“How does time fly by so fast?”
But it’s because of the random things that are popping up in life right now, like–
–baking. Truman takes after his father who also loves to lick the batter off the mixing spoon…
–constantly catching buggies, and sharing/comparing with the neighbors,
–catching up with the spring things that have to be done, like purchasing/hauling 1 TON of wood pellets (for our stove), that had to be hauled under our patio, for next winter, (I only hauled half, then took a break, and Toph came home and finished it before I got a chance to finish it! What a good hubba!)
–buying wood, nails, and etc. for finishing building the treehouse, and building it! (this was all Toph on this one, I don’t know how to build. I assist where needed, but really he has done a majority of it!) 2 Railings up, we are getting closer!!!
–Taking care of a garden that is just beginning, ( I don’t do this one very well, thank goodness it is still raining, and these poor peas aren’t relying on me for their sole water needs!)
–And most importantly raising two little mischievous, handsome, and wonderful boys!
And when I look at those things, I think, man it’s not to bad being so busy!
**(It’s a good thing I didn’t list the other things that I don’t love so much like laundry, dishes, and vacuuming, because then I couldn’t be so optimistic about being so busy!)**
Category: Truman
Last week on Tuesday the weather was beautiful enough to do this–
Play in the Sprinkler that Truman got for his birthday, and has just been asking when he could do it, so when it was finally warm enough to be able to do this (we reached over eighty) he was so excited to be able to finally play with it!
Waiting for the sunblock to dry,
And then play, play we did! Don’t you remember being like a child and just loving being in the water? I do…
Tuck–
Tru–
And yet how is it possible that the very next day it was dark, cloudy, stormy and yucky like this?
Any excuse to get the umbrella out…Truman was there!! Funny thing is, we have rain boots too, that are worn often, but never on the days that it rains!! Funny!!
And no matter the weather, there is always time to hunt for bugs, and put them in their new ‘bug playground’.
Whether it is slugs, or
Potato Bugs, (or Rolly-polly ollies as Truman calls them)
Everyday new bugs must be found to enjoy the excitement of the bug pool and playground! (Plus many don’t survive the night 🙁 )
Looking forward to summer days full of bugs, sprinklers and being outdoors!
Truman has been really into watercoloring lately.
As I watch him, he is really into how ‘it moves so good’. I think that means that watercolor paints just flow as opposed to the rigidness of a pencil. He loves to paint, and here are some of his masterpieces, (they don’t scan so well!)
I don’t remember what this one is, oops! 🙂
Truman Dad and Mom:
Tucker and Truman:
A face:
While Truman was busy watercoloring, Tucker decided he wanted to do something he’d seen in the family fun magazine, trace a picture then color it. Of course, it was a robot picture that he chose, and we worked long and hard to produce this piece of art!
Again, I love seeing my children in the creative process, and how they and their art changes every time. LOVE IT!
So Truman spent an hour outside at the treehouse, while Tucker was at school, and I watched from the kitchen window and washed dishes…
I am loving this treehouse already, I know the boys love it too.
It is nice for the boys to have a safe fun place to play where I can see them clearly, and still get things done. Once the railings are up, I will fill alot better about the safety of our children, and will be able to let them loose back there anytime!
Like I said, LOVE IT!
I love having guests, and it was so fun to Matt, Emily, Owen and Ava come down to hang out with us. And lately all Saturdays are dedicated to the Treehouses, so they were gracious guests who let us work on the treehouse….
Here it is when we started with three floor boards down:
The boys didn’t care if the floor was done or not yet, they loved to be up there…
and there was plenty of digging in the sand, here is Owen,
And of course bug hunting
We worked hard, sawing, putting in screws, and measuring the floor boards, all day long…
I love this picture, we don’t have too many with both of us working on the treehouse.(thanks em)..
One of the highlights of the day, was a trip to the hardware store with Owen, my boys could care less about trips with me–I’m just there mom, so I was thrilled that Owen wanted to go with me, a perk of being an aunt. We had a good time, and got some free popcorn, which is always a perk. 🙂
We came back and made a picnic,
And then before they left, Toph, Tuck and Owen got a good game of the Jazz in…
If I am remembering right, Toph was Boozer,
Tru was D-Will and
Owen was A.K.
Good times, please come again Huffs!
So, after they left, we went back to the treehouse, and worked, worked, worked…
The boys stayed there with us, helping for a bit, as well as learning they can push large items down the slide,
As well as each other,
At about 6:00 PM, we finally finished the flooring, and took our first family photo in the treehouse, I was thinking it would be a fun tradition to take one there every year, but we’ll have to see if I can remember that!
