Warm Weather Fun in the "Backyard"

As you can plainly see, Victor and Ivan have been enjoying many popsicle parties these last couple months.  I can't believe I haven't posted anything since the winter. How did that happen? I feel so busy all day long, by the time it is quiet enough for me to put a coherent sentence together, I am already fried and end up watching the Office on Netlix or going to bed early to read for an hour or two. I thank Nicole for allowing this time in the middle of the day. She invited Vic over to play while Ivan napped.  What a friend you are!  Alone time is sacred and I don't get enough of it.  Sleep, Ivan, sleep. 

Besides being a sticky mess, Ivan is a pure delight. He is always making funny faces and talking in wierd voices and doing wacky dance moves which never fail to make us laugh and laugh. Our little clown.  He is also usually laid back and easygoing but lately is going through a major clingy phase, wanting to be held a lot more than usual. I love that he is extra cuddly but the carrying thing is not so sweet. My baby boy is heavy. I'm talkin' dead weight, diaper full of bricks. Needless to say, my back is bothering me a  bit these days.

Here are the boys cooling off with their buddy, Matthew, last seen on this blog all bundled up on one of the chilliest days of the year. Now here he is in his birthday suit... My, how the seasons change things. Yes, that is our sled filled with water and a floating horse shoe crab. Don't worry, it is dead. Bryan found it on the beach a couple weeks ago and is now part of Vic's natural collection/toys.  And yes, that is our old stove into which I want to put flowers... one of these days.

I bought Vic this coloring book for Easter. He has never gotten excited about coloring, but since there are mythical beasts involved he, of course, went crazy over this book and has been coloring ever since. He has gotten quite good, using lots of colors and staying in the lines practically better than I could.  Ahhhhh... coloring, what a peaceful, quiet, calm activity! 

Ivan trying to be a thief.  He is hardly ever quiet, calm and relaxed. Always on the move, getting into something...

 

The boys seem to be growing closer everyday. They truly enjoy doing everything together. The other day, Vic asked me when I was going to have another baby, and I said we weren't really planning on having any more, that having the two boys was all we wanted. He was disappointed so I asked him "Why? Do you want to have another brother or sister?" to which he replied "no, I want another friend." I love watching them so deeply enjoy one another and know that life with our two boys is just going to get more and more fun.