The Great Outdoors

We have been trying to fill our days with anything outside our apartment as possible.  The boys get extremely restless inside, and they absolutely LOVE to leave.  It has been nice that it is not nearly as hot here as Childress, so we can got outside a little longer and more frequently.  It is very nice when Daddy gets to play with us.

 

Damon gets very frustrated when he cannot sit in one of these containers.  He dumps out the toys and tries to climb into the empty container.  It's pretty funny to watch him try and stand on one leg and get in.  Now Kyler likes to do it too.

We decided to make the sand volleyball court our sandbox.  Damon typically dumps shovel after shovel full of sand into his hair.  We always go straight to the pool after playing in the sand so the sand doesn't come home with us.

There is a pond close to the apartment that we take walks to in the evenings.  The boys like to play with the rocks and sand, watch the ducks, and run in the grass.  Damon puckers his lips like this when he gets excited.  He too, like Kyler, learned how to whistle before turning 1.

This is the position the boys are in the majority of the time they are at the park.  I remember my little sisters doing this all the time.  From the back, both of them have diapers sticking out of their pants!

I guess he got tired of squatting!

I can't believe how fast these boys are growing!  Damon is getting so big!

Sometimes these boys can share and be nice to one another.

Another place the boys like to go is the tennis/basketball court outside our door.  It is not really functional if you actually want to play tennis or basketball, but it's a great place to have 2 little boys run around.  It's fenced-in which is awesome and for the most part the balls and they boys are contained.  However, Kyler likes to throw the balls over the fence!

Damon likes to kick the ball as he walks.  He's getting faster and faster!

We take all kinds of balls with us, but he loves to throw his footballs.

Damon's little pucker!

Whether this picture shows it or not, Damon does love the pool.  This little turtle has been a live-saver for me when I take the boys by myself.  Kyler has to take his turn in the turtle too.

Damon takes his swimming seriously!

The sand toys come with us to the pool, and Damon has to have 2 yellow shovels with him at all times.

Kyler likes using the beach towels for some reason.  He has to have one wrapped around him as soon as he gets out of the pool.

Damon's new 'trick' is to try and jump/dance on the lounge chairs.  He thinks he's so big and won't fall off onto the cement slab below.  Boys make me very nervous! 

Snack time is of course the best part of swimming.  I think they spend more time eating snacks than swimming!  Pathetic, I know.