Water Blob Fun

A few weeks ago I saw a water blob online and decided it would be a fun activity for the boys.  We picked up the stuff and put everything together this last weekend.  Other than Cameron popping it within minutes (luckily duct tape works wonders) it was great.  The boys loved it.

 They couldn't get used to the different texture and movement at first.

 Hunter loved doing cannonballs, belly flops, and flips on the blob.

 By the end the boys were crazy and it was hilarious to watch.

Even Emma wanted to get in on the action, though Cameron told Tammy she would get hurt.

 We even had a picnic and pizza on the blob.  The food got bounced and floated around.

 The dads had a lot of fun creating a wave pool

Halloween Projects

The boys cannot wait for Halloween.  They want our house to be the spookiest house on the street.  Every morning they ask/beg to do a project. 

Today the boys requested making ghosts.  Hunter and I started a few projects during nap time.

 

Swirly whirly ghosts.  Hunter loved drawing their faces on and created a cyclops ghost.

 Next he created a cotton ball ghost.

 Then the boys made sun catchers.  We started to cut out Halloween shapes.  I went with a few basic shapes (bat, pumpkin, ghost).  Then Hunter started requesting other Halloween shapes like zombies and witches.  Apparently he thinks I am more talented than I am.

Cameron loved this project and spent an hour coloring his shapes.

 Hunter loved helping Cameron color his shapes. 

The finished project.

Our house will definitely be the spookiest.

Baby Emma

My boys are obsessed with their cousin Baby Emma.  They talk about Emma all of the time and just love to play with her.  They like to bring her toys, helping her with a pacifier, and holding her.

 They still bring a pillow over everytime to hold her and call her their princess.

 When we ask Cameron if he wants a baby he always says "yes, baby Emma" when I tell him no it will be his own baby he says "yes, my own baby Emma".  Tammy better watch out he wants to take her home and keep her. 

Anytime Emma makes a noise they are sure that she needs them, they have to hug her, kiss her, or play peekaboo.  So cute.  Can you blame them, I love baby Emma.  She is the cutest, sweetest, little baby girl.

Desert Breeze Park

We decided that since the warm weather is beginning to leave we should go to the Desert Breeze park and splash pad.

The boys had a lot of fun playing on the toys and in the water.

We packed a picnic lunch but the boys got cold pretty quick and we were eating lunch at like 10:30.  

Spaghetti Painting

What do you do with leftover spaghetti?

 I don't know about you but at our house we paint.

 Spaghetti makes the most interesting paint brushes.

 

 Your hands are inevitably going to get filthy but these two don't seem to mind the mess.

Pool Time

We have spent nearly our entire summer in the swimming pool.  I realized that we have been swimming from March to October now.  We swim a few times a week and in the midst of the summer we swam 8-10 times a week and yet I haven't taken hardly a single picture of us swimming (I guess the water is a bit of a hazard).  The pool is getting kind of cool so this may be one of the last times we swim there, so I snapped a few pics of the boys playing around.

 The boys are little fish.  They started the summer hardly putting their face in the pool and now they swim all around.  I am amazed and relieved.

The best playmate in the pool is always dad.  We love playing in the water.

Phoenix Zoo Trip

My boys love animals and especially the zoo.  Every couple of days they are asking and begging to go to the zoo.

 Brody is always happy to go to the zoo with us.

Each trip is always fun and different. 

 My boys, especially Hunter, is obsessed with snakes, lizards, turtles, and bugs.  He loves cockroaches and talks about how sweet and cute they are in his baby voice.  He wants to catch lizards all of the time. 

Hunter's favorite animal at the zoo is the komodo dragon and sadly this week they both died.  So the boys had to spend some time climbing all over the statue pretending they were still alive.