We were pretty excited, but tired, I was too tired to cook, and needed to pick up somethings from Maceys, so off we went for a chicken dinner and soft serve icecream…
Here is a look at the finished flooring…
We’re getting closer!!!
So it’s not often that we all go out on the town for a night of crazy wildness with all four of us, so I had to document it!
We picked up Toph at the train station after work, the boys loved watching the trains come and go as we waited..
We went to go meet up with with My dad, mom and bro–Eric, but they weren’t there yet, so I went shopping for some new jeans
and a little something something for mothers day, (to be revealed more on Sunday)
Then off to dinner, we went to Fazoli’s, ’cause the boys wanted pizza–My little boys that is.
While sitting there, I realized one of the things I loved about my classy momma is how she always where the perfect accessories, look at those fun bracelets,
The crew,
Sharing the drinks,
Although Truman is getting bigger, he is still not to big to sit and eat on his daddy’s lap…
The Handsome boys of my family,
Toph, Tru, Eric, Tuck
Thanks for the delicious food grams and gramps,
We came home, and told the boys they could watch a few minutes of the Jazz game, (and maybe stay up late enough to see our guests who should be arriving shortly) but when we went to turn it on, this is what happened,
crying, because they were so tired and wanted to watch the entire game.
I just laughed, definely time for bed, they could see cousins in the morning~
I am always amazed at the creativity that just flows from my children…they inspire me and make me want to create! Case and Point–last week after cutting fleece for patterns for hats and booties for humanitarian with Diane, Tucker was THRILLED about the scraps that were left over.
Here is what happened with the fleece that couldn’t be used…(I promised Tucker I would post one picture for each animal)
This is my favorite…SUPER MONKEY!!
I know it may look like a lot of pictures, but believe me, each of his stuffed animals have a few different outfits.
It’s amazing what can be made with scraps that were going to be thrown away.
So my sweetboy has a few passions in life, and one that I have heard more about in the recent weeks is WATERMELON!
We found this cute one at Maceys, and couldn’t pass it up as Truman cried, Can we please get a watermelon? Usually I hear this cry down the candy aisle, so I was happy it was a healthy snack, and couldn’t pass it up considering the following:
A couple of months ago when we bought our seeds to plant in our garden, when it came time to plant he asked “Where’s the Watermelon?”
We didn’t buy watermelon seeds….and still every time we water our seedlings, Tru still asks which one is ‘my watermelon’ plant?
Finally, we had him call his Grandpa Phillips, who promised to plant him some up at the river. (Which are the best kind anyway!)
Here he is eating it up–look at the joy on his face:
And let me assure you, as soon as we walked into the door from the store, we had to cut it open, and he sat and ate, and ate, and ate….
Yep, he ate all of those pieces, and made sure to eat the white part of the melon, which he scraped out with his swordfish knife (He doesn’t really like the white part, but eats it because his dad eats the white part. Therefore he eats the white part.)
Needless to say, I thought he would have had his fill. But as soon as we finished eating that melon, he enquired when ours watermelon seeds were going to grow so we can eat it. Here we go again….
🙂
It seems the birthday season is upon us. On my side of the family we have recently celebrated the four birthdays during this past month, Mom, Dad, Ikey and Belle. Here are some pictures of the celebration party!
Blowing out the Candles: Belle, dad and mom
Great Grandpa Greene and Mom
Tru and Aunt Amy
Amy and Belle
Ikeys
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Tiffany
Tuck
Toph and Tru
The Great Hunsakers
I think I love birthdays so much, because it is a time to be together as a family and celebrate the individuals who make up our family. I feel so blessed to be part of this group of people whom I love so much.
What a busy day we had on Saturday….I love a productive day, but I love being with family even more, lucky for me, my day included both! We began by building the joists for the treehouse,
When we got a phone call from the Phillips saying they were on there way down to supervise the situation. Boy were we grateful to see them.
They showed us the right way to box in the tree,
Played with they boys
Fixed the truck (apparently it just needed a little bit of gas in the carberator, was all it needed, who knew?)
Mom and I got the whole mess of our future stream/fountain, all clean and virutally leaf free,
Got some lumber for the flooring of the treehouse,
while Toph and I purchased it, The Grandparents and Cat stopped by the lawn mower department
Toph learned how to trim the apple tree (it’s not done yet…)
They boys went and got their hair cut, and then got to take a trip for some new toys (and shirts) with Aunt Cat.
Lastly they read robot stories, and played with Grandma and Grandpa, (you can also see by the boys dirty faces, we had spagetti for dinner 🙂 )
(Can you tell you these boys are brothers? They look exactly the same after their haircuts)
It was a busy day full of good people.
Thanks for all your help Cat, Grandma and Grandpa!