The Great Escape Artist

Houdini here managed to escape from his crib at naptime yesterday, and he chipped his front tooth in the process. Mitch took the front off of the crib, and at first Simon was a little apprehensive about the fact that the side had gone missing. Bedtime was a long and drawn out process, but after playing in his room for awhile he eventually climbed back into bed and fell asleep. He woke up at the crack of dawn this morning and started playing in his room again. Naptime today was a total success with no struggle at all (thank goodness! Knock on wood!), and he fell right asleep. Hopefully bedtime tonight will be just as easy (fingers crossed!).

Now his sharp little teeth are even pointier with that jagged front tooth!

Makeover Time

This kid has been defined by his unruly curls since he was just a few months old. I feel like his entire personality can be summed up in that head of hair - soft and sweet, but wildly independent (and occasionally crazy and unmanageable!). 

I love his curls. LOVE them. But it's Summer, and all that in-and-out of the pool, playing with bubbles and dirt, and just general being-a-boy-ness was really starting to make a matted mess of his hair. No matter how much time we wasted with the brush and detangler, it would end up looking like this after a few hours. So when I took the big boys to a pool party on Sunday, I gave Mitch the task of taking Simon to the kids hair salon...I just couldn't bear to do it myself (but seriously, look at that rats nest up there!). 

TaDa - a todler makeover! Mitch said it was a breeze and that Simon didn't mind having it cut at all. Kind of surprising since he screamed his head off during his first haircut. When Mitch texted us a picture, Sutton's first reaction was, "Who is that?" and then followed by "Is that for real?" when we told him it was Simon LOL!

Sawyer can't stop telling him how cool he looks with his new hair. 

I say he looks like a little troublemaker now ;)

We Love Lucy!

The boys got a new kitten! Her name is Lucy, and she was adopted from one of the local animal rescue groups last weekend. Our older cats have never been too keen on the kids (they were already about 7 years old when Sawyer was born), so the boys are SUPER excited to have a pet of their very own who will love them just as much as they love her. 

...and they most certainly do love her a lot. Luckily she's a very playful kitten, so she can actually give these rambunctious boys a run for their money. She's happy to play with them all day long, but she loves to sit down and cuddle too (which makes her perfect, in my opinion!).

♥

Happy 4th of July!

Snuggled Up in Mom's Bed

All wiped out after swim lessons last week. What I wouldn't give to have lashes like that!