Where Does the Time Go?

The beauty of having two boys almost exactly two years apart is that you (almost) never have to buy new clothes for the youngest.  Today I remembered this photo of Carter at age 2 and Davis at 4 months old, taken at our old house.  

I have Davis in that same t-shirt today & wanted to do a "then and now" photo.  It didn't turn out exactly how I'd hoped, but you get the idea...

 Davis (age 2 1/2) and Carter (age 4...two months away from being five!!)

 My two monkeys!

KC, sans Mommy. Day 1: Legoland

That's right, even though I am the one from Kansas City, I was not along for this recent trip in which Sean loaded up the boys, drove 12 hours from Denver to KC (it took longer because 4 1/2 hours were with the windshield wipers on full blast since a torrential downpour followed him all the way to Topeka!).  Instead, I stayed home to work (start pity party now) while Sean went to the Beilman Family reunion and stayed with the boys at Mimi & Grampy's house.

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Hugging my boys goodbye.  It was hard to let go!

Now to the fun part: Legoland Discovery Center at Crown Center

Uncle Josh, Grampy and Mimi went with Sean and the boys!  

 Sean said that each Legoland has a miniature replica of the city where it's located, all made of Legos of course.  Here you can get some scale of how small everything was:

 Kauffman Stadium (where the Royals play, folks).  

 Downtown KC

The Emerald City (above) from the Wizard of Oz.  Let me just clarify that Kansas City (at least the cool parts) are in MISSOURI.  The fact that the Wizard of Oz is represented here is a bit confusing, since the movie takes place in Kansas.  However, the city does straddle the state line and there is an industrial, boring side of Kansas City that lies in Kansas.  *It is probably my biggest pet peeve when I tell people I am from Kansas City and they say "Oh, you're from Kansas?".  Okay, I'll move on...

 Dorothy's house, in black-and-white...

 ...transitions to Munchkin Land, in full color!

 The Country Club Plaza, complete with working fountain!

 Sean took this photo to show me that the bright green tees I packed for him to dress the boys, in an effort for them to stand out in a crowd, backfired since there was a huge group (there were about 50 more kids, not pictured) of summer camp kids at Legoland...all dressed in, you guessed it, BRIGHT GREEN SHIRTS!

 Taking in a 4-D Lego Movie with Grampy

 Riding the flying wizard ride with Daddy.

 Sorry for all the photos, but I loved the progression of the next series:

 How many Beilmans can fit on a Lego cycle?

 Mimi's in charge!

 After a full day at Crown Center, everyone met for dinner.  Including, Aunt Natalie (who is due to have our baby niece next month!!) and Sean's parents who had just arrived for the reunion.  What a day!

Pool Time!

Our neighborhood pool opened Memorial Day weekend & we have been SO excited to check it out!  It is really nice to load the boys up in the wagon, walk to the pool, cool off, head home for lunch and then go down for nap...I think I have found the perfect Summer routine!  

Do they look excited?!

Our view from the splash pool...

 That crazy bucket fills with water then tips over splashing everyone within a 10-foot radius.  

At this point, Davis was ready for a PB&J, then nap.  Sounds good to me!

Mother's Day Fun

I had a wonderful Mother's Day with my three favorite guys. Sean had a great breakfast for me when I came home from work, the boys played outside most of the day and we grilled out for dinner and ate outside to enjoy the beautiful weather. I hope all you moms out there had a special day, too!

The boys were cracking us up riding around in the Jeep until the battery died. We thought Carter's driving skills were getting better, then he ran over one of my patio chairs and we are back to thinking this boy should not get his driver's license until age 18!

My two favorite boys!

Even Macey had a fun day!

Good thing mommy wasn't around when this happened.