A Day With Clifford

There’s a Clifford traveling exhibit at Imaginon, the children’s library in Charlotte, that is here for the summer. I took the boys for story time and to explore the exhibit a few weeks ago. The exhibit is definitely geared more towards the 2 and 3 year olds, but we all had fun. Actually, I think Alex enjoyed story time the most!

From the pictures we found on their website, we thought the Clifford tail slide would be a bit larger.

Alex loved posing with Emily Elizabeth.

Alex dropped the “dog bones” out of the dish. Spencer carried them to the bottom of the conveyer belt, and our new friends rolled them back up to the dish.

Before we left, Spencer and Alex put on a puppet show.

Zoe!

Grandma Lisa and Papa Bob brought Zoe up to meet Alex and Spencer last week. The boys (and Kovu too!) had a blast playing with her! I think Alex really wanted to keep her at our house!. Zoe, come play again soon (and bring Grandma and Papa along with you)!

We played lots of blocks and “talking”

Kovu and Zoe were fast friends.

I think Alex was trying to steal Zoe away.

River Jam

Since the weather was a bit cooler last week, we decided to get out of the house and attend the River Jam concert series at the National Whitewater Center. The concert series goes on through the summer on Thursdays and Saturdays, so hopefully we’ll go back for a few more. We love going to the NWC - you don’t have to even get in the water when you go. You can just watch everyone else, listen to the live music, drink good beer, and eat good food. The boys’ favorite part is climbing on the mini rock walls:

The evil look is because he was trying to climb on the highest rock there.

“Ta-da!”

Alex’s “strong” face

Kings of the mountain

This is probably my favorite picture ever!

Bye-Bye, Rubbermaid!

It’s been a month since my last post - oops! Tim and I have been super lazy in the evenings, which is the only time I really have to blog. We decided to enjoy some quality time with the television after the kids were in bed before the chaos of starting a new job. What? You haven’t heard? Tim is no longer working for Rubbermaid. He is now working for Bosch as the Software Engineering Manager for a “smart” lighting project that will run off solar power. It’s a great step up in his career and it’s a project he’s truly interested in. I know he’s going to be great! Bosch is in Mooresville, which is further north up I-77 than where we are now. It’s a bit of a commute, but doable until our lease is up and we start looking around for another house closer to Bosch and closer to Alex’s preschool and other good schools. It’s good timing, since we need to move before Alex starts Kindergarten anyway.

As our lives fall back into place, I hope to get back into blogging. I have some posts from June to catch up on … and Spencer’s birthday pictures to post next week!

First Road Trip of Summer 2015

To celebrate summer, we went to Amanda’s house to swim and play with her kids. We try to get together as much as we can, but it’s usually a few months in between play dates. I think our littlest boys are actually starting to remember each other. Things are going to start getting wild with these four!

Spencer had tons of fun playing on the steps of the pool with Ace. He did let me walk him around the shallow end once. Alex went to the second step and decided the pool was too deep and too cold. So, he spent most of his time throwing in toys for me to fetch and squirting me with his water gun.

Eating breakfast in the car on the way.

4 cuties eating popsicles

What an evil expression on his face!

I Miss Our Boat

This is the time of year when I miss Charleston and Wilmington the most. I miss the rivers and the ocean and boating and swimming and tanning … That’s why I had to take this picture at Discovery Place Kids the other day. I can look at it and almost imagine the boys on our boat!

Spencer’s Last Gym Class

Spencer’s semester at The Little Gym wrapped up with a small “show” day. Guests were invited to come in to the gym (usually they sit outside a viewing window) and participate in the class. We had tons of fun with Daddy, Alex, Papa, and Grandma. I thought each child was going to receive a certificate … but they actually each were awarded a trophy. Spencer was so proud and in awe!

Spencer, Miss Brittany, and his friend Griffin.