Start of Summer

I don't know when summer actually starts, but as far as I'm concerned it started today.

Today was Jake's last day of school til next fall.

We get to have him home with us EVERY hour of EVERY day for months on end. Isn't that awesome?

Well, I think it's pretty awesome. That guy is so funny. He teaches me gross stuff and we laugh. Just the other night, he taught me how to make fart sounds. Yeah. See what I mean? That guy is so cool!

Mom just might have to post a video of it, actually...but for now, here's me.

Anyone notice anything different about me?

Yep, Mom cut off that ducktail that was growing out of the back of my head. It was cute when it was just a curl, but lately it was looking more like cotton candy than curls.

To celebrate summer, we're headed to the beach in the morning!

Love,
R

I SAAAIIID...

...something. I totally understand what I'm saying. And I'm really proud of myself, too.



If you don't understand what I'm saying, that's your problem.

Obviously, Mom gets me. See? Got what I wanted.

And this one here, he totally gets Mom. He knows just how to get what he wants, too.

And since I had a popsicle, it's not too hard to guess what he wanted.

So what if it's breakfast time?

Happy Friday!

Love,
R

Amazing Video

Mom thinks this is an amazing video.



What's causing her to be so shocked, you might ask. Well, she said something about how amazing it was that we were playing together nicely. And not JUST nicely. Quietly.

Don't know what she's talking about. We're always nice. And quiet.

And it's opposite day.

Happy Wednesday.

Love,
J & R

Weekend Playtime

We had a great weekend. We're finally getting back into our regular routine after being away and then having our special visitor (we miss you, Aunt Candy!).

On Saturday, Daddy took us to the "Touch-a-Truck" event and we got to play in and on all sorts of cool vehicles. Of course, we have no pictures of this, but I promise, it was super cool. Jake's buddy Noah happened to be there, too!

Sunday morning, we headed over to the park to play for a little while. Sport of the day? Soccer!

The grass was pretty interesting. I really played more of a "spectator" role.

Tried out a few yoga poses, too...

Jake was soooo tired. (Jake is soooo dramatic.)

Even Daddy went down the slides with us! (Doesn't he look like he's having an awesome time?!)

Mom snapped a bunch of pictures of us boys together. Here are some of her favorites!

After playing, we headed over to In-n-Out for lunch. Jake and I had our usual: a grilled cheese, fries, and chocolate shakes.

He's a clown.

We hope you had a good weekend, too!

Love,
R

Oh My...

Has it really been almost a month since Mom posted anything here?

Well, we're back in San Diego. We've actually been back home for a week. Somehow that week has flown by faster than you'd think.

I think it's partly because we've had Aunt Candy visiting! We we really lucky and she flew back here with us when we left Buffalo, and she's been here with us for most of the week. We've done lots of fun things...and not taken pictures of any of them.

We did attempt a little nature walk on Monday morning and Mom actually brought her camera.

We started out having a good time. It was a beautiful, sunny morning.

Then Ryan sat down on the trail. Seemed like fun for a few minutes, but then the stinker refused to get up.

He started throwing a pretty ginormous tantrum, scaring off wildlife for miles around. So, Mom turned around to head back to the car and Candy and I ventured onward.

Strangely, before Mom and Ryan ever made it back to the car, we met up with them at the beginning of the trail. We took a wrong turn at Albuquerque, I guess. It was still a fun day.

We also planted our veggie garden with Aunt Candy. It's pretty awesome that people who come out to visit us tend to help with projects. Since Daddy (and his team) did such a great job of finishing up the new wall around the side of our house, we we able to find space for a huge veggie garden!

Mom built us a teepee this morning. We planted bean seeds around it so hopefully it will turn into a cool little place for us to play.

And since we're sharing garden photos, check out these huge volunteer squashy-things we have. They popped up from the compost Mom spread out earlier this year, and we've been excited to see what would grow on them.

Here is the first thing we harvested from the volunteer plants. Looks suspiciously like a gourd we had last Halloween...

We're going to enjoy our last few hours with Aunt Candy, but we'll post more pictures later...provided Mom takes some.

Love,
J

Oh, Yeah...

We've sort of let things slide here this past week, huh?

Thank you to our California friends who have (not so) gently reminded us that we don't get a free pass just because we are in New York.

Mom hasn't taken very many pictures, though. As a matter of fact, Mom hasn't done much of anything with us lately. She has started disappearing in the mornings and not coming home til it's pretty late. Almost like she's going to work.

But it's not work. There's no way. I spent all day Tuesday at this "work." Lemme tell you, it was AWESOME. There's a tractor. AND a forklift. AND a four-wheeler. AND lots of fish. AND walkie-talkies.

And Uncle Mickey was there. And Grampa Mike. If this is work, sign me up!

Anyways...when I'm not with Mom, "working," I'm at Gramma Jojo and Grampa Mike's house. Again, a pretty great place. We'll get some pictures of all of the fun stuff and share them, but here's how much Ryan and I like it here: Every time someone asks if they can take us to the playground, we tell them that we'd rather just stay here and play in the creek.

Mom was home with us for a little while this morning. Here are a few pics...

Not sure where exactly he thought he was going there...

Ryan looks pretty serious in all of these pictures. It is pretty serious business being one and a half, after all.

We will post more photos soon!

Love,

J

One More Day

This morning we had our breakfast outside. This is what it looked like out there at 8:00 am. It was 73 degrees.

This afternoon, we're headed to the beach with some friends. It sure seems like Mom is trying to spend a lot of time outside today in the sunshine.

Wonder if it has anything to do with the trip we are planning for TOMORROW! Isn't it sunny every day in Buffalo, too?

Now, based on this next picture, can you guess what Mom spends a lot of time doing?

We've been spending lots of time making final travel plans. I tihnk we've got it all squared away now.

Oh, we are SO excited about coming to Buffalo to see everyone!

But first, off to the beach!

Love,
R