Our Saturday

Hello there!  Gosh I went on vacation and then just up and disappeared.  Sorry 'bout that!  I have a little catching up to do, but thought I'd quick share a few pics from our weekend.  

The boys and I ran around Saturday morning.  First we hit the Dollar Store.  Had to get a few things for our upcoming camping trip...yay!  Then we went to Bloom (my yoga studio) to help celebrate their 3rd birthday.  I just love all the people there so so much.

A car selfie :)

My littlest munchkin and I

We spent over an hour at the library with the Frog Lady.  Learned about frogs, snakes, turtles, and lizards.  The boys loved it!  She was full of info and was very entertaining.  

That big turtle weighs 70lbs!  His name is Frank the Tank lol. 

One of the cool frogs she brought.  

This is Tidbit...he
weighs 14lbs.  

Vann loved him!

Ash just wanted to touch him.  

Chaycers held a corn snake. 

It looks like a necklace...and they both match!  

That night we walked to a neighbor's house to have a nerf gun fight.  Seriously so so much fun for the kids!  

Ash was super anxious to get there!

They loved it.  

As we're walking home Ash whispered, 'Mom shh.  Don't scare the bunny.'  He notices everything which I heart.  So we stopped and watched the bunny eat grass for a few minutes before he hopped away.  

It was a lovely day and I enjoyed every minute.  I still need to show you all the pics from our trip to Kansas.  We had a great time.  It's on my list of things to do before we leave to go camping...tomorrow ha!  Stay tuned for that hopefully later tonight :)

Petting zoo, snuggles & a cute little frog

Hello!!  Sorry it's been so long since I posted.  We went on vacation and it's taken me a bit to jump back into my daily routine.  But I'm back and ready to get ya all caught up on what's been happening over here :)

Chaycers went to a birthday party at a petting zoo a few weekends ago.  He had a fun time feeding all the animals.  Although those goats can be little stinkers!  One of them grabbed his bag of food and ate the entire thing!!  I couldn't believe he ate the paper bag...silly goat.  

Feeding the goats

He liked it!

Peacocks are so pretty.  They even had a leucistic peacock...kinda like an albino, but has dark eyes.  

I thought this golden red pheasant was cute.

More goats to feed :)

Chayce and Ash are my super snugglers.  They love to wrap their legs around mine and just get as close and cozy as possible.  I love it!  Here they are snuggling together...makes my heart smile :)

See...the leg wrapping!  And Ash doesn't mind a bit :)

We had a garage sale in the middle of July.  I had been putting stuff aside for the last year to sell, but I also knew I needed to take a closer look at all of our stuff.  So I took a week and went through everything!  It felt great to declutter and reorganize.  Man did we have a lot of stuff to sell!  Honestly it was a little embarrassing.  Just so many toys and games...way too many for three little boys to play with.  It felt soooo good to get rid of a bunch of stuff.  And of course we didn't sell everything, but instead of bringing it back in the house we gave it all (minus one small box - I let the boys take one last look at what was left and if it fit in the box they could keep it) to some families at Chris's work.  He loaded up his truck and when he delivered it to them they were so grateful.  Made us both happy to be helping them out :)  

Here's half the driveway full of stuff.

The kids were such troopers during the sale.  One day they found this teeny tiny frog.  

Here he is in Ash's hand...look how little he is!

Ash liked him a lot!

Such a cutie!!  

Little critters

The boys founds some friends while helping us do a little yard work a few weekends ago.  Ash loved his worms, he had two of them, and he squealed every time they wiggled.  It was so cute!  He held them for quite some time before letting them go in the garden.  And Vann found a frog!  They took turns holding him before also letting him go in the garden.  

We worked on the back yard and side of the house.  Tons of weeds had to be pulled and we put some mulch down so it looks much better!  We still need to make the front a little prettier, but I was happy to get half the yard done.  

Little Ash laid down for his nap after we were done and I set the older two up with a sprinkler and some water guns.  While they played I laid out...yay!  I have quite the farmer's tan from sitting and watching baseball games so I wanted to help my belly out a bit.  I only did a half hour on each side and it was just enough to give me the tiniest tinge of light pink.  Mostly it was so nice to relax and do absolutely nothing.  I'm always busy doing something so it forced me to chill for that hour.  It was great!  

Ash's little worm

Vann's frog :)

You can't see them, but now he has two worms!

My birthday and animal fun!

The boys got me a few fun things for my birthday this year...some fun, cozy socks and my fav, a chocolate bar!  They know me well :)  And Chris surprised me with the bike trainer I wanted.  I couldn't believe it!  It makes it so I can ride my bike inside...will be great for this winter.  

Vann putting one of his Lego sets together...this kid loves Legos!

Chaycers is putting together a ginormous toy Aunt Kathy sent Ash for his birthday.

I painted this small wall with a chalkboard paint...I love it and it works perfect for school!  

The boys had a fun time at Mia's birthday party.  She had a balloon artist and a bunch of fun animals!  

Chayce holding a tarantula...yuck!

The boys are much braver than I that's for sure!

Ash loves his balloon Olaf :)

Chayce and a lizard.

Ash and the lizard

Petting turtles..

 A hedgehog is walking on Vann.

Deciding which Curious George he wants to watch...

This one Mom!

Coloring on the Thanksgiving table cloth

This lil guy thought it'd fun to empty the crayons out!

Did you have a good Christmas?!  I will post some Christmas pics a little later today.  Okay, need to feed the kids breakfast...have a great day!!