Zachary drew Allie

I. Love. It.
This will be in a frame on the wall in her room in the next few days.

T is for T Party

Zachary's class had a "T" party at school last week. They had decorated tables and fancy snacks. The teachers also had the boys pull the girls' chairs out and let them sit first. It was so cute. All week after this party, Zachary would pull Allie's chair out for her and he said, "Mommy, I will always have good manners for Allie."

When we left to head for school, Zachary was wearing this Batman t-shirt (below). As we pulled up to school, I noticed a lot of the children were dressed up. So I confirmed with a teacher that they were supposed to dress up, apologized to Zach, and ran home to get him a dress shirt (above). He wore it for the brunch portion of the party, but took it off after that. (I think I felt better knowing that he really didn't want to wear the dressier shirt anyway.)

Here's his class: Lotsa boys! So fun!

Boxing

Some of you remember that I got Todd boxing gloves as a wedding gift. Zachary found them the other day and hasn't been the same since.
He & Todd were dukin' it out pretty good. I put the gloves on and showed Zachary how to beat up his dad (just kidding...[maybe]).
I think they were both worn out after a 30-minute round. Zachary loved it!

Siblings

Todd & I are so very blessed with two great kids who LOVE each other! Zachary & Allie are so sweet to each other and (right now) they are very good buds. I know this may not always be the case, but I am certainly enjoying it now!
They play the most wonderfully imaginative games together. One of my favorites is when they try to save each other from Daddy when he's pretending to be a monster. Allie will claw at Todd and yell "That's my brother! Let him go!"

In this picture, they were doing each other's hair. They even had little conversations as if they were stylist & client. So very cute.
I love my sweet kids.

At the Park

On Saturday last weekend, we went to the park with Mimi after the kids' nap.
They wore their goofy sunglasses. I love it!

See Allie's hair? It finally came in. She's only three now.

Zachary does these monkey bars by himself. I think he's pretty strong...to be able to do that, right?

Zachary can also pump his legs to keep the swing swinging. Such a big kid now!

We also enjoyed a yummy picnic for our dinner that evening. It was delightful!