Inspired Artist

Enjoying a few quiet minutes to draw.

Jack & Max

Jack & Max were joined at the hip at our last playdate - fun to see them getting along so well! Top pic is Jack & Max. Bottom picture is about 4 minutes after we got in the car to go home.

Unhappy Camper

After being woken up by Sydney (our American Eskimo).

Zoe

Zoe (or as Jack calls her "my big girl") post biopsy in her inflatable donut. Of course she would not tolerate the regular cones most dogs go home with :)

Fun Puzzle Play

Building snakes

Building a wall

Building beach chairs (his is the big one)

Followed up with a popsicle

Dinners

Huevos Rancheros

Salmon over braised vegetables from our CSA

Clearly Brandon is home this week :)

Buddies

Jack enjoyed having Charlie over this morning and can't wait to do it again!

Asleep

This does not look comfortable.

Flowers

From Jack, who is literally obsessed with buying me bouquets. Anytime he sees them he wants to get some for Mommy :)

Dinner

Lobster Risotto with grilled CSA vegetables.

Bissinger's

Bissingers @ Galleria knows how to attract moms with high quality, divine chocolate. Now they have figured out how to attract toddlers - solid chocolate dinosaurs front & center in their display windows...genius marketing.

Dinner

Lobster Risotto. He is quite the helper!

Galleria

Amusing himself at Creative Kidstuff while shopping for upcoming friend birthday parties

He politely asked his way into a new truck at Creative Kidstuff (so nice you can't say no!)

Concentration at Big Bowl

Enjoyable and productive trip to Galleria. Three birthdays bought for and lunch at Big Bowl!

Play Day

Dinosaurs

Spill the Beans

Pleased with his card in Memory

Eggs

He got put to work whisking eggs this morning.

Yum

Enjoying his reward for a successful whirlwind trip running errands. His choice of treat & he picked a LaraBar. Love this kid!

Golf

Putting at the golf club.

Haircut

Post haircut smiles.

Dressed

Dressed himself :)

Sweet Corn

 Everyone knows Brandon loves his Iowa sweet corn. He came home this week with some to freeze, Jack jumped right in to help.

Hats

Trying on hats while waiting for a watch battery to be replaced. Fun had by all!

Park

Enjoying some park time where he basically had the entire park to himself!

Bike Ride

He is getting more and more fearless on his balance bike every day. This trip he choose to walk it on our way back towards home as he was "too busy to ride it right now" - translated that means finding ants, sticks, and a few other creepy crawlies on the sidewalk.

Ice Cream

 

Enjoying an ice cream cone bigger than he is during a very rare Dairy Queen trip.

Sunglasses

Enjoying one of Mommy's pair of Oakleys.

Brandon's Cooking

A few of the meals to come out of Brandon being home last week:
-Rainbow Trout: Jack saw a recipe for a whole fish & wanted "fish with funny faces and eyes" - therefore, we took a trip to Whole Foods where he picked out the fish and helped with preparation.
-Carbonara: possibly the best I have ever eaten, at home or in a restaurant.

Boys

Our boys enjoying some very limited outdoor time this past week. Neither Sydney nor Jack handle the 100+ degree weather well.