Run, Run, Run

Run, run, run! That's what the boys liked to do when they were outside. Zack loved chasing Drew and Drew loved being chased by his big brother. Zack was amazed how much Drew changed since the last time they saw each other (the last time was at Christmas time). Zack also did a lot of growing up too, but he doesn't see that on himself.

It was magical seeing those too together and how well they got along and bonded. Its amazing that these two boys are 10 hours apart for most of the time, but you put them together and they act as if no time has passed since the last time they saw each other. Its priceless!

Fancy Shirts

One of our projects that took place over vacation was to make home-made tye-dye shirts. I haven't done this in so long and no one else in the house (including Zack) ever made them. I thought this was a perfect afternoon project to do with everyone.

Zack's is the upper left shift. Jeff's is the upper right shirt. My FIL's shirt (which he made for my niece Ally and we keep forgetting to give it to her) is the bottom left. Drew's is in the middle and mine is the bottom right.

We still have to make my parents a shirt and my FIL wants to make one for himself, so I see in our near future making more shirts. It was easy to do since we were outside and not worrying about getting the dye on the furniture. The longest part was waiting for the shirts to set with the dye. Other then that, it was a piece of cake.

Big Shoes To Fill

He may thing he's a big boy, but he's my little boy. I don't want him rush it, he can take his time. There will be plenty of time for him to get there. I want him to stay in his shoes for as long as possible.

This Weeks Adventure

We made it through our big adventure this week, the beach and aquarium. There were times I wasn't too sure if we'd make it, but we did. We survived and had a great time.

The first mis-hap....I forgot my camera. I had forgotten a few other things (geez, mom can't remember everything ya know), but I was most disappointed about the camera. We decided to pick up some disposable camera's (they are not developed yet) but I did snap a few pictures on my cell phone which did the trick for now.

Drew wasn't too sure about the sand, he didn't like it sticking to his hands so he was asking for help to get it off his hands most of the time. He wasn't too sure about the waves at first, he didn't even want to get his feet wet. But after several walks on the board walk and along the waters edge, he warmed up to it and was having a blast by the end of the time at the beach. Jeff and Zack are not the biggest fans of the beach, but they hung in there pretty good. They hung out on the beach, walked the board walk with Drew and we all went for ice cream too. My FIL and I loved to sit in the beach chairs and relax when we had the chance, that was wonderful.

After the beach, we headed to the hotel and once we were unpacked headed down to the indoor pool. Everyone had a blast there!

Yesterday, after breakfast, we headed to the aquarium. I was excited to see Drew's & Zack's reaction to the exhibits. But, once we checked out the place, we were all a little disappointed (well, except for Drew since he loved watching the fish). It wasn't up to our expectations. The Baltimore Aquarium was much better. But, we made the best of it and we were happy we just didn't come down for the aquarium, that we had combined it with a beach trip too.

Wordless Weds - Mural Progress

Summer Jewels

One of the best things besides fresh fruit during the summer is all the fresh veggies. I love the pulled off the vine tomatoes, just right cucumbers and the sweet taste of the perfect ear of corn.

Drew is exploring all of these things to the fullest this summer. Some things he likes and others, not so much. But, I do have to say this, he trys everything. The resent discovery was corn on the cob. A couple times earlier in the season he would hold the corn on the cob and look at it like, what am I suppost to do with this (even though we'd show him) but nothing more then that.

The other day, Drew was studding me eat my ear of corn. He was watching me very closely at everything I was doing, so I handed him my started piece of corn. He took it with both hands and started munching away. He loved it! I don't know if it was because I had started it for him or if it was my piece of corn, but he was really enjoying himself.

He Has Arrived

Zack has arrived! He is with us for the week, yeah! His mom brought him over the weekend, dropped him off and he's ours for the rest of vacation (except for a couple of hours Weds night).

He has grown up so much, he's taller, self conscious (no longer the kid mentality, but occasionally he acts goofy) and growing a little mustache. He's becoming the teenager that soon he will become in December.

Zack arrived during Drew's nap time on Saturday, so they didn't see each other until after he woke up. Once Drew woke up, he strutted out of his room like usual, then he noticed Zack sitting at the kitchen table and stopped dead in his tracks. He hasn't seen his brother since last Christmas and even though we've been talking about Zack and showing him pictures, there was still some getting used to each other time. Once that shy faze wore off, it was all about showing Zack all of his toys, following him around and studying his big brother.

It’s going to be a fun filled week. We have little things planned, but our big adventure coming up is heading down to Hammonasset Beach, stay over and then check out Mystic aquarium. Zack has no idea what we'll be doing, so we keep talking about out big adventure in code....it keeps him on his toes.

It’s going to be a great week!!