Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and Last Week

So much has happened since I've last written, that to tell the tale, would require days worth of writing.  To condense the last three months and catch up, I'll be short and sweet.  In April we accepted an offer on our old house and sold it on May 3rd.  While waiting on the new house to close, we spent the month of May at my Aunt's house, in a hotel and in Lake Charles, just hanging out and being homeless.  We closed on the new house at the end of the month and have spent the better part of June getting used to our new surroundings.  We moved from the Sugar Land area to the Katy area, while never actually leaving the city of Richmond, which is what our address reads.  Whew, there, that brings me to present day.

We spent our Fourth of July camping with Bryan's parents in Canyon Lake.  The boys were SO excited to have an actual "camp-out" and they couldn't wait.  They had seen other people camp on tv and they were more than ready.  Upon our departure, Colt was only concerned about what thing: marshmallows!  His only concern was making SURE we had them, because it would be impossible to have a successful "camp-out" without them.

We did indeed bring marshmallows and roasted them both nights.  It was scorching hot during the day, but really cool and pleasant at night.  We found that naps were out of the question when we put them down in the tent and they kept slapping their own faces every time sweat rolled down because they thought it was a bug.  It was pretty funny to watch actually. 

Colt absolutely loved the water (much like his Grandma) and swam until I was sure his arms were going to fall off.  Sam, on the other hand, was not so crazy about it.  He made us hold him the whole time because he was afraid of the "waves."  And by waves, I mean, the wake that passing boats would make.  This should make our beach trip at the end of the month enjoyable, ha.

Needless to say, it was a fun experience and the boys were asking to go back as soon as we put them in the car to go home.

Today, we introduced them to a foreign object, or at least it was to them.  A slip-n-slide.  Bryan took it out and decided to put it up in the backyard.  He was meticulous in setting it up just right, making sure it got the most amount of water possible and sloped down in the right direction.  We brought the boys outside and yelled "surprise!"  They just looked at us like we were crazy, so we attempted to explain how this strange water thing worked and what they were supposed to do.  And they just stood there, looking at us iin a dead stare.  So Bryan took one for the team and decided to demonstrate.  Well that was it, they got the slip-n-slide bug.  They proceeded play on it until we forced them, kicking and screaming, to come inside.  Colt got the hang of it quick, weighing only 36 pounds, he flew from one side to the other.  Sam, was not so successful.  He would run to the end, stop, throw his belly onto the plastic and inch like an inchworm all the way down to the end.  It might have been the funniest thing we'd ever seen.  He was VERY serious and would give high-fives, saying "yeah, that's how you do it!" It was SO cute.  My precious boy.  I'm still laughing.  I've put up pictures, but you can't get the full effect, so next time I'll take a video.

Colt's new thing when he tries to explain something to you, is to tell you when it happened.  Just today, Bobba came to visit on his way to work, then Bryan got home and took the boys fishing in the neighborhood and then set up the slip-n-slide in the back yard.  Well if you asked Colt, he would tell you that he went camping today, caught a fish with daddy last week and slipped on the slide yesterday and Bobba came to visit tomorrow.  He gets frustrated when you don't understand or correct him, so I don't.  I know eventually I will have to teach him this, but for now, it's pretty funny.  He is very serious and proud of himself for describing when things happened.  For instance, he told me tonight, "I caught a big fish with daddy last week, I TOLD YOU!" ha.  My little buddy.  Oh well, it works with the blog this time at least.  I think I'm caught up now on yesterday, today, tomorrow and last week.  Until next time....