It was great to have Matt home the week of July 4th, as his school office was closed. We decided to just stick close to home, which was the relaxing change of pace that we all needed! :) Here are some of the highlights of the week ...
On Saturday, we went on a family walk and stopped by a garage sale. Matt found a kid-sized hockey stick, so Matt and Ian came home immediately to play "hockey" in our cul-de-sac.
Little Brother Ryan looked on (when he wasn't gazing at the animals on his carseat). :)
Ian played outside quite a bit during the week, including lots of sidewalk chalk time! Momma found a neat idea on "The Imagination Tree" about playing hopscotch (of sorts) with letter sounds. Ian thought it was great, and he didn't even realize that he was learning and practicing letters. :)
Sorry for my loud voice in the video ... :)
On Sunday, Ryan sported an outfit that Grandma had made for Daddy when Daddy was little. Isn't the outfit adorable?? Good sewing, Grandma!
Kim was thankful to get a nap each day since Daddy was home to help take care of Ian during that time!
Ian got to try bing cherries for the first time.
Ian and Daddy had a squirt gun war.
We got a lot of small projects done around the house. Here, Ian is helping Momma to separate a Costco-sized bag of cheddar cheese into smaller baggies for freezing. (What a helper!)
Ryan celebrated his first Fourth of July!
We wanted to take a picture similar to Ian's
First Fourth of July picture, holding a flag and all! At the age of 8 weeks, Ryan definitely has Ian beat in the hair department ... but it looks like Ian's thighs were a little chunkier. :)
A local church hosted a free 4th of July celebration, complete with free food (snow cones, hot dogs, popcorn, chips, watermelon, popsicles, and drinks!) Yum! The church is within walking distance of our house, so we didn't have to fight any traffic.
There were bounce houses and slides available for the kids while waiting for the fireworks.
Then, we gathered on a blanket to watch the fireworks (apparently one of the top 10 displays in Houston!). It WAS a good show.
Ryan wasn't bothered at all by the loud booms.
In fact, by the end of the 20-minute show, Ryan was sound asleep ...
... as was big brother Ian who hadn't gotten a nap and had jumped his little heart out in the bounce houses. :)
Ian even slept the whole wagon ride home. Ha ha!
Ryan continues to love bath time,
as well as hanging-out-with-big-brother time.
We had Ian's friend Caleb over while Caleb's Momma had an appointment. Ian loves time with friends!
Ian and Daddy went to the neighborhood pool a few times. Ian loves Daddy's game of "gathering the rings."
They practiced the back float,
rocketed to the moon,
and monkey walked around the pool.
Ryan loved the extra Daddy time this week.
And, we loved starting to hear our littlest boy make cooing sounds.
Thanks, Lord, for a great, low-key "family week"! :)
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