A quick visit to Chicago

I was able to make a trip up to Chicago with the boys. Very busy and hectic with all that is going on with my dad right now, but good. We had some special time with family and I got a chance to see and hang out with friends from my high school years. I hadn't seen some of them in 20 years. It always good to see old friends and catch up to see and hear what they have been up to. It was also good for my boys to meet the little ones of my friends. They all just hit it off.

We rode the train (the CTA "EL") that runs up and down the expressway (interstate for you southerners). We also found a park that has "diggers". At this stage in life with two boys what more could you ask for? Oh, how about the dinosaur park somewhere in Indiana. I didn't stop but you can see a big T Rex from the road. That's pretty much all they need.

Post #2 Family Beach Trip

We are making it our tradition to take a family vacation with the boys to the beach (Florida) each year. Last year we stayed in a condo right on the beach, which was AWESOME and easy. This year we stayed in a one level house (great for Dylan and no stairs). We were a 2 minute walk to the beach and right down from the pool. The boys had a great time, so did Mommy and Daddy. It was so much fun to spend quality time together as a family and just relax. No schedules what so ever. The weather was also great. J and D for the first time got to share a room and a bunk bed. They did great...played a little but had the best time. Here are some of our beach pics.

Blog Slacker Post #1

Sorry it has been awhile. With the boys finishing the school year out, Daddy out of town, taking a vacation...I have slacked at blogging. Hopefully I'm forgiven. We did take a trip to Auburn with some friends back in early May. The boys went and saw an Auburn Baseball game while the Mommies and the younger boys hung out. It was a fun weekend spent with great company. Unfortunately the Tigers lost the baseball game.

The Boys Are Ready For Summer

The weather hit 86 degrees today, in my opionion too hot! Why is it we get so excited for Spring here in Alabama and it last all of 2-3 weeks before it starts getting too warm?!

Since we had such great weather to play in water, why not pull out the water table?! Dylan eyed it in the storage closet this morning and pretty much fussed all morning because he wanted to play with it. He had school today so he had to wait until he got home. So guess what was the first thing he mentioned when I picked him up from carpool, you guessed it...the water table.

The boys had the best time playing in the water. Almost an hour had gone by while they were playing and then it was off to nap. What more could a tired Mommy ask for?

Hey and why not take your shirt off, I guess to keep it dry huh?

Easter

Easter was a relaxing day for us in the Heald household. Church, lunch, egg hunt, and rest. Joshua was so excited to go searching for those eggs. To his and Dylan's dissappointment there were no treats in the eggs that Mommy hid. We had already been on a few egg hunts throughout the week and then our neighbor asked the boys if they would like to hunt eggs as well. You would think it was Halloween with all the candy in our house. The unfortunate thing is that there are no more Reese's eggs...so sad for Mommy. Hope everyone had a great Easter.

The Before and After

It was time again for the boys to get haircuts. They usually go with a modest trim except this time I wanted to try a little something different with Joshua. I love Scott's haircut so I figured why not try to get Joshua's to somewhat look like his. The results are obviously shorter. I'm not sure if this is the cut for him. I am just a creature of habit and am so used to his normal cut. What do you think?

An Early Easter

We celebrated Easter with Scott's family a week early this year. We always have a good time at Grandee and Poppy's but Joshua was especially eager to get to their house because he knew there would be an Easter egg hunt. The food was great (the boys loved the cupcakes)and so was the company of Grandee, Poppy, Aunt Jennifer, Uncle Stacey, KK, and Zach. The boys had fun searching for eggs as well as the treats they found on the inside.
I'm sure there will be some more postings on our various egg hunts over the course of the week but we need to remember what Easter is all about, the resurrection of Jesus. Nothing could be sweeter than that.