Homemade Sand Table

We had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend:)

BK was off the WHOLE weekend....

which was a super suprise because we thought for sure he would have to work.

Nothing super eventful,

we caught up on some projects,

skyped with family,

spent an afternoon with friends,

and completed a man project!

Good little weekend.

Our wonderful friends the Greg and Emily

gifted us a turtle sand box,

they swore they didn't need.

It started our man project.

Here are:

BK and Greg loading it on the roof of Lexi

Next Step: Momma didn't want it on the ground if possible.

(to much sand on little bodies and in our house!)

So, a man project to make a homemade sand table....

We took a family trip to Menards (a mid west special!)

Got sand.

BK and the boys went to Lowes for

cinder blocks and wood for the base.

(10% military discount at Lowes!)

BK even got to use his one power tool (drill)

to secure the base.

BK pouring in the sand....

The boys proudly standing by their project

Russell testing it out...

Everyone was super happy...

especially momma

Q and R played for hours in the sand table....

awesome.

we were waiting

I feel like all my little men go through this stage where they don't poo for multiple days, and it begins to worry me.

I was trying not to stress, but the long stretch did coordinate with the little lego incident...

So I was a bit freaked he was blocked up by a swallowed lego.

My calm hubby assured me he wasn't.

Finally the poo came!

I was relieved.

It is so weird what excites me as a momma:)

When your addicted to endorphins...

You must do whatever you can to get them.

Even if it is three little men in the double stroller.

I am not recommending it....

Q was a bit squished...

and we didn't go fast,

and we didn't go far...

but we went:)

The tornado

Our afternoon plans were foiled by the tornado warning.
We waited it out in our car in our underground garage.
It was a bummer but we made a memory, playing in the car and listening to the radio updates from the storm chasers...
We weren't being totally wimpy the tornado touched down just a few miles from us!
Here is our pic of the fam hiding in our car, just us and our external hard drive:)
Can't lose the pics!

Already...8 Months!

Rhett...

easy-going,

two bottom teeth chomper,

drooler,

cheerio-eater,

loves playing with his feet,

smiley,

entertained by his big brothers,

late night snuggler/eater:),

car seat napper,

non crawler,

but can get anywhere through a combo of rolling and scooching:)

blondy,

18 month clothes wearer,

just awesome.

Oh yeah...

and

8 months old...

today!

play pen time....

Rhett does great in his play pen.

I use it a lot, especially since the little lego incident.

The big boys love to play with Rhett...

so I often find them in the play pen with him.

As long as no one is crying....

I'm ok with it:)