Playing Beach

Apparently the kids want to go to the beach this summer. They love to "play beach" at home.  This consists of swimsuits, towels or blankets, and lots of pretend sunshine.  I hate to break it to them (and me) that a beach vacation just isn't happening this year.  :( Aw, the sacrifices of staying at home to be with these cuties each day.  I'll gladly take those sacrifices.

Rileyism

This girl has gone from silly sayings and random thoughts to spurts of wisdom here and there. But the silly says and random thoughts to still come, and they are still as cute as ever.  A couple of weeks ago Summer and Jaden came over for a play date and Riley was telling Summer that when she grows up, she is going to be a mom.  Summer asked her if she was going to have a boy or a girl.  Riley replied, "Whatever God wants me to have."  I almost fell off the couch!  I am so glad that some of the discussions we have about God and His perfect will are sinking in! And so now I will wait for a comment to come from her lips at the most inopportune time causing embarrassment and regret on my part... because you know its bound to happen sooner rather than later.

Shogun!

What a treat! Shogun is my favorite restaurant, given the choice, this would always be the first on the list.  We took the kids for their first time last weekend.  SO MUCH FUN! Jude wasn't too sure about it just yet...

But Riley was ready to eat!

Jude caught a bite of egg in his mouth and both kids made amazing happy plates. We won't be frequenting this place as it can get pricey, but it's so fun to know the kids are just as adventurous in their eating as we are.  I look forward to many more culinary discoveries with this family!

Sleepovers

From time to time, we have "sleepovers".  Usually, this is just a girl thing for me and Riley on Thursday or Friday nights while Woody is working football games.  But Jude got to join us this time.  We took a bath at our normal time and then crawled in my bed to watch a movie as we were falling asleep, only kids don't fall asleep while watching TV...at least not ours.

Woody came home toward the end of Toy Story 2.  We turned off the TV and were ready for sleep.  Then two little voices said, "It's too dark in here.  We need to sleep in our own beds."  So everyone went to their own night-light lit room and enjoyed a mostly full night of rest.  But this picture of them was so cute- with the rare occasion of both of the sitting, quietly, not fighting- it had to be documented.