ALS and Ice

We have been just chillin' around here.

Brody had his meeting with the TN Early Intervention Center.  He was a smart boy and able to do exactly what she wanted (hand her ball, dog, car, etc.).  He just didn't really say anything she could understand.  So we qualified for speech therapy until three.  I'm super excited.  He just has a little speech delay and I'm sure over time, it will fix itself; but I love that we can jump on it now.   


I got off early one afternoon and treated the boys to yogurt.  Summer has finally caught up with us and it is HOT.


Happy.

Droopy eye when he is tired.

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has gone viral and it finally got to us last week.  Mason was very excited about it.

He got a little concerned when I dumped water on myself...just wasn't as excited any longer.  =)

But he was a trooper.

A little side note.  I think this challenge is great.  A ton of money has been raised but more importantly, the awareness is now there.  Everyone knows about ALS.  My sweet little guy wanted to know what it was exactly.  After talking about it the whole way home,  he said he knew what he needed to do (I thought he was talking about dumping water on his head).  He put some change in his pocket and when it was time to get wet, he pulled it out and said it was so the people who are sick could get better.  We donated and added in Mason's money.

It's Friday!

I challenged Mom, so she let me dump water on her.  =)

And Brinkley got Brody.  Silly thing.

Mason turned into a rat.  =)

Our kids decided to wake up at six o'clock Saturday morning.  Perkins it was.
Another side note:  Driving by Perkins, Brody screams and points to stop there.  Every time.  The kid must love those pancakes.

We had Sarah Blake's birthday party Saturday.  Mason did about a hundred front flips off the diving board.  I only had about fifty heart attacks.

Speaking of heart attacks, Brody is not scared of the water.  He especially likes to jump off the side of the pool when you are NOT looking.

Jake tossing the birthday girl in the air.

Cupcakes!

We came home and I assumed would take a nap...but the neighbors were out so that wasn't happening.  I still can't believe there are 6 boys the same age on a tiny piece of our street.

We all went swimming that afternoon in Alex's pool.  They had to take a break from jumping off the diving board for a snack.

Movie night.  (so Mom and Dad could rest!!!!)

That garden of mine has a mind of its own...maybe my thumb isn't so green after all.  Don't put your cucumbers close to peppers or squash...

I have half squash/cucumber and half pepper/cucumber.




Sunday afternoon we celebrated Mr. Larry's birthday.

John and Anderson.

They had a slip-n-slide set up and you know these two were all over that.

Brody trying to figure it all out.

Reese sliding.

Mason.

And then Robert had to show them how to do it.   Ha.

Then we helped Mr. Larry do his ALS challenge.  He had a couple extra people dumping water on him.

Big big weekend.  Both boys fell asleep about five minutes from the house...so we turned the car around and got ice cream.  The kids never knew.  =)

And just like last week, Mason never woke back up again...slept until 6:00 this morning.  That kid needs his sleep!