Oh, Where are Ben and Nate?

The boys have really gotten into hiding recently.  There are certainly different levels of hiding, from covering your face, to actually hiding where you can't be seen.  Last Wednesday as I was packing for Greece the boys enjoyed hiding in the luggage.  It actually was a great distraction and I got a bunch of packing done!

Oh where is Ben...

There he is...

And if Ben is doing it, then Nate will definately do it too...

There's my little guy!

 

Last day of Preschool

Last Wednesday, Ben had his end of year party at preschool.  He has gone two days a week since January.  I have to say, it has been great for him and great for me too.  He loves it and has learned a lot of disciplines that I didn't think he was old enough to learn.  In September, he will go five mornings a week and we have actually enrolled Nate for two mornings a week. 

We had a great time at the Noah's Ark end of year party. 

Me with my big boy!

Ben with his best mate, Isaac. 

Ben with his key teacher, Brenda.

On the bouncy castle. 

My little boy is growing up and honestly, I am loving this phase with Ben.

I tried....

So, we have some meetings to go to next week and I thought it would be fun to make cute "thank you" notes with the boys pictures.  What was I thinking?  I was thinking that a two year old and a three year old would cooperate?  Oh, I have crazy mommy moments where I forget reality, do you ever do that? Anyways, we had a good laugh as we tried and it was pretty funny but not really to give to complete strangers. 

Yes, Ben we want to see your face!

This is the lovely face Ben learned at preschool!

Nate giving me a serious "cheese"

It is much better if we hide behind the sign.

 

Oh well, I tried!

 

Strawberry Pickin'

Last Saturday morning, we went strawberry picking at a farm near hear called Tulley's farm with another family!  It was great.  It started off as a rainy morning but quickly cleared up and we had a great day out.  The boys had fun picking the strawberries and then we went over to the farm shop, had lunch and let the boys play.  They were even having their 40th anniversary of PUO (pick your own) Strawberries so they had a band and had extra food stalls. 

 

This picture below is actually of us heading out of the field.  Can you tell that Nate is standing there pouting because he doesn't want to leave?

YUM, YUM!

Nate didn't last very long at the picking, he didn't understand that he wasn't supposed to eat them all.

Ben and Allen had a great time "strawberry hunting"!  The found some BIG ones!

 

My silly guys!

Look at that beautiful sky.  We aren't seeing it much right now.  We have gotten more rain since something like 1810 when they started recording the weather.  It doesn't feel like July at all!