Week at Nannie & Papa's

As anticipated, the boys had a great time at Nannie's. They went to VBS, swam with Aunt Angela, got to visit Uncle Jimmy at his work (the police station), and have sleepovers with their cousins almost every night. Landon even lost a tooth while there, and the tooth fairy found him!

Believe it or not, Aunt Angela was not the one feeding the boys soda this time...it was Nannie! They loved Dr. Pepper!

There were no tears or homesickness this time around. I know they are counting down the days until next summer already! Go ahead and start stocking up on the food, Nannie!  :)

 

Summer Week in VA

The boys have been gone all week. They're having a blast with Nannie & Papa on the farm, and are getting to spend a lot of time with their aunts, uncles, and cousins. They're getting spoiled rotten. They're swimming. They're farming. They're eating whatever they want. They're probably drinking Mountain Dew, compliments of their Aunt Angela. They're going to Vacation Bible School every day in the church I grew up in; sitting on those same old oak floors and those same wooden pews, and probably singing those same old songs.

Memories are being made.

But we miss them. Especially their little sister. She absolutely adores her big brothers. We are excited to pick them up tomorrow and give them a million kisses and hugs.

Brothers

"Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero!"

- Marc Brown

Paw Patrol - Landon's 9th & Carter's 6th Joint Party

For the boy's joint birthday party with family, they decided on a Paw Patrol theme (a tv show about dogs). I have noticed that I have been getting more low-key and less complicated with my parties. It's refreshing!

We had a mid-afternoon cookout with hot dogs, hamburgers, all the fixins, baked beans, mac & cheese, and chips. I also had pretzel rods (aka "fetch sticks") and Scooby Snacks graham cookies (aka "dog treats") as snacks. I served the chips and pretzels in (new and clean) dog food bowls and graham cookies in a (new and clean) dog treat container. I picked those up at the $ Tree. I set out to make "toilet water" which is a basic punch recipe (white grape juice, Sprite, Koolaid, and sugar). For toilet water, I was supposed to use blue Koolaid. Lesson learned...just because the Koolaid packet is blue, doesn't mean the actual Koolaid will be blue. So we ended up with red punch and I scrapped the "toilet water" sign (because red toilet water is just gross). I served water and beer too.

I picked up Paw Patrol invitations and napkins at my local party store and basic cups, plasticware, and divided plates at Walmart (sticking to red, blue, yellow, and green to keep with the colors of Paw Patrol). I had a Paw Patrol tablecloth and balloons...again, keeping it simple.

I made the most easiest but cutest cake - a paw print. All it was was one round cake and three cupcakes. All from one box of cake mix and one tub of icing. Easy peasy.

It was a great time getting together with family and celebrating my two sweet boys. Nine and six! Wow.

Bagley Boy Yard Service

My favorite part:

"We can help you with your yard work 

(except cutting grass because we are just kids)."

Sibling Love

The boys do their fair share of bickering, but overall I am very proud of the sibling bond all 3 of my babies have. The boys are best friends. They play together, want to be in each company (for the most part), they even sleep in the same bed together by choice. They adore their little sister, and oh my word how she adores them. I pray they will always remain this close.

Waaaaaaay Too Cool For You

I'd like to point out that the boys picked out their own sunglasses and I think they fit their personalities PERFECTLY.

I'll Keep Them.

Meditating Brothers

Landon & Carter at ninjitsu

Big Brothers Are Best

I wonder if Landon realizes just how much his little brother looks up to him? I captured this shot during ninjitsu and it melted my heart. Just the way Carter is looking at him...

My Brother Drives Me Crazy

Creative writing assignment by Landon Bagley, Grade 2

My Brother Drives Me Crazy

First, my brother loses Legos sometimes. It makes me angry. Once he lost a mini figure and it took a while to find it. It felt like it took an hour when it propaly only took 30 mins.

After that when I was sick and I wanted to go to bed fast, my brother talked and talked. I stayed up late. I was not just sick I was also tired. I wanted to go back to sleep but I had to go to school the next day.

Finally, when I want to play my iPad my brother says I want to play Landon's iPad. Mommy and Daddy usually say okay Carter you can play Landon's iPad and it drives me crazy. He usually does not give it to me to play it. He is only 4.

That's why my brother drives me crazy.

Football

I was cooking dinner the other night and peeked outside to see these two tossing a football back and forth. Not sure if it gets much cuter!  #brothers