Tea Party

James as been having a lot of tea parties lately (fruit tea of course), so I thought I would capture it on video. Enjoy!

(P.S. At the end after he trips on Matthias I stop the recording, but he said "Careful Matty"...ha, ha)

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A few I forgot:

(while pushing Matt)
"Tip over, tip over"

(while "patting" Matt on the back, but 'winding' his arm up about 2 or 3 feet away from Matt's back)
"I burping him."

(while sitting on Matt's back)
"I riding him."

(when asked where Dad works)
"Mobil X"

From the mouth of James:

Below is a list of some things James has said...

(while Matthias is crying his head off)
"Me help you Matt. I Superman."

(while rubbing his chin)
"Whiskers. Me whiskers. Like Grandpa"

(at 8:15pm after Taylor made him sit in his bed and read before he went to sleep)
"Binkie? Bed?" (said pleadingly)

(after James listed several items he likes)
Mom: "Do you like Dad?"
James: "Daddy loves me."

(after reading the story of Jonah)
"Whale is coming, whale is coming!!"

I plan to make this a regular post...adding the new things James says that we find funny. Love y'all!! Kris.

Look at ME!!

Matthias is officially a sitter now. He is only a little tipsy these days and he loves being able to sit and play with his toys and James!! Six months next week...time flies!!

(You'll notice he is characteristically covered in spit up...=])

Here we go 'round the Blueberry Bush...

As the culminating event for our plant and garden month at "Mom's Amazing Preschool for James" we decided to take a trip to Moorhead Blueberry Farm today to pick some berries! So I packed up the boys and off we went.

They (meaning James) had a great time running around with a bucket. (Matt sat in the stroller and supervised.) After picking a few blue berries and several red, yellow, or green berries James began grabing berries off the bushes by the fistfull regardless of color. Determining that carefully picking only blue berries was not the activity for him, James found a stick and began trying to stab berries on the end of it and play in the dirt.

When my friend Sylvia and I were about ready to go Sophia and James took off at a run. We chased (picking berries along the way) and quickly found Sophia playing in a giant fire ant hill. Meanwhile, James took about five or more minutes to track down two sections and several rows over hiding amongst the bushes.

We ended the day with 3.11 lbs of blueberries and at least twice that much sweat (Houston is hitting 90 and humidity every day now...ahh, the joys of summer). Overall we had a great time!

Our trip to Arizona...

So we just got home from Arizona where we went for Scott's wedding and some fun time with family. Matthias had his first plane ride on May 15 and did very well (first pic). The next day, Wednesday, we went to the zoo as a family (pic #2) and out to Bajios with Scott and Mindy. Then mom and dad went to a session in the Mesa temple and the boys played with their aunts. Thursday morning Scott and Mindy got married and we took lots of pics. Then there was lunch at The Landmark Resturaunt and back to swim at Grandma and Grandpa's hotel. That night mom and dad went out for dinner with Marcus and Liz and the boys played with the aunts. Friday we drove to Duncan for the reception and stopped at a Indian Ruin on the way (pic#3) and saw the farm where Mindy's from and watched presents opened (pic#4). Mom and her sisters got Scott's car!!

Saturday was a long day driving back to Pheonix and getting on a plane home. The boys did great though and everyone was very tired after. We had a lot of fun visiting with Grandma and Grandpa Urie and all the aunts and uncles. It was a fun trip!!