Sugar and Spice

One of my best friends from when I was younger, came to spend the day with us Monday. We haven't seen each other in about a year and I had never met his 2 year old daughter, so we were excited to watch our kids play together. We took them to the Aquarium and afterwards they played in the water outside. Everyone got along pretty well, thankfully this girl can hold her own against my wild boys! She and Andrew became big buddies but Carter didn't warm up quite as easily, he's not sure about competition in the house (but a little girl would fit in just perfectly, I think!)

Hiding from Carter

how cute is she?!?!

Stray Baby

We ended up with a stray dog one night last week (long story), so my sweet neighbor brought over a leash for us to borrow. We never needed it for the dog (I lost it within a few hours-long story) but it has certainly come in handy for Carter! Andrew thinks it great that he can hook the leash onto Carter's belt loop and pull him around, Carter isn't too excited! I must admit, it has provided some great entertainment and kep them busy so I can cook dinner.

My Favorite Boys

This whole weekend was spent with my 3 favorite boys! We had so much fun doing things together as a family and it was so great to see my boys playing in the fountains together at Coolidge Park. Carter was too young to enjoy it last year, but jumped right in this time!

Just chillin' at the park

the swagger


Andrew still isn't a huge fan of water getting on his face and hair


climbing right up there with the big kids

what's a trip to the park without a Sonic slushy to finish off the day!

Ready Set Go

Chad and Andrew had a father son bonding day on Sunday and they went on the Chattanooga Duck Tour. Not really sure what all this means, but they road down the streets on a camo boat, learning about Chattanooga, then it turned into a boat and went into the river? There were only a few other people on the boat so they let Andrew have a turn driving, good thing he was wearing his pirate shirt and 3D glasses!

Andrew dressed himself but wanted a little help from Daddy getting his hair just right!
Carter's new favorite pass time. We have to literally drag him out of the shower every day. My boys couldn't be more different.

Dressing up like a pirate, Andrew seems to think they have lovys, converse, hats and backpacks

Best Friend Becky

My best friend, Becky came to see us last weekend and we had so much fun together. She and I went to a movie then sat out at Big River for drinks while Chad watched the kiddos. That night, we enjoyed our weekly music, fire pit, smores tradition! Andrew entertained us while in the hot tub, dancing and taking pictures!

Andrew took this one of us... he's getting a little better?

Wild Man

I left Cart on the screened in for 5 minutes while I ran inside.... this is what I found when I came back out!

Flashback

Several of us took our kids to Playworld Down Under last week and I couldn't help but remember taking Andrew there when he was about the same age as Carter. Of course, Andrew was a much more cautious baby and Carter would rather give me a heart attack climbing huge things and disappearing on me.

Andrew

Budding Photographer

Andrew's been interested in playing with my camera lately, he actually did a pretty good job taking all of these pictures!