Just ONE

Our neighbors have boy/girl twins a year younger than ours, a 4 year old boy AND a house in the Ozarks. What a blessing! Plus, we love them:) So, Matt asked Tyler and Porter to go to the lake for a guys' weekend while I stayed behind with just ONE child ALL weekend. Oh my gosh...can you say "What a breeze!"??? Yes, I love my boys and we missed them tons and it was weird to have one twin and not the other, but boy, was it easy! We had some fun girl time to boot while the boys did boy stuff and bonded...fishing, paddle boats, caves, grilling, and video games. We got our toes done, ate ice cream, shopped, rode the carousel, played with our friends, and took a long morning walk to starbucks:)!!! Both kids were angels alone with mommy and daddy and we cherished special time with each of them. Next time we'll switch! It was so funny to see Porter and Piper's reunion after being apart. They truly missed each other, but you could tell they liked their alone time, too! I guess after 3 1/2 years of togetherness, they earned a weekend apart:)

in a special chair just for her, getting her toes a nice bright orange:)

on the carousel with Jen and Elise (a little blurry since we were in motion!)

**Tyler only took pics on his phone at the lake, so I have none of their adventures:(

Tyler had to go to Denver today after the Ozark trip, so that kind of stunk, but we had a full day and visited our nearby Farmstead that we haven't been to in a while. It's all decked out for Fall!

This is how we dooz it...

Just a few random pics from the end of our summer days...

As we were washing every single toy imaginable after the dust storm from the basement...I got a big tub filled with water to make things easier. My mom was helping out and as I came upstairs with another bundle of toys to be rinsed, this is what I saw....

"Get your underoos on, kids, and go on out in the new pool!" Ha ha.


Next, Piper has an addiction to sweets, especially chocolate as you may know. She was helping me make brownies and I let her lick the bowl...and spoon, and fingers. Porter wanted nothing to do with it...odd since he's the messy one of the bunch. I guess the girl will do anything for chocolate. Won't we all?!?!

Porter insisted on wearing these red and white socks with his brown sandals to the gym one day. There was no talking him out of and really no reason to, I guess. He was very proud and didn't even care that I kept calling him "Socks".

Pre school has started. Today was their second day and they LOVE it! I'm so happy that they are happy. They tell me all about their day and their favorite parts of it...growing so fast!