FYI

Hey, all you Tacoma Folk. Tomorrow, Saturday June 6th, is the Annual Duck Parade of University Place. If you are looking for a free event to take ths kids to, this is always a fun one. It begins at 10AM, and is always fairly short, but perfect for the kids. The parade runs along Bridgeport Way, beginning at 27th St.

Grandpa German/Uncle Phil/Mr. German, will be driving his garbage truck this year! The boys and I are planning to attend. If you want to join us call or leave a comment, so I can give you more details as needed.

Oh So Hot

Since it was already 70 degrees by 7:30 this morning, the boys were able to go swimming earlier than normal. Cousins, Kaelyn and Cooper, were able to join in on the fun while their mommy ran a few errands.

Levin was here, he just escaped the eye of the camera, this time.

Something to Pull Out in Few Years

Levin came parading out in my boots yesterday, very proud. He could not stop from giggling, hence the someone blurry photo. Not to mention that he was a bit clumsy, trying to walk around in two different boots and all.

Lately, Levin has been into wearing any shoes but his own, mainly my various pairs of flip flops. The other day he managed to get two right flip flops on, and seemed quite happy, never even noticing that they were different colors or both for the right foot.

I know that he will one day pass up my shoe size, most likely before he's ten, so I will enjoy watching him as he clip clops around in various shoes each day for us.

Splish Splash

Let me begin by stating that I took well over one hundred pictures of the boys yesterday. The first swimming pool experience of the season was so inspiring.

I LOVE our camera too, which, by the way, is a Nikon D60. Capturing "still" photos of two boys playing in the pool was a challenge even for that camera.

Now on to the real reason I am writing today.

Yesterday, since the weather was forecast to be nearly 80 degrees, I decided it was time to drag out the swimming pool. Levin could hardly wait to get in. Once he did, he was so fun to watch. Apparently he had forgotten from last year, how fun splashing in a tiny amount of water, outdoors, could be.

Philip, on the other hand, was a bit more cautious about just jumping in. Just staying true to his personality. He eventually made it in and both boys had so much fun.

"Come one Philip...it's fun!"

Oh, Oh, he's making a move.

And he's in.

What better a way to end a fun day, then with special ice cream cones, from Grandma Ann and Papa. AND, a visit from grandma and grandpa German as well.

A busy day, and a visit from all four grandparents, resulted in two very sleepy little boys.

Smores

Sunday evening marked the first of being able to enjoy a nice warm fire outside in our fire pit. This of course, included roasting marshmallows, and making smores. The boys had a great time, making a sticky mess, but I am learning that messes are par for the course with boys.

Visiting Jesus

The other day we were talking with Levin about how an elderly man in the church had passed away and was now up in Heaven with Jesus. As the conversation continued, Levin replied, "How bout we go and see Jesus on Tuesday?" (For some reason, Tuesday is the day that all things happen on.) Makes me wonder, yet again, what goes through these little ones minds.

Frugal Friday

I am not sure about all of you, but I love finding bargains. Clothes is one of the biggies for me. Since I know that all things will eventually be marked down, sometimes by quite a bit, I can never bring myself to pay full price.

This past week I found a deal I have to share. Some friends and I had taken our kiddos up to the Auburn mall to play on the toys, since it was yet another rainy day out. Afterwords we headed off to Old Navy, to find Levin some socks. It seems that lately he has been coming out with more pairs that have holes then don't. We found what we came for and then I find this shirt on clearance for $1.97, yup, that's right. I could not pass that up, since it was originally listed for $12.50. How can a shirt go from $ 12.50 to $1.97?

After finding deals like this, I am convinced more and more of why I cannot justify paying full price, especially if your like me, and you wear through, or stain clothes easily. I guess my little tip for today would be shop sales, if you want to save a few.