave the house after 9am due to the heat. One afternoon, Chris was home early so we decided to use the sprinkler for some beat the heat fun. The boys loved it. Sorry the pictures are not great.

Running

Even Elias got in on the action! 

All three of my boys!