Catching up...

Well, it's summer vacation over here. Last week I had to finish up my contract at work so the boys went down to visit my parents in Iowa for a few days on their own - they had a blast. I have pictures from their trip - they did a ton of stuff while they were in Des Moines and I have yet to sort through it all!

So we picked them up on Sunday and headed home. By Tuesday afternoon I was toast. Henry is not so bad but George is out.of.control. They are both obsessed with bodily functions and talk about them incessantly. Henry has started climbing trees and I about needed oxygen when I saw how high he had climbed the other day. I screamed at them a dozen times to stop playing with the hose and not put the dog down the playset slide. (Rex is okay, but I think he's going to be happy come September).  I went to Younkers the other day and we had to walk by the lingerie section to get to the home section. They were both laughing hysterically at the mannequins in their underthings and touching the panties and bras that were on the displays and then going "EWWWW! YOU TOUCHED A BRA!!!" I just kept walking to the home section and pretended they weren't my kids. I am not making that up. I was hoping they'd get picked up by mall security.

We went to Michaels' as well, and as we walked in Henry said, "It smells kind of funny in here." George said, "Oh, that's because it's a lady store. There are lots of ladies in here so that means lots of bras. You are smelling all the bras."

WHAAT??

I am going to take up chain smoking and whiskey to get me through this summer.

Meanwhile, here are some pictures of them playing in the backyard with the hose appropriately.