Trains

Over the years, both of the twins have interests / obsessions that are important to them through stages. One of the things that has never changed is that both boys LOVE trains. Xander, in particular, really loves them. And with his photographic memory, he's always telling us the numbers off the engines and the cars that he's seen recently. His favorite, by far, is the Norfolk Southern trains that run through one of the big city parks here in our town. So while we're watching Connor practice or play lacrosse games, Xander is watching for trains. Norfolk Southern ones, not the CSX ones. And he can tell you which ones he saw on which day of practice!

Fourth of July (continued)

With all of the recent rain, the big city fireworks display fell a little short and the boys were disappointed. They all LOVE fireworks, especially the twins. So we looked around at some other city locations to see where we might see another show with better weather on the reschedule dates for those who had cancelled (because of said rain issue).

Josh was working, so the boys and I loaded up in the car and made our way to a neighboring county for another fireworks show. We had a picnic spot on the hillside, good fair food snacks (hello, funnel cake with powdered sugar), and an American flag to wave (a must for Xander). The boys also had their beloved screens to help keep them occupied while we waited for dark and the show ...

Music Man

On the Fourth of July, we went over to the house of some friends in our neighborhood. The boys enjoyed swimming in the backyard pool, then watching fireworks, and just roaming around. Xander, in particular, found the music room and stayed there. One of his latest loves is the guitar and singing. Here is "I'm in love with a monster" from the Hotel Transylvania 2 movie, a recent favorite ...

Snapshot Sunday

Rails to Trails riding with the big boy last week ...

Fourth of July

Nothing like an impromptu front yard fireworks display (the neighborhood golf course was putting on a show that we didn't know anything about, until we started hearing them). Our boys love fireworks, so we sat on the front yard / sidewalk to watch the show (or video them on your iPad, if you're Xander) ...



After the show out front, we moved to the back yard for our own fireworks (mostly sparklers, a few shooting rockets) ...



Connor wasn't worried about a few rain drops ...