Picasso???

As Chase is having to spend a little bit more time at home this summer than usual (in an attempt to give Grayson some good morning naps a few days a week), so I decided to purchase some art supplies for him. It turns out Chase has found a new love in addition to books...painting. He wasn't too big of a fan of finger painting as he doesn't like the paint all over his hands, but give him a brush and some watercolors and he is a regular Picasso. He would just sit and paint for hours if I could let him (unfortunately his much needed almost constant supervision of his paint sessions limits his time at them). He still hasn't found much affinity for the Play Dough I bought him yet.

Picnic Lunch / First Tooth

I am now on my summer schedule at work, which means I work every other weekend and get some weekdays off. For as much as I miss my family time on the weekend, I am enjoying getting to do some fun mommy & boys things during the week when places are not too crowded. This week I packed us a picnic lunch and we headed out to a big park by our house that has a large splash pad. Grayson and I hung out in the shade of the Charlie Brown tree we had found (the park is so new that there is very little shade to be had under the immature trees), while Chase splashed around. Unfortunately, our bit of shade was on a small incline and every time I turned around to look at Chase, Grayson took off rolling down the hill. LOL! :) We also made a huge discovery this day at the park - Grayson's first tooth. Yes that's right, he's got a chomper!

Father's Day

Father's Day was pretty low key this year as I had to work. Dave had fun spending the day with the boys though. In true daddy day style, Dave took the boys out grill shopping for a new gas grill for our backyard. I picked up dinner on my way home from work and we had a nice celebration that evening. Chase particularly enjoyed reading Dave's cards to him in "Chasese." Anything that resembles a book gets Chase's attention. And Grayson, as if right on que, learned to say da...da...da...da about 2 days before DaDa's Day. What a present for Dave!

"It Happens"

This is Chase's newest saying and it cracks me up! We were driving down the street the other day and Chase dropped his book in the car and couldn't reach it - neither could I. He immediately started saying, "Help Mama, please help." But I told him that I couldn't reach it and he would have to wait until we got to our destination to get his book back. He said dejectedly, "alright...it happens."

D.C.

The first week of June I had to go to D.C. for work. It was terribly difficult to leave the boys for the whole week, but Dave did fantastic with them (as I knew he would). It was so rainy! I thought I was going to have to build an ark to get out of there. Despite the rain, I was able to do some good sightseeing. I spent one evening doing many of the memorials and then an afternoon at the Smithsonian. Not nearly enough time, I know. Dave will have to come with me next time so we can stay for a long weekend. I had a good time...I was just so sick of being wet. :)