Fun Summer

Don't have time to write much, but here are some pictures of how our Summer is going.

  Lots of trips to the beach, the river, and the splash parks to beat the heat.  

My dear friend Martha moved away so we tried to see as much of each other as possible the last few weeks.  Christian is obsessed with holding her littlest boy.  That's all he wanted to do whenever she was over.  I loved seeing how tender he was with him.  He loved to stroke his chest and face.  He looked so big in comparison!

Not that he didn't love playing with her older boy too.  Those two are such cuties together!

Whenever you ask Christian, "What do you want to do?" he will answer, "Play-doh!"  So that's something we've done A LOT this Summer.

Benjamin has been such a good big brother to Christian lately.  I love it.  He is constantly playing with Christian and he does it in such a very sweet way.  I hope they always stay good buddies.

Benjamin's favorite toys are ones he can build with.  His magnet tiles, legos, and even his jenga blocks and dominoes all become various structures.  His passion is contagious too.  When he's playing with them, everyone else wants to as well.  He's usually pretty good about sharing...usually.

The libraries have been awesome this Summer with all their special programs.  We've been to plays, circus performances, petting zoos, magic shows, science exhibits, etc. etc.  All free and all at various libraries in the area.  So fun.  The kids loved this guy - he balanced on a chair on top of bottles on top of a wobbly table, he juggled, and rode a unicycle so high he hit his head on the ceiling.  They were entranced for the whole 45 minutes. So fun.  Although Benjamin loved the magic show the best because he was selected out of the audience to help.  That made his day.