Pizza and Helmet Silliness

Our fridge stopped working over a week ago, so we have been living out of a mini fridge since then...which means daily trips to the grocery store. Instead of meals off the weekly menu, at around 5 p.m. we start asking, "Hmmm, what should we have tonight?" Last night we decided on homemade pizza - one of Nate's specialties. Henry and Walter couldn't wait to help with the crust and adding (or eating) the toppings and cheese.


Henry is getting ready to graduate to a bike with pedals so we picked up a helmet today. Henry doesn't want to wear it, but Walter does which brought on a bought of silliness:


Making faces...
(Henry had a little run-in with a rather large tree at the park this week. He got pretty scratched up, but was good-natured about it. He...okay, I admit it...We couldn't help but chuckle about it as he sat on the tree roots, gingerly rubbing the left side of his face. As you can see, his wounds are healing.)


And a smile


With that, I am officially caught up on pictures!

All Creatures Great and Small

And we're talking small! Can you see it? Yep, that little bug. Walter noticed it crawling on the plastic train tracks. I mentioned that it must have been injured because it was having a hard time moving...


...Walter jumped up, ran to the fridge, and returned with his antibiotic. He wanted to give some to the beetle to help it get better. (You may have noticed the lack of pants - he was in the midst of being potty trained. Yeah!)


God has given him helper's heart.

Deep Thoughts

This was the scene one morning last week...Nate found Henry sitting inside the storage ottoman, gazing quietly out the window.

Fort

As soon as Nate walks in the door after work, Henry and Walter can hardly wait to start playing with Dad. "Come on, Dad, let's tack (that's what Henry calls tackling/wrestling)!" It took a little while for all of us to recover after Walter was sick (maybe it's taken more time for Nate and I to recover!), but Nate came up with lots of fun things for the boys to do that were a little more low-key. They loved working on this fort together and hanging out inside...if only Walter would leave the lamp alone so the "roof" wouldn't cave in all the time!

Nehemiah's Wall

Henry starting working on this one afternoon and when I asked what it was, he told me it was a wall - Nehemiah's Wall. Later on he added some huge cannons and guns, which I'm guessing weren't around during Nehemiah's time but Henry was confident they were needed. A little background - this is one of the boys' favorite clips to watch and sing.

Test Drive

Grandpa and Mimi came to visit during the first week that Walter was sick. Their arrival was a big morale booster! Mimi went for a bike ride with Henry to the park while Walter attempted to nap. Henry was so happy to get out of the house and was especially excited about going to have ice cream with Boppa and Mimi. Of course, Walter asked if he could go, too. While we were getting ready to go, I happened to look out the window and noticed the door to grandpa's car was opening...and the occupant looked a lot like a four-year-old I know. Grandpa and Walter joined Henry for a driveway test drive...