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!

Welcome, River!

Meet our new cousin!

River Thomas Costello

born Sunday, June 24 @ 1:13 am

8 lbs 8 oz, 20.5 inches

The boy are SO excited for him to get big so that they can play with him, but in the meantime, I can't wait to snuggle that sweet little face! Love you lots and lots! XOXO

Garden Fresh Carrots

Simon can't seem to keep his hands out of the garden despite a chest-high fence that his Dad installed specifically for that reason. He's discovered that if he stretches as far as those little arms can possibly reach he can manage to pluck a carrot or two from their bed. (He snagged the orange garden marker there too!)

Yum! Nothing like fresh carrots from your own garden! This one was tiny since it was from the second planting, but we've been working our way through a ton of full-sized ones as well. Sawyer picks several each day because he says we have "the BEST carrots EVER!" :)

Happy Father's Day!

These guys got to stay up super late last night doing their favorite things - working on projects (in this instance, painting a personalized skateboard!) and building Legos with their Daddy!

They all look pretty happy to be spending all that special time with Dad (and excited to still be awake at nearly 10:00 at night!)!

This little one has taken to saying "Cheeeeeeeeese" whenever he sees the camera now. I much prefer it when he flashes his little vampire fangs for the camera instead of being so serious on film all the time!

I have loads of photos from this weekend's pool and water play fun, so hopefully I can find time to go through them and get them posted in a day or two!

Crazy Hair Day!

The last school spirit day of the year - Crazy Hair Day! Sawyer asked for a patriotic mohawk...I'm just hoping that at the end of the day it doesn't just look like a white skunk stripe lol!

End of the Season

I think Sawyer is probably going to try to sleep with his new baseball trophy tonight - he is SO proud! Sutton isn't feeling very well though, so he's obviously a little less enthusiastic haha!

Big Brother Snuggles

Kindergarten Graduation & Performance

Today was Sawyer's kindergarten graduation & performance. I can't believe this year is already over - it went by SO quickly!

Before the graduation ceremony the kids put on a show for the parents, singing some special songs.

Sawyer led the class in singing "You're a Grand Old Flag."

They sang "What a Wonderful World."

I took a couple of videos, so I'll try to post those later. I missed filming their cutest song and dance of the show, so I'm hoping one of the other parents has a copy that they'll share with me.

Graduation! He got a rose and his diploma from Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Kelley. I actually started to get a little teary at this point...what can I say? He looks so grown up!

He was totally excited about that rose. He said it looked like a sunset.

Comparing diplomas with a friend.

Yep, he loved the tie that I made him. He used it to try to entertain his friends while the rest of the kids were getting their diplomas. I'm one proud mama ♥

Sacramento Zoo

This seems to be his go-to face whenever I have my camera out these days. Of course, I still think it's pretty cute ;)

Mitch told them, "go stand over there so that Mom can take a picture of your heads next to the monkey heads." This is the best that they gave me. Look at how thrilled they are LOL!

The highlight of Sutton's day - cotton candy!

Simon spent most of the trip like this...

...or like this. Cute, I know. That's what happens when you go to the zoo at naptime with a teething toddler (he's working on 3/4 of his two-year molars, poor guy). It wouldn't have been quite so late in the day, but we were already well on our way to the zoo before Sawyer pointed out that Sutton wasn't wearing any shoes, and we had to turn around and go home to pick some up. Thanks a lot, kid!

I can't stay angry with this sweet face though!