Wilfred spent his weekends building Clayton's birthday gift this year.
I tried to make Clayton a Lego cake. Others said this looked like a lego, but I didn't think so.
Playing a safe distance away from the bigger boy party.
Clayton with some of his buddies that came to help him party the night away. Who knew 6 could be so fun!
I love his shirt! Best part is I got it in the sale rack for 5o% off!
Snow White even showed up to dance with the Birthday Boy.
Big Brother gave him fast rides around the living room.
The presents were GREAT!
He loves to play ball.
Then it was cake time....Kaleb did not hesitate!
The cake has been demolished. He learned the word Cake that night and now he asks, "Eat Cake!" pretty often.
Into the tub he went....he came back out fresh and clean and totally satisfied with his birthday.
In June my Mom and Dad took the kids and me for a Day Out With Thomas. Durango was beautiful as usual and the kids and I had a blast. Wilfred opted to stay home and take care of things.
IT'S THOMAS!
Sir Topham Hat
This is a bull snake that scared 10 years off my life when taking the trash out to the dumpster one morning. 6:30 am and I am screaming and dancing around at the top of my lungs, "Wilfred SNAKE come kill it!" He didn't hear me but all the neighbors did!
A beautiful full rainbow after a evening rain shower.
We also had some scorcher days here this summer.....
We experienced our first lost tooth! Just a week later he lost his 2nd tooth.
Why buy toys when a bag of $4 plumbing parts is far more interesting...he played with this for hours!
Clayton got to spend nearly a whole week working with his Dad. Wilfred was not on the crane, instead he was doing some tree clearing and pipe fence building. I was able to take lunch to Wilfred everyday that week....the kids loved seeing and eating lunch with Dad. Clayton had built this shelter for himself. (Dad helped just a bit.) So he and Dad ate lunch in there.
Kaleb has become a climber.... He was climbing onto this box and then sliding across it, plopping off at the end, just to get up turn around and do it again. I think it looks like he is practicing his iron working skills.
In May Grandpa Gary made a camping/fishing promise to Clayton. So the last week of July we went to Heron Lake for 4 days. The kids had a blast......can you believe this is the only picture I took, and we were leaving?!
We also Celebrated 2 birthdays and started school but I will post those separately. 
Now I will admit, chocolate isn't my preferred vice, but sometimes I do crave it! Recently that craving has been for chocolate syrup. (Blame the pregnancy hormones!) I can not stand the stuff that you buy in stores. Not only is it artificially flavored, but you can't pronounce half the ingredients. So this craving caused me to search for a homemade version. After looking at several recipes I found one I liked, but still had to change it to suit my tastes. Most versions came out pretty watery or runny. I like a mix between syrup and hot fudge consistency. So here it is my version of Homemade Chocolate Syrup.Serve over any ice cream....especially the Homemade kind.
