Cashmere and Pool Parties

As the days slip by I wonder where all the time goes. The days are full with what seems to be an endless vortex of tasks, and most nights I just seem to play catch up so that when morning comes I'm at least not completely in the red. Both my kids are good nappers so I do get a good chunk in the afternoon that is just for whatever. But even that gets sucked into the vortex of house chores and other misc. things that I can only do when the kids are asleep. Today during nap time I laid down...but didn't sleep...for 30 minutes, then got up and worked on the bills, I found out soon that Eli had never really gone to sleep but had instead been up playing. He got sent to bed and I sat down to read for a bit. Though every 5 or 10 minutes I had to tell him to get back in his bed or to go to sleep. This is so weird...he usually takes a 3 hour nap. So the reading was good but very choppy. But at least I got that.
Silas slept 6 hours the other night and 5 hours the night before that. I think thats pretty good for 4 months. Eli was not even close to that when he was that age. I thinks its funny how my perspective is now focused on how much I get done during nap time and how much sleep I get at night. Two very important chunks of time that are undoubtedly crucial for my sanity.
Silas is also rolling all around and talking up a storm. I wish I new what he was saying because it sounds just hilarious. Eli is doing really well. Today he asked me if he could get his balls out and bring them outside. I said sure and he went and got them. Then he asked me to open them. So I did. Then I put the bag outside with the zipper open. He then said, "Thank you" and dumped them out. That was the first time I think I had ever heard him say thank you without us having to tell him. It was very sweet. He is speaking in sentences and really loving being able to tell us everything that's on his mind. He is just the smartest kid ever. He's some photos from the last month or so.

Last photo of the boys with Grama B and Uncle Matt before they headed back to NH

Eli plugging his ears..I don't know why.

Silas loves to fall asleep with the blanket completely covering his face. I remove it after he's out. But it's pretty funny. This has been how he's been falling asleep the last few days. I'll lay him in on our bed on his back and then put the blanket over him just enough so he feels it on his face. He's out it like 3 minutes.

So after we dropped my mom off at the airport we headed to Cashmere for the High School retreat. It made me miss my days as a high school leader. I wish I could live at camp forever!

"Cabin Time"

Eli snoozing at the beach.

Waking up! Notice the bulldozer. Yeah and if that thing was a blanky it would be the stinkiest blanky in all the world. He takes that bulldozer with him everwhere he goes...sleeps with it..takes it to the bathroom...everywhere Eli goes the bulldozers goes with him.
It's like its a part of his soul.

Our tent was set up next to a tree that had exposed dirt. He positioned his construction sight just so and then went to work.

Always lots of sound effects too. Notice the lips.

Cashmere Pool

Nappy time at the pool.

Si Pi doing his morning potty!

And more work for the bulldozer that had to get done.

We had a Community Group BBQ a few weekends back.
Fun in the water and lots of yummy food!

And there's the bulldozer...or as Eli calls it "bulby"

At our friends house. Here's Eli and Noah negotiating pool procedure.
Sometimes it was what toys go in the pool other times it was how many rocks went in the pool. This is the only photo I have of them with there clothes on. The rest of the day they were naked running around the yard like bunch of houlagins.

We went inside for one second and came out to find them stealing beer from the fridge.

We told them to put it back.

Yeah I think it was like 1 billion degrees outside. So this was our solution.
"POOL PARTEY"

Silas keeps creeping his way off the blankets when he wakes up. He had butted his head against the door. He had no where else to go. He's was happy though. It was really funny

Chillin like a villin in the pool

Noah came over for Eli pool party. It was not 1 billion degrees though so the water was not so enticing.

I love when Eli gives Silas toys. The red airplane is also a new favorite. Thanks Stenwicks!

Silas loves tummy time.

Oh My Gosh. This is what Silas does every morning when he wakes up. HUGE smiles. It's the sweetest thing ever.