Someone's a Big Boy now!!!

He's a big boy now!!! Free can you believe it. I love hand me downs and this is the mother load. Ethan loves his new big boy bed from Tristan. He thinks that he is a dog, and that he sleeps in the dog house. Hey... whatever gets them into bed right? This comes complete with a bunk on top, the dresser draws on the far right of picture and a desk on the left by the door. On the inside where he sleeps, Ethan has lots of cubby holes that will hold his toys. Thank you again Holly for thinking of us before you get rid of the bed.

Clean up is also FUN

Spoiled I tell you... the only kids on the block that take a jacuzzi tubby at night:)

Sophia

COWABUNGA!!!!!!!

It was a hot one today, so we set the little pool back up. We had a great weekend.

My little sunflower.

Sophie's favorite thing to do in the garden is to pick all the pretty petals off of the flowers.

Send me an Angel

This is a snapshot of Ethan at school. I thought that the look and smile was just priceless.

Our home for the night

Yes we did it. We successfully went camping. We managed to fit the whole Piccolo crew in this tent. Sophia was in her pack and play in the back, Brian was in a cot that lined the left wall and Ethan and I took the floor. We all fit in, and had a little room to boot!!! I didn't think that we would all make it in the tent... I thought for sure, I might find Brian sleeping in the car when I got up :)

Our first camping trip

This is the first camping trip with all of us. We went one other time when it was just Ethan. Now the whole family has had the experience. I have to admit, it was a lot better than I had predicted.

Four out of Five

Four out of Five of the youngest Grandchildren received a bike for Christmas in July. This led to hours of fun, and will continue to at home as well.

The bouce house

A special treat for the little ones... and the big ones... A bounce house!!! This was a wonderful surprise and thank you very much Auntie Kerry.

LAST SNACK

After one more snack from Aubrey Sophie kept to her normal schedule and went right to bed at 730. She went into the pack and play and slept through the night!!!

Ahh the Fire... after the kids are in bed.

One of the best things about camping is the fire. Especially after the kids have gone to bed, so that there is no more worry that they will get to close. This was a great fire surrounded by family. I think if you look close, you may see that the flames got to what Kerry... about 11 feet!!!


Even though it was the clearest night of the weekend, I think that I heard someone say WOW lightning!!! I do believe that it was instantly found out to be a flash of the camera!!!

Lots of moments that I would like to remember for a while... I know that Matt had the classic line... "I immediately regret doing that" after throwing some paper into the fire.