Making Cookies

This is why little boys like to make cookies with their mamas. Yum, yum, yum! Cookie batter tastes so good, and since these are egg-free cookies, there is no reason not to eat it!

On an explore!

Last week Brian, Daniel, and I went fishing on the hill by my parent's house. Unfortunately, we never got even one bite, but we did have a fun time exploring. It is an amazing thing to see the world through your child's eyes. Everything is a new discovery. From dragonflies, to crawdads, to dung beetles, to lily pads...we enjoyed it all! Here are some photos of our outing.

Playing with a baby crawdad.

Brian swinging Daniel to the next rock.

Yes, we are both wearing mud boots and shorts. Will this perhaps be an upcoming fashion trend? Probably not!

Watching water flow from one lily pad to another. Very cool.

This last photo documents the funniest moment of our outing. Daniel had dropped his crawdad down inside his boot. Luckily, this crawdad was fairly small and could inflict little pain with its pinchers. Brian raised Daniel's leg, as shown above, to get the crawdad out, and the crawdad fell down into Daniel's shorts! Brian said, "We just went from bad to worse, Daniel!"

Summer Fun

The weather these past few weeks has been so, very hot. Frequent triple digit days have kept our family indoors for all but the early morning and late evening hours. Despite the hot weather, we have found some outdoor activities to enjoy. Daniel had his first round of swimming lessons this summer! He and I enrolled in a Parent and Child class together. Daniel learned many new things and enjoyed all of it except "being dipped." The instructor wanted the children to learn how to go under water without being scared. Daniel did not enjoy this part, and every time he felt that going under was likely, he would say, "No thank you, Mommy! No thank you!" So, we kept our heads above the water for the most part. Here are some photos of our lessons:


Brian and Daniel have also been enjoying snow cones this summer! We have a little snow cone machine that Brian fires up most evenings. Those two enjoy their snow cones while I have a little chocolate. In my opinion, ice chips with sugar syrup can't hold a candle to chocolate! Here they are enjoying their snow cones. Notice how we eat these outside. They are a little too messy for indoor consumption!