Playground!

We took a Saturday morning and took the boys to a playground.  It was a much needed fun morning!  We were there before 9 o'clock and guess what?  We were the only ones!!!  Ha!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nolan likes to get in on the hide and seek games--he likes to count too!  Eins, eins, eins, eins, eins, eins.....Really cute!

 

Rain Gear!

 

We have been using our rain gear a lot lately!!

Even if it has stopped raining, the boys have on their rain gear--they love puddles!!!

 

 

 

 

Elliot is gone....I get to play with his stuff!!!!

 

Nolan is such fun now--learning more words and talking more.  He sure is a fruit cake!!

 

 

 

 

Hospital Helicopter

 

When we went to the hospital to visit my father-in-law, we knew the boys could not visit him due to his infectious condition--the doctors did not know what he had.  Actually they still don't but the blood work is looking better.  Anyways, there is a helicopter pad right next to the hospital.  We were hoping that boys could see it.  Sure enough, we got to see it land!  The boys were super excited about that!

 

 

 

 

 

Digging Again

 We went to the mall where the sand and diggers were....again!  This time it was with Papi. :)

 

 

Glad I have two laundry baskets...

 

Dump....until Mommy took everything away.

 

The Mushroom Hunt

We found a nice forest not too far from us.  We love going and tramping around.  We don't really eat mushrooms, but it is fun to find them.  We do bring them home and I try to do something with them!

 

 

Both had to have sticks.

Nolan is trying to love on Elliot for the picture, but Elliot wasn't in such a good mood.  Ha!

The find of the day!!!  Ein Steinpilz!

Playing and Digging

The play-doh has been out quite a bit lately as well as the cement truck!  Elliot was proud of all the worms he made.

 



Their crowns from Bible class.

A local mall in our area made a children's paradise!  They dumped sand, put some diggers, dump trucks and shovels for the children to play with!  I took the boys and they really enjoyed digging.

 

 

Working together!

 

Outdoor Swimming Pool

One is not supposed to take pictures of people at the swimming pool.  This is all I managed anyways since I did not want to drop the camera in the pool.

 

 

Best Dog Ever

When little children learn what a dog says, it is usually wau-wau.  Listen to Nolan....

 

 

 

 

 

Nolan had to copy his brother with two Band-Aids on his knees.

Trip to Leipzig

Elliot, Nolan and I decided we would take the train to see a good friend in Leipzig for the day.  Annalisa met us at the train station and took us to her apartment.  We enjoyed talking, eating and watching the trains go by her place.  She lives right next to some train tracks--two little boys' dream come true!

 

It made my day just to watch the boys on the train.  They were so excited!

 

 

All the different sounds!

Elliot and Annalisa

Lion found a friend--panda!

An Enjoyable Sunday

Most of our Sundays are enjoyable, I just had my camera read on this particular Sunday!  I took the camera to church and got some good pictures of our boys!  And I took a video of Nolan while we were singing a song.  He knows the motions and really has fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We took the boys out with their bikes.  Elliot tried out Nolan's balance bike again and did very well.

 

 

Shoes, Hair and Rain

I had to get Elliot his THIRD pair of shoes in size 30.  Crazy.  The other two pairs look so ratty--they are kindergarten shoes and he wears them hard.  I told him these are only for church or places I know he is not going to destroy them! :)

 

Very proud of his Batman shoes.

This is what my hair looks like when I don't tame it.  EEeeeekkkkkk!

We have been having quite a bit of rain lately.  The boys have been enjoying the puddles!

 

 

 

I tried to build a tent for the boys on one of those rainy days.  It lasted about 10 minutes.  I had dreamed of it lasting the whole afternoon.  Nope.