lake trip 2011

Justin's family takes a trip to the lake every year (for the last several anyway!) and this year we returned to Center Hill Lake in Tennessee. Here's the highlights in pictures.

Phoebe got to know all the aunts, uncles and cousins, including Shari. She seemed to like them all pretty well.

The boys enjoyed a lot of time on the boat and swimming in the lake. Lewis had a great time, while Owen was running high or low at all times. He missed his nap just about every day because all 5 of us were sleeping in one room and we wanted him to go to sleep quickly instead of his usual concert of preschool hits (with "Firework" thrown in) for a good hour. It worked in that regard, but his attitude was affected negatively at times when he got tired.

Owen's grumpy look.

He also loves the cousins and was excited Olivia came on the boat some.

The boys rode up front with Aunt Jeanne.

Back at the lake house, Grandma had some quality time with Phoebe.

The boys sat on the tube/raft thing.

Justin and Owen relaxing on the porch swing.

Phoebe and Owen.
Our view from the lake. It was lovely, but so hot!! We had a great time. It was nice to get away from reality for a while.

Phoebe starts to play

These photos were imported on July 15th! Shows how behind I am. Phoebe was chunking up a bit (notice her legs!) and starting to show interest in the dangling toys in her pink box.

VBS

We are playing catch up from the summer, starting back in mid July. We took the boys to a short VBS sponsored by the Church on Main. The boys had a great time and recognized some staff from school which made it seem more familiar! The playground was a big hit, including this funny see-saw.


The second night they had the kids act out the nativity story. Lewis agreed to play the part of a wise man. He got to take a gift to baby Jesus.

After Owen saw Lewis dressed up, he decided to participate the next time and got to be Joseph.

They were an antsy bunch, but loved the songs, costumes and crafts.

the pledge

This morning at breakfast, Owen started saying something that soundly oddly familiar. I realized he must be learning the Pledge of Allegiance at school and had him do it again. It needs work, but absolutely cracked me up. Check it out!

boys' stats

Well.....this is not a very exciting post, but our boys are growing, so we wanted to update the stats. Lewis started school last week, and Owen starts next week, so it has been a whirlwind. We were crazy and threw potty training Owen into the schedule this week to make things extra interesting!

More on all of the above later! Here's the latest:

Lewis, age 5:
Weight: 37 lbs.
Height: 40.5"

Owen, age 3:
Weight: 33.5 lbs.
Height: 38.5"

They are really close in size actually. Lewis is still in the 20th percentile which was good news. I'm always afraid he'll drop way down, but he is gaining at a steady pace. Owen is way up there percentile-wise, and doing great. He is even catching onto the potty thing pretty quick, which he should at age 3! He's going on a fairly strict timer still, but keeping dry pants pretty well. Here's hoping having those two in school will give me a bit more time to update the blog.