3 Men & A Little Lady: May 2012

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

{Bogart Park}

We had such a busy and fun Memorial weekend. To start it off, we went camping with our good friends the Headley's at Bogart park.

Owen and Mya helped daddy build the fire.

Kenny brought some ropes to make a swing.

Hot Dogs...its so nice that my boys are old enough to cook their own.

The Headley girls don't mind getting dirty and playing with the boys!

Drew, our tree monkey!

Hunter is like Kenny's little brother. We tore him away from his phone to come hang out with us!

Owen's favorite part of the whole camping trip!

Yummy Smores!

Anderson chased Mya all over camp... she loves to push his buttons!

Marshmallows devoured!

Eggs, Sausage, Buttermilk Pancakes.....mmmm!

Rock Throwing

Maddie takes care of Mya like a big sister! She was her little shadow the whole day.

We didn't get very much sleep, but we had lots of fun and didn't see any bears, so all in all it was a successful camping trip. We are already making plans for our next camping trip. A summer of camping, vacationing, and playing at the beach....here we come!

Saturday, May 26, 2012

{Future Veterinarians}

Kenny or Dr. Daddy Summers, is training our children at a young age to be future Veterinarians! Ian & Owen have already decided that they want to be Vets, which makes daddy happy. However tomorrow they might change their minds! Drew, on the other hand still wants to be a fire fighter and Mya said she wants to be a mommy!

Kenny went in for his 35th emergency for the month, they've been crazy busy, and called and invited us up to watch him do surgery on a dog who ate 3 rocks.

Our kids have grown up seeing blood, so this image was no big deal to them.

Kenny told them exactly what he was doing and pulled out intestines and the stomach to show the kids.

It took some digging around before he grabbed each of the rocks.

Poor pooch, thats gotta hurt!

These are some expensive rocks!!!

Kenny always impresses me with his surgical skills and his patience with our children. He is a great teacher and a wonderful provider. He is an amazing father, our kids are very blessed to him.

Friday, May 18, 2012

{Best Buddies}

I love to watch Mya and Owen playing. They have the best giggles that are contagious.

Mya sure is going to miss her play buddy when Owen starts school in August. I'm so grateful that they are so close!

Thursday, May 17, 2012

{Pinewood Derby}

I'm not sure who was more excited about the Pinewood Derby, Drew or Kenny! Kenny went online and researched how to make the car run faster and used lots of "tricks," which I am unable to disclose! Drew looked at several cars online and chose his favorite. He only had one stipulation in mind as he decided...it had to be fast! Kenny did all the cutting, Drew did the sanding, and together they painted the car.

Here is the finished product!!!!

Let the Races begin....

That's his white car coming in first! You can see the excitement in his face.

Drew's car finished 1st place 4 times! He was pretty pleased and didn't try to hide it at all! Kenny was smiling from ear to ear too, but he tried to be more discreet!

It took 3rd place on this run and as you can see he wasn't too happy!

He definitely does not hide his emotions!

Drew achieved his goal and was awarded the "Fastest Looking" car!

This father son duo did pretty good for their first year in the Pinewood Derby. Drew's car came in third place, however, two cars tied for second, so his 3rd place win was pushed back to 4th place. He had a wonderful time participating in the Pinewood Derby and has greater hopes for next year. Ian will be able to participate too, which means double the fun for Kenny!

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

{Preschool Career Day}

I have been teaching for the last five weeks Owen's preschool group. We have been talking about different professions and so for our field trip we went to visit Dr. Summers at the new Veterinarian Hospital. Owen was excited to show the kids where his daddy works and to see the animals.

We started our field trip by first going over to our neighbors house to see and hold their new puppies.

They had a litter of 8, so each kid was able to "love" on a puppy!

Owen keeps asking our neighbor if we can have a puppy. I told him the only way we would take one is if it gets to live in their backyard and we can just throw food over the fence twice a day. NO MORE DOGS AT MY HOUSE!

Mya and her friend Elliot sharing a puppy.

The hospital that Kenny works at just opened a brand new 15,000 sq. ft facility.

The kids liked how big the kennels were. Room enough for all of them...cheap babysitting!

Kenny showed them the x-ray pictures of a constipated dog that was full of Poop!

He told them he does dental work on the dogs, just like a dentist does.

Each of the kids were able to listen to their own heart.

They also examined dog bones.

I'm hoping they are not traumatized by the laceration that was sewn up on this sleeping dog!

They said "hello" to a hissing cat!

Before we left the hospital they were given a popsicle, which is what my kids get every time they go to the vet hospital.

