Walking.

We spent Saturday walking. Early in the morning, we took Jesse on a 2 mile walk to the park. I guess I need to introduce Jesse? She is the cute pup in the first picture below and Cole's first "summer job".  Jesse stayed at our house for 11 nights and Cole made sure she was fed, had water and took her out for potty breaks and walks. Reid was hired, but he quit the job a day later. He told us "I don't like this job and I don't want money!" She is Amy and Tony's dog and we kept her while they vacationed with their family.  Cole did a great job remembering when to feed and alway took her outside. So, as I was saying, we spent the morning walking. Then, we got ready and went to the Taste of Dallas.  The boys loved it and we had fun! The annual event is at  Fair Park (where the State Fair takes place). The boys thought it was pretty cool that it was next to the Cotton Bowl.  They are ready to go back next year.

Walking Jesse girl.

Frozen yogurt and beads. 

Photo booth at the Taste of Dallas.

It was a hot day with lots of sweating. Thankfully, they had several indoor areas with AC.

This is from a week or two ago but just came across it and thought it was cute!

Have a great week!

Turtle Thursday

I HAVE A HORRIBLE SINGING VOICE. Possibly the worst.  Then again, most of you reading this are already VERY well aware of that…. I think this is one of those “you had to have been there” moments to understand but I’m posting it on here so that I can be reminded down the road. Throughout the boys’ entire life (since their birth until this morning) I have sang to them in this high pitched, Opera-like voice. Mostly, I make up songs because I never learned the lullabies. About 5/6 years ago, I told Joe that I wanted to fool the boys into believing that mommy had a beautiful voice. I told him to just play along because I wanted the boys to talk about me after I was 6 feet under and say things like “Mom had such a beautiful voice”.  So, to help brainwash their little brains, I always say things like “Doesn’t mommy have a beautiful voice?” after I’m done signing. This morning, I realized that my plan to fool them had failed.

I began signing in the kitchen while they ate their breakfast. Cole just stared at me with a grin on his face, nodding his head sideways but he let me continue signing. When I finally stopped, he said in a completely serious tone, “Mommy, I’m sorry. But you DO NOT have a beautiful voice”.

All my years of hard work- DOWN THE DRAIN. I laugh inside every time I think of Cole’s little mannerism’s and look on his face when he said this to me.

I haven't taken pictures lately, but here is one of my Reido 

(not a typo, that's one of his nicknames). 

My babies begged me to make them Dirt Cake, so we made it. 

Too bad, I ate the majority of it.