Raccoon Hat

Brad was having fun with this Raccoon/Monster Hat. (not quite sure what it is really) 

But Bo makes it look adorable.  

Hair Cuts

I finally took the boys to get their hair cut. 

Brody couldn't decide if he wanted it really short, or to keep it long for a little while. 

Bo was happily watching everything. 

Darby didn't get a hair cut.  Not sure when it will be. 

After

The pictures aren't very good since I took them with my phone.

O for Ollie

The boys rediscovered our bible verse magnets. Ollie was insistent on putting them up for Brad's birthday. Then he realized he could make an "O" with them. 

"Mom, take a picture with me and my O"

 

He is non stop entertainment.  I just love this kid! 

Girls Weekend (+ a baby)

My friends from soccer organized another girls' weekend. We went to the same house on Whidbey Island that we went to last week and the same one we have gone to the past four years. I was able to get there on Saturday morning and stayed until a little after lunch time on Sunday. 

I brought Bo with me because I knew he would be pretty easy and it would mean that I could stay a little longer with my friends. 

We didn't do much which was absolutely wonderful.  

Mandy, Leann, me, Bo, Ceci, Wendy

Cabryn, Nicole, Jeannine, Cynthia, Heather 

We don't see each other as often anymore so it was even more special to see all of them again.  I'm already looking forward to next year.  (and as easy as it was to have Bo this will be the only time he gets to come) 

Forty Six

We celebrated Brad's 46th birthday.  Fafa & Grammy, Uncle Brian, Aunt Angie, Abi & Andrew and Uncle Buddy came to celebrate.   We had a baked potato bar and finished it off with a chocolate cherry cake.  It was a nice low key way to celebrate.  

For Brad's actual birthday he had to work for  most of the day, but then we celebrated with a trip to Krispy Kreme.  The boys are on to something and know they can get ice cream there and we usually end up going home with a box of donuts for the next morning. 

Puppet Show

It was another night of putting all the kids to bed while Brad was gone. Sometimes I have the patience for it and other times it is a little overwhelming.  Since it was a Friday night I wasn't as concerned about getting them to bed at their "normal" time.  

So when Brody started putting on a puppet show I just let it happen. The kids loved it. 

Darby joined Colt & Ollie and was laughing too.  Although I'm pretty sure she had no idea why she was laughing. 

Brody laying on the bed, hiding, so he can do the puppet show.

Spending Money

Our boys have small piggy banks that they have for random coins and dollar bills. They are always counting their money and saving it for something. We hardly ever take them somewhere to spend it. 

Rewind to a few weeks ago when we were at Brody's basketball game.  The boys wanted something from the vending machine and as per usual my response was "well, you can buy it with your money."  I thought they would forget about it.  

Nope, not Ollie.  Before we went to Brody's last basketball game Ollie grabbed his money jar so he could buy something.  Colt collected coins and put them in a plastic bag.   

As luck would have it the vending machine only took dollar bills and not coins.  Colt was devastated.  I had too many kids to manage to try and hunt down dollar bills for Colt.  Instead I told him he could buy a cookie at the Starbucks drive thru.  (yes, there was a personal motive in there).  We ended up not going to Starbucks since I had to feed Bo.  But Brad took him there later that night. 

He documented the whole thing with his camera phone. 

Colt was so excited to spend his money. 

 

Showing off his coins. 

Counting his money.

Paying the money to the Barista

He originally was going to buy a cookie, but decided on this pretzel instead. 

Brad said the most exciting part for him was getting the change back, all four cents.  He felt like he had earned money in the whole exchange.

As cute as this is, it makes me a little sad when the boys experience these "grown up" things.