Water Table!

We are in the market for some outside toys...
I've been looking at garage sales, and consignment. We don't need anything super nice. Just some fun stuff to get dirty and sun faded in our back yard with d this summer.
One of the girls posted on the mommy board that she had just ordered a sand & water table for her baby and I was like ohhhhhhh! I started looking on amazon to find one (minus the sand because I can only handle so much mess. poor durham) and I found this one on sale for $33. and I ordered it. boom. It came this week and dada put it together for him and we showed him the coolest part (the diving board). On Wednesday we played outside since it was 80' and he loved every minute. We slathered on the sun screen and stayed outside for a couple hours. He watered the grass by filling up his buckets and trotting out there and dumping them. he drank a good bit of the water too. haha He absolutely loved it and I know we will get a lot of use out of it. Our patio is entirely covered in shade after 1pm, so most of our playtime will move to the afternoon this summer to protect his skin. meme and pawpaws pool will be open soon too! LOTS of water play for this little fish this year!

Brusha Brusha Brusha

Durham loves to brush his teeth. 

I think maybe more than the actual brushing part he loves to look at himself in the mirror.

vain baby.

Blossoms in Georgia

Everything is blooming in Georgia. pollen pollen everywhere.

but that didn't stop us from taking some pictures by the cherry blossom trees.

These are some of my favorite photos right now. 16 months is so sassy and I love how these capture his sweet, serious, and a little bit sassy side.

 

 

the zoo

this week my favorite 4 year old is on spring break. we tagged along with his friends from school for lunch at Tin Lizzy's and a trip to the zoo! it was durham's first time to the zoo, and we've been practicing our animal sounds in anticipation of the trip. Jackson was our little tour guide. with his map in hand we saw flamingos, the boy lion and the girl lion, a huge elephant taking a stinky mud bath, monkeys, birds, lemurs, zebras, giraffes, snakes and my favorite the pandas. we rode the zoo train too, which was probably the highlight of durham's day (dinosaur train obsessed over here). it was hot and stinky but the boys were sooooo good and had a blast. so thankful for them and their sweet little spirits.

on a side note, bestie is rocking the 2 kids thing. I'm running around like a ding-dong chasing my i.only.want.to.walk.screw.this.stroller. kid making sure he doesn't get babynapped, and she's behind me taking pics of us on her iphone, watching jackson, and nursing her 1month old in her sling. so yeah, rocking it. beautifully.

all iphone pics.

 

 

Easter 2013

Happy Easter!
I hope you had a day full of Jesus and Family, food and fun, too much candy and cranky babies that skipped naps. ok, maybe not that last one. haha. Easter is a time of celebration . We celebrate that Jesus not only died on the cross for our sins, but he rose and HE LIVES! 

As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.  "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.  But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.' " Mark 16

We got up and let d see what the bunny brought! He was less than thrilled. haha. had homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then met my inlaws for church. It was Durham's first time in children's church, I stayed for the first half and he had a great time with his cousin ava and meme. 

We celebrated Easter and spent time with family all afternoon... we binged on food and family gossip. we played pingpong, had a huge Easter egg hunt, laughed and let the kids get crazy! I missed getting to see my family... my dad is on the Appalachian trail and went to a sun-rise service on the mountain. I can't wait to hear about it!