Lately...

Come play in the sand with us! Wes' parents are keeping the boys this week so we got to go on a date last night...that ended up at Toys R Us buying a sandbox. It is so fun!!! I have been wanting one for a long time.

Collin likes to oversee the work in the sandbox with his Papa. This little guy (who will be 10 months in 2 days!!) is now crawling and into EVERYTHING! He's a bit more curious than Ashton was and has already tried to climb in the dishwasher. We've been to several parks lately and I'm amazed at him having no problems crawling through grass and bark. He likes it much more than Ashton ever did. It's amazing how two little boys can already show their differences. The main thing I do all day when I'm home though is keep Collin away from beloved Thomas and the train tracks. All day I hear, "He's headed for the tracks!!" and "Mommy, get him!!" Finally yesterday I said, "Ashton, he's not even near them yet. Please stop telling on him" So, and I am not kidding, Ashton closed his mouth in an exaggerated way and pointed emphatically straight at Collin to get my attention. He didn't tell though.

Collin's also eating more and he really likes chomping down on apples through the net thing. I love hearing him crunch down. He's had blueberries, bananas, pears, sweet potatoes, carrots, lima beans, black eyed peas, kidney beans, squash, green beans, green peas and broccoli. I have decided not to make his meats and broke down and bought (gasp) jars of organic meats which he seems to like. I just couldn't get them to come out well when I made them for Ashton and let's face it, it's gross to puree meat. Kudos to my cousin Laura who is about to try it for Grayson by the way.

Although he's growing so fast, we still can't get Collin to hold his own bottle. He just doesn't seem to care and enjoys his feeding service!

Last Saturday we went to a park in Decatur and then drove to Kirkwood for the Dolce Vegan bakery which was such a treat for little A. Here he is after eating a yummy cinnamon roll. That's one thing I have not attempted to make vegan and he did love it! They also had delicious cupcakes and I was so happy they are careful with allergens. What a fun find!

Saturday night Nick and Sarah came over for dinner and Nick worked with Wes making the ultimate elevated train track hooked to the car wash. These pictures don't do it justice but you will notice Ashton was not in them...he finally gave up and started playing with something else when the guys got so serious! He doesn't do good with change and kept saying, "how bout we just put it on the ground?"

Recent walk a few weeks ago. Ashton wanted to push Collin; what a good babysitter he's going to make. They don't even need us anymore!

Uh oh, headed to the bushes...

I don't have a good caption for this one. It just cracks me up.

Notice the big feet. These boys sure do have large feet!

Making handprint cards for Mother's day. As Ashton says, "This is pretty cool. Ya'll are gonna like it!"