Action Packed Bath

The action never stops...especially not at bath time! :) I bought these Woody and Buzz pool toys on clearance last year, just thinking you can never have too many Buzz and Woody dolls. Well, they have come to good use in the tub!

I accidentally turned the light off trying to turn the other light on. Well, then Brennan wanted the light off, he thought it would be fun...and it was! He was so excited I had to get some shots, but I needed a little light so then it was so funny that we had the flashlight on in there. I'll tell ya, this little ray of sunshine can make anything fun:)

Then Brennan decided he wanted to watch Toy Story while taking a bath...of course I let him. What can I say-you're only a kid once! Of course Casey thinks I'm crazy, but I want him to have a wonderful childhood full of fun memories:)

As you can imagine-bath time turned into an all night event!

Then of course dinosaur had to get in on the action too:)

A million and one times over, I don't know what I would do without this guy!

To Infinity...and Beyond!

So Brennan had been asking for a rocket ship for Christmas. That was really the only thing he asked for. He didn't really specify what kind so I ended up getting him a rocket ship that little Woody and Buzz could ride inside of that he could fly around. He liked it, but I don't know if that's really what he was thinking. Well, I was at Target the other day and I found this...

I just had to get it, even though he has gotten so much stuff over that last month-this is the last thing he needs. But now he can "fly" in his own rocket ship:) Yesterday he was "flying" around saying he is "Brennan Lightyear" :)

He loves to play and pretend he is flying like Buzz so I think this was a necessary purchase to assist the imagination:)

Family Tree

The title of this post is probably a little premature, but I really want to start getting information (and hopefully photos) of our late ancestors. I'd like to get a family tree, as far back as possible. I don't know what sparked this, but I really want to see where we came from! I just imagine my great grandparents and started thinking about their parents and their parents, they're all my family and I want to know who they are. Before Brennan was born I visited some family in the Keys and they had a whole wall of old photographs of family-I loved it! I would love to have a wall of old photographs of our family in our house and this is my start.

This week we went to Peoria to see Casey's family. His grandmother's grandmother was full blooded Indian.

She has a lot of Indian decor in her home

Real Dutch shoes

She actually didn't know her grandmother because her dad left when she was young, but it's still her heritage-and Casey's too:)

sweet dreams:)

I'm not going to say I didn't enjoy a beautiful sunset before my experience with Reese and Scotlyn, but I definitely enjoy them so much more now.

I feel like it's their way of telling me to stop and enjoy the beauty of life and nature and everything that this world has to offer.

I know that that life is too short not to revel in moments like this and the beautiful moments that remind me of them.

Whatever the reason, I cherish moments like this when I am reminded that they are always here with me in spirit.

Big Brother

Brennan absolutely knows who his sisters are. I show him their pictures, he goes to see them "where the flowers are" and we talk about them all the time. I always want him to know how special his sisters are and that he is the best big brother anyone could ask for.

These are the two little zebras that Brennan brought to the hospital for Reese and Scotlyn. It was so sweet because he was so excited to give them to his sisters:)

We put one zebra in the casket with Reese and Scoltyn and the other one Brennan sleeps with along with two other bears that my dad got for them. He loves his sisters' pink bears:)

The other day Brennan asked "Was I in heaven with Reese and Scotlyn when I was a baby?" Sometimes there are just no words.

I worked all weekend and Brennan stayed with maw maw and paw paw Saturday night so I didn't see him at all this weekend. I surprised him with a Frosty-yum:) He was so excited when I got home. The first thing he said after I gave him the frosty was "Mommy, can I please have a spoon to eat my frosty?" and the next was "Mommy, thank you for my frosty." He is so sweet and polite like that all the time. I just love it. I'm so proud of him and what an amazing little boy he is. He is a true joy to spend my days with.

Look at the ice cream dripping down his shirt...

He ate his frosty while he finished watching Toy Story 2. I just love these faces while he is watching the show-he always acts out his movies. Either with character toys or himself pretending to be the characters. As soon as he finished his frosty he was flying around his playroom like Buzz:)

Then we snuggled on the couch with Bear and Raffey and read some books before bed.

Brennan loves books! These are a couple of favorites.

Brennan has many many 'friends' (stuffed animals). Bear and Raffey are the most constant. He has slept with them for as long as I can remember. He loves them dearly:)

Raffey

Bear

June hung out with us for a bit too:)