School's out for summer!

Phew! I made it. I'll admit it. I cried when saying goodbye to both Andrew and Joshua's teachers. What wonderful women! They have enriched my boys' lives and certainly left them better than they got them last fall.

Now what are we going to do all summer to fill our time while Kraig works?

For posterity

I have so many photos on my camera of the silly things that Thomas does, it was hard to decide which to post. But here he is this morning in my closet, trying on every piece of clothing in my dirty clothes basket. So so so funny.

Proof

This photo is just to prove to the world that kraig took a day off this summer to go swimming with our family. Well, with the kids, anyway. Apparently I wasn't there.

You might think I'm crazy or cruel to have tommy in the life vest. He does appear to hate it. But the kid has no fear of water. I do believe he is giving his best attempt at wAlking in water.

Memorial Day

Look! Another photo of the fun things my family does and I'm no where to be seen.

We had a picnic breakfast downtown at Zilker park. Some friends from kraig's work joined us. It was a good time. Then we enjoyed a nice bike ride around Lady Bird Lake. Oh wait. It would have been a nice ride if we wouldn't have run into the Triathalon, knocking us off course by about two miles. Austinites are serious about their races.

Ice skating!!

I took Andy and Josh ice skating last weekend. I'm not much of a skater, myself, but I can make my way around the rink no problem. It was a little hairy at the beginning, but the boys caught in just great.

By the end Josh was zooming around. Seriously. Maybe I should abandon the gymnastics idea and get the kid into speed skating. He could break Apollo Ono's records in the 2036 Olympics.

A few things to catch up on

I suppose if I am going to be posting swimming pool photos of others, I should subject myself to the same scrutiny in my swimming suit, but alas, I am always begins the camera :) shucks!

Mom and Dad Webb came to visit! We had a great time, despite the scheduling conflicts of Kraig's work. They got to spend a little time with both boys at school; we took a trip down to San Antonio to the temple; ate good food; indulged in a few gallons of BlueBell icecream; went to church. Our schedule was jammed packed!

Thanks for coming to visit, Mom and Dad! Come again soon!

And lest you think Thomas is the only one getting into mischief...

...Andrew lost a fight at school yesterday.

A fight with the gymnasium floor, that is.

He was playing on those little scooters and missed the ball (as far as I can tell) and got a massive rug burn on his face. Thankfully it doesn't hurt too much.

Today just keeps getting better and better

So I left Thomas out in the garage again. Hey, I'm trying to get my house clean for my inlaws to come tomorrow, so keeping him busy is a priority. Anyways, he stealthfully slipped from the garage to the bathroom right next to the door to the garage and unrolled all the toilet paper and has been trailing it behind himself like a wedding dress train. Think Kate Middleton. What a nut!

Caught!

I often leave Thomas in the garage to let him have a little extra play time after coming inside (don't call dcps, I leave the door open to the house). Today he thought riding his bike inside would be a great idea, if only he could have figured out how to get it past the door frame. This was attempt number three. Handsome boy.

Since I was at home with pink eye and missed the whole thing...

Remember that one time when...

...my car died in the parking lot where Thomas has his speech therapy and no one stopped to help me, so Thomas and I had to wait an hour for roadside assistance to come and we missed picking Joshua up from the bus?

Oh right, because it happened today.

Make hay while the sun shines

Look how big these boys are! I believe this is a small vision of what is to come when they are teenagers: totally sacked out on the couch, completely unable to make it to their rooms to rest because teenage exhaustion exceeds that of toddler exhaustion. Ten years from now these couches will be too small for their oversized, teenage bodies.

Three cheers for Sunday naps! I think this is the first time that all five of us have needed and gotten a nap at the exact same time. Usually if everyone else is resting, I can't sleep. I feel some deep urge to be super productive. But alas, today I laid down to read and welcomed the nap that overtook me.

Now I'm up shingling the roof. :)

Story time

For all in tense and purpose, summer has started. Kraig's schedule has intensified, but I did get a sweet shot of these handsomes reading stories the other night. That might have been the last time he was home during the week to put the kids to bed.

He must be a Webb...

...because he knows what he wants.

We were visiting a friend this afternoon and Thomas picked up a spare helmet. He slapped it on his head, and then walked over to the bike and tried to get his leg up. I helped him straighten the helmet and placed him on the seat. I am pretty sure he thought he would take right off to be with the big boys.

My little Mozart

Start 'em young, that's what I say.

Joking. Thomas I not starting piano, but hopefully Andrew will be starting this summer.