“Lemonade, Cookies, & Golf Balls for Sale!”

The boys had their first lemonade stand at Grandma and Grandpa’s house last week. G & G live on a golf course, so the boys set up shop right on the course and sold their lemonade, cookies, and golf balls.

Apparently, they are pretty good salesmen because in just an hour’s time, they made $25! But, then again, who could refuse these two adorable guys?

Jack and one of his customers.

Taking a break from sales to play the drum in the tent.

Emmett joins in, too!

And a brief pause in the action to take a picture with Grandma!

My Little Racers

I ran in a 15k race this morning. As part of the event, they had a kid’s dash. Jack has been excited to “race” all week and was just certain that he was going to win. He and I talked a lot about how races weren’t always about winning and how I was going to do my very best and try to get my best time.  He agreed and decided to do his best and get his best time.

The boys got registered and got their racing bibs on.

Then they lined up at the start line.

On your marks. Get set. GO!

And my two racers with their ribbons! Even though his look doesn’t show it in this picture, Jack was pretty proud of his ribbon. And I was pretty proud that they each did their best!

Sleeping in Action

I always hear stories of how children fall asleep in the middle of playing, and their parents  find them sawing logs in a pile of Legos. I had never experienced this with either of my boys, until today.

Jack was the first to go. He and Emmett had been happily building a fort in the living room. Emmett had since moved on to playing in the rec room, where I was. I realized that it was pretty quiet in the living room, which for anyone who has kids knows, usually means trouble. I went into the living room bracing myself for whatever mischief I might find and found, instead, an angelic sleeping child.

He looked so comfortable that I just left him. Meanwhile, Emmett really wanted to eat some tortellini for dinner. Even though it was only 4:45, I decided to feed him. So we made some tortellini together and went out to the patio to eat it. I sat reading my new copy of Real Simple as he ate his dinner. I happened to look up from my magazine and found that Emmett, too, was asleep.

I transferred both of them to their beds, where they are happily sleeping right now as I write. So here it is, 5:30 and both of my boys are asleep in their beds. In their defense, both have been battling a cold or something all week long. Will they sleep all the way through the night?  Or will we be up at midnight with two bright-eyed, well rested boys? Only time will tell…