Busy, Busy

We've had a busy week. Today we went swimming with a good friend of mine from work and her daughter. We had lunch by the pool and played for a couple of hours. Braxton was very well behaved and was so sweet to Savannah. Good practice, I think, for what awaits him towards the end of September.

At night all this week we've been going to Bible school. This is Braxton's first year attending and he has LOVED going. When he woke up on Monday I was telling him what we'd do and I said something about going to Bible school and he looked at me and said, "We get to go again?" His buddy from school has been there and they have such a great time together. I took some shots of them tonight doing the Hokey Pokey.

Summertime?

We love summer. Brax has always loved being outside and even more than that, heat! When he was a newborn and would cry inconsolably, which was often, we would take him outside in the hot and he'd stop. This morning he wanted changed out of his sleeveless, Spiderman, short pajamas and wanted a more appropriate outfit. He picked out a long sleeve shirt and long pants. When it came time for him to go outside he assured me that he wanted to keep his chosen clothes on "in case of bees." I even went so far and told him that if he kept that on he'd have to come inside in just a bit to cool off. That bit of reverse psychology didn't work for him. He said, "OK, but when I cool off I'm going back out!"
Shortly after I went back in (way too hot for me) I was folding clothes and came across this new Diego shirt from Grandaddy and took it back out. He was willing to change shirts but insisted he keep his pants on. After all, he'd just seen "a black bee!"

What a Mess!

The garden has started to produce some things. Brandon picked the above this morning. He was excited but when I showed Braxton he was really excited. It's really done well and as you can tell from the first picture it's much bigger than it was when I first took pictures. Next year we might have to go a little bigger!
(Side note about the second picture- The first one I took he moved as soon as I took the picture so it was all blurry. I said, "don't move." After I took the second one he said "Mama, I moved my finger. But you didn't see it!")

A Monkey Joes Celebration

I think last night was a success. Brax is in the beginning stages of getting a cold and that made me nervous but as soon as we walked into Monkey Joes his shoes were off and he was ready to go play. All of his little buddies came and they played almost non-stop. There was crying when it was time to eat pizza and cake and I had to practically beg Braxton to wait until all of his little friends had eaten before he went back out to play. (The picture of him crouched over was while we were singing Happy Birthday, of course).

4 years old already!!

Be strong in the Lord and never give up hope
You're gonna do great things I already know
God's got His hand on you, so don't live life in fear
Forgive and forget, but don't forget why you're here
Take your time and pray
These are the words I would say

On this day, 4 years ago, I received the greatest gift of my life. Happy birthday big boy!!
(party is tomorrow. I'll be sure to post this weekend)