It was a fun field trip and a great way to end Owen's last day of preschool. We are so excited for him to start a new adventure next year in kindergarten!

Dr. Summers did a great job teaching the children about the job of a Veterinarian. He had many admirers, but I'm his biggest fan!

They say the cutest things.....

Mya, my little girl, said in her prayers last night, "Please help us to be strong and healthy like the Hulk!"

Owen almost ran straight into a woman as we entered a dark parking garage. As I told him to watch out, he quickly yelled, "Well she's all black!" Coincidentally she was African American! She was wearing a black dress, which is what he was referring too!

Owen told me today, "You are the best mom I ever had! I love you all the way up to Jesus!" He also loves kissing and told Kenny, "I just want to stay home from school and kiss mom all day!"

Drew lost a tooth at school when he bit into his apple. He felt the tooth inside his mouth as he was chewing and when I asked him about it, he said, "I didn't realize it was mine and I wondered if it was one of the workers!"

While at church, a teacher asked the kids what happened to Jesus right after he was baptized and brought up from the water. Ian enthusiastically raised his hand and said, "He asked for a towel!"

After a long struggle with my boys, to get them inside, bathed, and into bed, I yelled, "I am done, go to sleep!" Owen looked up at me and said, "Mommy I'm sorry you're sad, but the problem is that you don't beat up Drew and Ian. Just beat them up and I will be on your team!"

We are not a family who eats beans, so when Drew went to a friends house to play and eat dinner, he was hesitant to eat the burrito that had refried beans in it. When I picked him up he said to me, "Mom she put mud inside the burrito!"

Aunt Connie pleaded with Owen to shoot his daddy with the gun instead of her and his response, "No, he's the best daddy i've ever had!"

I begged the boys to quit fighting and Drew looked at me and said, "Its not Mothers Day anymore mom!"

Owen got kicked in his "man hood" and said, "Oh, I hurt my Tenders!"

Drew asked this morning, "Mom in 2011 can we get a cat?"

Everytime I feed Mya prunes, Owen comes up to me and says, "Me like chocolate mom!" I give him a bite and his face turns to total disgust.

Owen ran up to me after wrestling the dogs and said, "Me see Cassie's boobies!"

While I was nursing Mya, Drew walked in and said, "Is she done drinking from your boob?" I replied, "No and it is called a breast, thats the proper way to say it." He looked at me puzzled and said, "No thats the Spanish word for it."

Kenny opened the fridge and said, "Something in here stinks." Ian looked at him and said, "Dad, sometimes I toot over there!"

Last night as the boys were saying good night to Mya, Drew looked up at me and said, "Mom, Mya has a boy haircut!"

Drew was reminding me about how when we saw macaws in Hawaii, that one of the macaws was chewing on a woman's hair. He said, about the macaw, "Thats not very nice, it's not choosing the right."

My favorite word Drew and Ian used to say when they were toddlers was, Laddie- for water. I thought it was such a cute word. Owen comes to the fridge and points his little finger and says, "Wa-Wa" for water. So cute!

Last night Kenny went in on a call to deliver a goat and Ian came into our bed. He climbed in and snuggled up beside me, he usually snuggles into Kenny. I asked him why he was snuggling with me and he said, "I can snuggle you because daddy isn't here mom!" He is such a daddy's boy.

Ian is such a daddy's boy. The other night Kenny had to go to the clinic and Ian was sobbing for him for a good twenty minutes because he wanted to go too. When I asked him why he was so upset he replied, "I just want my daddy, he is my favorite boy!"

Birthday parties celebrated in California are usually BIG! There is always a huge jumper, pinata, food for the whole family, and tons of presents. Well we went to a party last night and the boys spent 2 hrs. jumping in a big jumper. On our way home we saw another party going on that had an even bigger jumper with a slide attached. Ian asked, "Can we go to that party too?" I replied, "We don't even know who those people are. " His response, "Well lets just go ask them their names."

As we prepared to go to the Glenwood Springs pool in Colorado with Kenny's four sisters Drew impatiently said, "Come on girls, you're taking too long!" Kenny told him, "Get used to it, this is what men do, wait for girls to get ready."

Much to my dismay I found black ink all over our white sheets on our bed. I of course went straight to Ian and asked very sternly, "Did you write on my sheets with a pen?" With an innocent look he replied, "I was just trying to write my name."

Drew was watching me as I divided my hair into sections with clips to straighten it. He looked up at me and said, "Wow, you look beautiful!" Then when I was completely done with my hair he said, "You're a cute little mommy!"

Ian was dipping his finger in Kenny's contact solution and then touching his eye. I asked him what he was doing and he replied, "Just putting my eyes in mom!"