Drummer Boy

We have a couch with recliners on both ends. Andrew tends to pull one of the recliner bottoms out and use it as a drum set. Whenever he hears music on TV, he runs over and drums his little heart out. Sometimes he uses wooden spoons for drum sticks, sometimes his hands, and sometimes random screwdrivers he finds in the junk drawer. If you know me well, you'll know that I'm a sucker for American Idol. I LOVE to watch it and RARELY miss an episode. Technically, I got into it for the first time last year when David Cook won. Well, a couple of weeks ago, Daughtery performed a song on the show. Andrew ran over and this is what happened during the song. It's a little long, but it surprises me how much he was on beat during the song... and his bouncing was downright adorable! haha

Enjoy!

Going for a Stroll

Here's the latest video of the boys. Andrew was taking Mason for a quick "spin" around the kitchen. haha. Enjoy!

Today is gonna be the day...

Well, we're playing catch up again today!

JJ got a new toy. He and I searched for a used dual sport motorcycle for a few weeks until we found a really good one a few miles from here. He LOVES it! We had to get a new speedometer new mirrors, and a new flasher relay (to fix the blinkers), but the bike is now up and running and road worthy! He rode it up into the hills yesterday while I was at church and got a good look at the valley from WAY up! If I had been home, I could have seen him up on the mountain directly across the Columbia River from us. It's a rough road and not a good one for his truck (the last time he took his truck up the hill he experienced brake fade for the first time!). Anyway, next time he goes up I'll have him take pictures with the camera. His phone doesn't take great photos.

JJ's ATK 605 DSES

We're enjoying the weather. Yesterday we had 90* and Sunny. DEFINITELY Sunny. I love the heat, but I feel for the kids because they play so hard that their faces get all red and we have to take breaks inside the house to cool down. They go through a gallon of water a day! They love being outside and playing in the yard. We even broke out the swimming pool! I'm so thankful for a fence! I can just put them outside and watch them run without worrying if they'll get in the street!

Mason on his truck
Andrew playing in the pool

Mason goes down the slide by himself now, just like Big Brother, but he still needs help climbing up the ladder, so I'm not completely obsolete yet! :) He still needs me now and then. Andrew will climb up and slide down a million times, go on the teeter-totter swing, then get on the regular swing and then run up and down the hill and across the yard with his brother right on his heels! Mason wants to do everything Andrew can do. He has learned to push and hit a lot earlier than Andrew did. He's also learned how to climb on TOP of things a lot earlier than Andrew. Just today I decided that we're going to have to take away his high chair because he'd rather sit in a big boy chair. It's fun! They are such balls of energy! Sometimes I have trouble keeping up!

Yes, that's Mason on top of my piano...

A funny story, JJ and I have been brushing up on our X-Men due to the Origins: Wolverine movie hitting the box office. One night after watching one of the movies (I believe it was the 2nd one, not that it matters..) JJ slept on the couch (I hog the bed) and woke up the next morning with his shirt all torn up. I guess he was having a dream that he was Wolverine in a straight jacket. This is what ensued:

my husband, Wolverine