Music Man

Drew has started singing...all the time! He sings songs he knows, makes up new words to tunes he is familiar with, and makes up new songs from scratch! Everything is set to music and he will bust into song at any time. It is seriously like living in a musical!!

Golf 101...with LOTS of pictures!

Today Patrick decided that the boys were ready for an outing to the driving range. They had a great time, although I don't think we have any golf prodigies on our hands!

Walking to the range...Drew got so many comments from people who passed us! They thought his bag was awesome!

Learning to swing the club...

A few more pointers...

Waiting patiently for his turn...

I think it's time for me to get some of these...

Allen's turn!

Change of venues...

Drew is pretty good at putting!



Allen likes to drop the ball into the hole...

...then pull the stick to get it back out!

"Got it!"

We interrupt this program for a sighting of a BUS!

Now back to our regularly scheduled program...



A successful outing for sure!

Just for fun...

Here are a few miscellaneous pictures from the past couple of weeks. Nana and Grandaddy came to visit and the boys loved sitting with them and watching movies. They were so cute cuddled up on the couch! (Grandaddy has all the good pictures on his camera...maybe he'll share them and I can post more!)


A daily occurrence at our house...the running of the dump trucks...


When you live in Arizona, cabin fever sets in during the summer. So Drew and I made a hopscotch board on the floor with masking tape. He thought it was hilarious!

Cheese!

The boys LOVE In-N-Out Burger. It was the first cheeseburger Drew would actually eat (and he compares all other burgers to it!). Allen has enjoyed them ever since our first visit. The kid seriously savors every bite! Yummy!

On our last visit, Drew said "Daddy, I hope I can work at In-N-Out Burger when I get bigger..." Ahh...high aspirations!

Overheard...

The boys have been playing together non-stop recently. While this is good for those times when I need to get things done, it rarely runs smoothly for any extended period of time. At least a dozen times a day I have to separate the boys, put one (or both) in time-out for some infraction, and then require the offender to apologize to his brother.

One day last week, Drew had taken a train from Allen and Allen cried...it was a minor issue and Drew immediately gave it back and apologized. I was standing outside the door making sure things were smoothing out on their own when I heard Drew say, "Allen, I said I was sorry. Do you 'cept my 'pology? Well? Do you accept my apology?" (spoken more slowly the second time) I had to walk away I was laughing so hard!

This past weekend, Allen was having a hard time playing nicely. He had completed his second or third time-out session for that day and I told him to go back to play nicely and to apologize to Drew. This is what we heard:
Allen: "Sorry, Dew" (spoken in Allen-ese...you would probably need a translator)
Drew: "I accept your apology...again..."

Brothers...