goof balls!

We have all been trying to recover from a cold this week...but the guys still manage to make us laugh with all the silly things they do!

Daddy loves getting big hugs from his guys!

I mean really, who doesn't love taking their shirt off part way and running around pretending they are crazy hats or long hair!?

How old is this guy?

Dylan really enjoys helping clean off the tables. Here he is scrubbing their little table and is taking great care to get it very clean!

We received several raspberry plants this week and the guys did such a great job of helping to plant them in the yard. They especially liked pulling the dirt off the clumps of grass that Daddy dug up!
Like I said, they are always up for being a little goofy!

Hikes, Cupcakes and Birthdays

This weekend we headed out to a local wildlife refuge for a hike.
Dylan is giving a thumbs up for this trail and boardwalk.

Cole is telling us what the brochure says about this overlook.

The guys were looking for towhee birds in the big oak tree above. I'm not sure why they liked the name towhee so much but they saw one at the beginning of the hike and were talking about it and looking for more the rest of the walk.

Later that evening we all helped make 'egg-free' cupcakes for a birthday party of a friend. Cole likes to stir!

But the boys most enjoyed discovering the joy of licking the bowl. Daddy showed them his techniques.

Here is Lina the birthday girl...and the boys' strawberry cupcakes on the table. Yum!

Camping in February!?

This weekend we headed off to the coast for a camping trip.

When we got there it was beautiful weather...cold and perfectly clear. Our first stop was a mandatory one to look at the boats and sea lions in the bay.
Here Cole is standing in front of a large ocean mural.

The guys had so much fun looking at the 'parked' boats and running up and down this board walk. Dylan is about to attack and wrestle Daddy to the ground. The three of them ended up in a pile on the ground laughing so hard they couldn't get up!

Dylan's silly smile.

The gang...mostly.

We camped in a yurt at one of the state campgrounds. They have electricity, beds and a table and chairs. They also claim to have a heater...but I think that the word 'heater' is a bit of an overstatement for the 12' x12' electric toaster in the wall. If I can still see my breath after many hours of the heater being on I wouldn't call the yurts 'heated'. So the boys had a blast and fell asleep quickly...but by morning we had ALL ended up in Mom and Dad's two sleeping bags. Let me just say...two zipped together mummy bags is not meant for 4!!
The boys woke up happy so I'm not one to complain...too much! Here they are eating a hearty breakfast of bananas and warm oatmeal.

Once we packed up we headed out to the Hatfield Marine Science Center to look at some fish. Here is Dylan and his silly smile again.Inside the center the boys got to touch all sorts of sea life in these great 'touching tide pools'. Cole did NOT want to leave. He kept saying that he wasn't done playing with the fish.

Dylan is listening to stories about what he was touching.
The guys can really have fun anywhere they go...especially if there are rocks around. We had to spend another 15 minutes out front of the center to check out all the fabulous rocks!
Cole was not ready to leave the rocks either!