Scooting Around

It has been a long time since I updated this blog so I owe you pictures of the boys.

During one of the first sunny days in the year, DJ decided to take his new scooter for a ride. Not wanting to be left out, Cody hopped on his new, hand-me-down-from-DJ Scooter and scooted along with big brother.

We were amazed that he was able to ride it without falling. It took us a lot longer to get to our destination, but both boys were enjoyed themselves!

He had watched DJ enough to know the footing for riding the scooter.

Taking a little break after scooting a few feet from the house…

DJ was long gone before we even made it down the driveway with Cody.

Striking a pose…

Bubble Boys

DJ and Cody both love bubbles! They can’t get enough of them and every chance they get, they want to be in the backyard blowing bubbles.

I decided to take pictures of them one day. Check out DJ’s mad bubble skillz… =)

 

And the entire time DJ was blowing bubbles, Cody was busy running from the camera. It’s not like I am always taking pictures of him! Why is he running away from me????

 

The “Codnado” in true tornado form…

 

Doesn’t he look like he is just burned out from always having a camera in front of him? I can’t imagine why! =) 

I love how calm he appears in this picture. He was taking a break from running from me.

Western Railway Museum

Last week we finally got a chance to go to the Western Railway Museum in Rio Vista. We had been wanting to go there since last year, but never had a chance so the kids and I were excited to go and we took Teri with us.

This is the train we rode. Since Cody is a train fanatic and DJ is a recovering train fanatic, they were VERY excited to ride the train.

It was a 10 mile ride that lasted an hour.  Cody loved every moment of it and didn’t want to sit down. He was so busy looking out the window the entire time.

Each time the train would stop, Cody would yell “GO!” to the conductor. It was pretty funny! He was so excited about the ride he was impatient about the stops.

DJ, on the other hand, talked Teri’s ear off about his Pokemon video game adventures.  I don’t think he got to see much of the sites. He did enjoy seeing baby sheep, though.

Something outside caught his eye and he couldn’t stop pointing at it!

 

It was DJ! He and Teri had taken advantage of the train’s stop at the middle of the ride. Cody and I stayed on the train. A view of DJ from the train’s window.

And there is Teri taking our picture! =)

As soon as the train had reversed and we were back on our way to the train station, the rocking motion of the train started to get to Cody….

He fell asleep for the rest of the ride.

While Cody slept, DJ had a great time exploring the beautiful park area near the station. If you look closely, you will see rocks in his hands. He collected them along the way. They may still be sitting in Teri’s camera bag.

There was a really odd shaped tree in the picnic area. DJ enjoyed climbing it

…then needed a break…

Cody woke up while we were at the picnic area. He was all smiles from his cat nap.

DJ is already planning for anther trip to the train station so he can show his daddy the place.

 

Air Force Thunderbirds

This weekend is the Travis AFB Air Show. We didn't want to venture out to the base today with the little guys, BUT we live close enough to the base to hear them fly by and SEE the action!

For the past few days, we have been listening to and enjoying them fly above us during practice.

Today, was the first day of the Air Show and as soon as we heard the "zoom", we ran outside and were treated with an awesome show! I was able to get a few really good shots of them mid-maneuvers.

My favorite from the day, though, is this one....

We had all gone inside already, but I heard the thunderous roar of the planes so I ran back outside with the camera and found them flying RIGHT ABOVE our house!!! SO EXCITING!!!!

Posing in the Clubhouse

Last week we had a fun playdate with DJ and Cody's favorite playmates. While DJ, JD and Josh were hiding in the play structure (we seriously couldn't find them for LONG periods of time because they were running around and so quiet), Leah and Cody were spending quality time together.

We have noticed that Cody really pays attention to Leah when she wears her brown dress. She had even asked me that day if that was the dress that Cody liked. Sure enough, he kept holding her hand and wanted to be wherever she was that day.

Here are some fun pictures of them during their down time together.

I love her sweet little kiss on his chubby cheek.



Cody really likes cell phones and stole Teri's phone to pretend to send text messages and make phone calls. Isn't the girl the one supposed to be on the phone???



Apparenly, this call was for Leah.



Here Cody is holding one of his famous LONG babbling sessions on the phone. He sure has a lot to say for someone that doesn't know too many words! :)

Bubbles and Chalk

It has been pretty nice outside so the boys and I went to the front of the house to test out their new bubble machine and write with sidewalk chalk.

Cody couldn't get enough of the bubbles. He even tried to catch them in his mouth.



DJ and Scooter enjoyed them, too!



Okay..maybe Scooter didn't enjoy them that much.



DJ's graffiti on the front porch welcomed everyone home that night.



Cody tried to draw, too, but it was mostly on his shirt and face.



The artist at work.



And I leave you with a cute shot of Cody enjoying his bubble machine.

Nut Tree

A couple of weeks ago, Doyle and I took DJ to the Nut Tree. DJ had a BLAST so we decided to take Kacy and Gian there, too. I think it is targeted more for little kids, but Gian and Kacy still had fun. If they tell you they didn't, they are lieing! LOL The pictures below are proof that they had fun!

Here Kacy and DJ are on the plane ride. Poor Cody wanted so bad to ride this one, but wasn't tall enough! Maybe next year.



The bumper cars were more Gian and Kacy's speed. They were nothing but smiles!



Poor Cody was too small for this one, too!



Kacy was a little too big for this ride, but she's such a good sport that she will ride whatever ride DJ asks her to ride.



DJ discovered the horn for this car and honked it for the entire ride. I think that was the highlight of his day!



And representing the Coast Guard (in honor of Papa), is Cody! FINALLY a ride for him!



They had this cool "air balloon" ride that went up into the sky and from there, you could spin it. No one else wanted to spin, so we made Gian ride by himself.



Here all the kids are enjoying the rocking horse. Can you tell which kid enjoyed it the most???









Next was the carousel. Cody loved it so much that everyone had to ride 2 times in a row. Plus, we had the carousel to ourselves so no one kicked us off.








Is it just me or is there something wrong with a duck coming out of the frog's behind????



And the last ride for the day was the train!



I didn't get a chance to take a picture of the roller coaster ride since I had to ride it with DJ and I didnt' want to bring the camera on the roller coaster. It is a cool little roller coaster that is just perfect for DJ. He rode it 4 times this visit. He even holds BOTH arms in the air throughout the ride and yells out "WOOHOO!"