Enjoying June!

The start of June was actually kind of boring in the absolute best possible way!

Jake had the first week of June off in between school ending and camp starting up. Alex's more flexible schedule allowed him to be home with him and I also took a day off. He had a few fun play dates, movies with daddy and time to just play and chill out.

Alex and I spent an afternoon with him at the park playing soccer and throwing the Frisbee around (a new and emerging skill) followed by a stop at Amy's for some ice cream. Yum!

We rearranged the playroom and have been spending tons more time in there all together just playing.

It's a good thing that we did change it up because it means more room for Allie who is now crawling!

For Father's Day weekend we headed to Houston early on Saturday morning. We visited with Alex's grandmother and introduced her to Allie. Then we headed to lunch with Lisa and the boys. Jake quickly fell instep with Drew and Nathan playing on their makeshift bus.

After lunch we went to meet the newest baby of the bunch, Gabrielle Emma Miller, little sister to Jonah and daughter of our friends Jessica and Danny.

We had a fun dinner out with Lisa and her crew! The boys were so excited for Jake to sleep in their room but he chickened out in the last minute. Maybe next time.

On Sunday we celebrated Father's Day with a wonderful brunch at Ken & Loretta's. Jake was so excited to see them and they hadn't seen Allie since her naming. It was the perfect end to our quick but nice trip to Houston.

When we got home Jake went right to the playroom to play with the castle building set that Noonie had for him. He absolutely loves it and loves building different structures for his superheros to live in. I joke with her that she does not need to have a present for these children every time she sees them. Thank you, Noonie & Papa!

We celebrated Father's Day with Alex a little early with cards and gifts on Friday ahead of heading to Houston. Alex is a wonderful daddy and loves our little people so much. We're all very lucky to have him!

 

The following weekend we headed to the splash pad with a bunch of friends to cool off on what will just become yet another hot day. Jake loved being with his friends and Allie loved the splash pad and the water and really loved playing in the water with Max!

Just a few seconds of Allie & Max in action

Jake and Mia 

 Leaving the splash pad Jake was either sad to be heading home or channeling his inner Run DMC. 

Bubba came in late Saturday night for a visit. Bubba and I headed to see "Brave" with Jake. Usually the movies is more of a Jake and Alex activity so it was a treat for me to go and have the popcorn eating little monkey snuggle up on my lap and enjoy the fun.

I had a lovely birthday despite not being very excited about celebrating it. Alex and I escaped for an early happy hour at Uchiko. It was awesome and we had the most fun just sitting at the bar and having some time together. That and the brussel sprouts were unbelievable, yes, brussel sprouts!

We ended the month with a visit from Bubba. It was great having him back in town and all the kids and teachers at Jake's school were happy to see him back. Bubba built castles, let Allie borrow his computer, did some early morning bike riding with Jake and even brought back Bubba's Babysitting Service for a few much needed nights out!

Lots of exciting summer fun coming up in July including Allie's first flight and our trip to NC for Zayde's 75th birthday and lots of summertime adventures!