Cruisin'

Alex and Thomas enjoyed cruising around the yard in Thomas' gator and later Amelia hopped on for a ride too.  Gabbi spent some time getting used to her new big bike.  She was so nervous to ride on it, but she did great!!

Dog Days!!

Amelia is absolutely positively in love with dogs.  It's a good thing Amos and Maggie didn't mind getting loved on.  The girl was a filthy mess when she was done loving on them, not to mention she was sweating like no other!  It's sooo darn hot outside!!

To Nana & Papa's We Go

Alex was talking on his radio while driving his firetruck.

and Amelia was along for the ride!

Her first lemon and she loved it!!

She didn't even make a face while eating it.
She kept asking for more!

Giving Uncle Thomas the mean mug!

Daddy went to Chicago today for Bart's bachelor party, so we headed to Nana and Papa's house for a visit.  Mommy stopped and picked up another car for the kids to have at an old friends house who was getting rid of it at her garage sale.  We also went to Alco to return one of Alex's birthday presents and get a new one.  He chose a backpack full of firetrucks, firemen, and a fire house.

20 Questions

I came across an idea on Pinterest that I'm actually going to do!!!  It's 20 Questions to ask your child on their birthday starting at the age of three.  Then every year you ask the same questions to see how your child grows and changes.  So tonight I asked Alex all the questions.  Here are his responses:

 1.  What is your favorite color? Orange  (I'm surprised he didn't say rojo--red in Spanish).
 2.  What is your favorite toy?  Tractor (I thought it would be his Gator).
 3.  What is your favorite fruit?  Apple
 4.  What is your favorite TV show?  Scooby Doo
 5.  What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  Dora Sketti-O's (ie: Spaghetti-O's)
 6.  What is your favorite outfit?  Spiderman shirt (It's what he was wearing)
 7.  What is your favorite game?  I don't know.  (We don't play lots of games)
 8.  What is your favorite snack?  Goldfish
 9.  What is your favorite animal? Lion (I thought it would be monkey).
10.  What is your favorite song? The Letters "BOQNA"  (I think he means the Alphabet, but who knows)
11.  What is your favorite book? That's Not my Monster (He also really loves Go Dog Go!)
12.  Who is your best friend? Brenna (Usually he says his dad.)
13.  What is your favorite cereal?  Apple Jacks
14.  What is your favorite thing to do outside? Drive my rojo car
15.  What is your favorite drink? Orange Juice (He's obsessed, so is Amelia)
16.  What is your favorite holiday?  I don't know.  Then he says "Let's see the coo coo clocks."
17.  What do you like to take to bed with you at night? My baby
18.  What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Yogurt with strawberries (That's what he had today.)
19.  What do you want for your birthday dinner?  Fruit snacks
20.  What do you want to be when you grow up?  Spiderman, but he says Spidermam.

Great Grapes

Tonight I stopped at the grocery store for a few things and picked up some grapes.  You would have thought I brought a million dollars home as excited as these kids were.  Note:  It's only been about a week since they've last had grapes.  Anyway, Alex always helps pick all the grapes off so that we could wash them.  They didn't even make it to that point.  They were both shoveling them into their mouth soooo fast.  Amelia kept saying 'MMMMMM' over and over again.  It really was quite adorable.  I'm just thankful that they really like fruit.

Mean Muggin'

This face is what we call Mean Muggin'.  Amelia is quite a fan of doing this.  She'll even do it on command, given her mood is right!!!

Swimming

Today was a wonderfully relaxing day.  We went to church last night, but unfortunately the kids were up at the crack of dawn, which is unusual for the weekend.  Oh well, Daddy made us little donuts and we lounged around the house.  We went to the Huddle House for lunch and napped in the afternoon.  After naps the rain had cleared up and Alex wanted to head out to swim again.  So that's exactly what we did!!