Father's Day

David made a crown for Aaron so he could be King of the Day. Aaron wore it all morning, then David decided he was going to be a dad and wear the crown instead. We love you Daddy, thanks for all you do to make us happy.

fire fighters in the house

David has this little wooden fire truck that he has always sat on and pushed himself around since he was about 1. Well he has taught Allison to do the same thing. This morning I found them coming to save me in a fire, sirens blaring and all.

David has moved on to a bigger fire truck and pushes the buttons to add additional noise to his already screeching siren voice.

Luckily they saved me just before the bed burst into flames all around me. (At least that is what David told me.)

superheros

The other day I was watching some friends kids and they decided to dress up and save the girls from monsters, dragons and dinosaurs. David and his friend ran around and frightened away all the monsters under the table, the bed and the dragons in the basement. Allison was too busy trying to ransack their diaper bag and get away with their snacks and drinks.

clowning around

We recently had an animal circus for playgroup. The kids all had their faces painted, popcorn, balloons and all sorts of fun. David loved the pile of straws he was given and told to create something. With some help he made a bow tie to complete his clown look.

we are thankful for ears

David made these ears in church yesterday and was so excited about his ears. We have sat and listened to the birds, the dogs barking and the wind blowing. He informs me it is the big ears that help him to hear it so much better.

Allison was just excited to run after David and try and knock his ears off.

camping...the good, the bad, the UGLY

Well we took our first camping trip alone as a family over the weekend. It was quite the adventure. David had wanted us to go back to the same spot he and Aaron had gone for the Father and Son campout, so Allison and I could see how cool it was. We had to stop for a photo of the train bridge we went under (that I had heard about for weeks). It was pretty cool.

As soon as the tent was up, (which was quite an ordeal) it was time to go swimming in the river.It ended up being chilly so they wore life jackets and threw rocks in the river. Allison was just happy to have cups to play with and to get water out of the jug and dump it down her front.

Aaron just took it all in and had a good laugh.

We had fun cooking tinfoil dinners, once the fire was started, and gave an attempt to pancakes in the morning (David told my mom and dad that they really weren't very good. Thanks) We didn't have the best night sleep, in fact Allison screamed so much she and I slept in the car. Will we go again? Not until we practice a few times in the comfort of our backyard. We definitely have memories!