feelin' hot hot hot

lego time - and callan pulling himself up

giving callan his morning yogurt

the boys helped chad put in shelves in the garage on saturday. carter really enjoyed mimicking what chad was doing

little miss sunshine

mr. i don't need a nap

our new house helper doing the dishes

loving his avacado

wearing hats

It has been crazy hot here. That means we have been staying inside a lot more. We also hit up the pool once last weekend. He is what the boys have been up too.
Carter just finished his last summer camp and has enjoyed the last few days just staying home. He is getting excited about his birthday coming up and is always quick to point out or talk about all the things he wants for his birthday. He wants a kite like curious george and I think he wants a real live Clifford the bed red dog. Despite him trying our patience lately he has been in mother hen mode a lot. He has really taken a liking to helping with Callan. He loves to feed him and put his clothes in the hamper. He (and camden too) will also take the empty bottle and put in on the counter for us. He looks for Callan and lets me know if he thinks he is getting into something he shouldn't. The other day he was helping and encouraging him to crawl and pull himself up. Those two have a special bond. Here is something funny he said last week. As we were leaving for his camp he asked me what his teachers name was again. I said "mrs. Blank" (who by the way always brought her 6 month old little girl with her to camp) He then said, "we should ask Mr. Blank if we can trade Callan for the girl baby" I asked him if he would miss Callan and he said yes mom but you have to make a trade! Funny kid. He loves girl babies. One other thing that cracks me up is that he mistakes the word favorite for flavored. So he often asks for his flavored puppy.
Camden Parker is soaking in his terrible twos. I hear "no" come out of his mouth way more than I like. He is really trying to find his place in the family and what he can get away with. But he really enjoys the praise he gets when does something for himself or he figures something out. He enjoys playing games that test his knowledge and gets excited when he is right. He is still Carter's shadow. He will repeat anything that he says and does anything Carter does. He also instigates a lot more now. There is a decent amount of rough housing that starts with Cam.
Callan is changing every day. He is now pulling himself up. Mainly to his knees but he got to his feet twice. This means he practices his new skill instead of falling asleep for his naps. But after he cries because he is stuck we go in and lay him down and he will fall asleep. This also means that he has pulled himself up onto unstable objects that have toppled over on him or has frequently pinched his fingers in drawers. He is so fast and quick it is hard to keep him from hurting himself. He got a giant bruise on his forehead this weekend after he fell over. I imagine this will be a frequent occurrence at our house.