The Captain’s new pool! This thing is awesome.
it’s like his own inflatable island…with sun coverage!
he is not having any fun here. Nope, none.
it even has animals that velcro to the palm trees…
the famous “mutt“…he thinks it’s a huge water bowl! It’s been hot, today it was 95 degrees. Arlin got to spend some quality time with Papa and go for a bike ride, so I could go to a Denver Designer photo shoot. I met them for dinner when I was finished.
Can you say trouble?
Well, I’ve told you all about the “pee-pee parties” Arlin Jack was beginning to frequent right?! Couple days ago the parties advanced to “poo-poo parties” making Mama not so proud of her handsome little devil. I brainstormed for a bit…how was I going to remedy and put a stop to all this potty party madness???
ducktape?!
just kidding…Mama wouldn’t do that! But it sure did cross my mind while laundering the Captain’s bedding for what seemed to be the 90th time! And then it came to me, oh matey!
the “pirate panties!” hmmhmm, excuse me, I mean the pirate briefs.
Arlin Jack has mastered the pulling off his drawstring pajama pants like a champ, now only if he’d repeat this magic trick and potty train we’d be in business, but I suppose this is when Mama has to be patient. But the pirate briefs are just snug enough (but not too tight) over his diaper, that he can’t muster them off, allowing Mama to be rest assured she won’t impede on yet another potty disturbance. Thank you Pamaw for these little “Shiver me timber” numbers!
lathered up in sun-tan lotion and ready to play!
rockin’ his new bermudas…the swim trunks we had were a bit snug!
Boy oh boy it’s been HOT here…like 90′s hot…but we know how to splash some water and make a mess in the backyard!
trying to get Mama!
The quiet days are over…the Captain is a talker let me tell you. He’s like a 3 ft. tall parrot! Repeating E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G you say, literally all of it. Looks like Papa and I need to watch our potty mouths! We had a great weekend visiting with family from New York, Arlin and Stella not only got to spend some time at Grandma and Grandpa’s but they finally got to meet their baby cousin; Miss Tess! She’s adorable and such an easy going baby, Arlin hasn’t stopped saying “B-A-B-Y” and peeking in the pack-n-play since they left!
My gentle giants. Awww, doesn’t get any cuter than this.
All of us went to the Concours d’Elgance… a car show. This is Captain Jack wearing his skis…Uncle Joel’s shoes 
I spoiled Arlin Jack with some of my frozen vanilla custard… while teething he loved it!
walking in his skis was virtually impossible but he still tried.
Wishing Uncle Joel a safe drive to Texas! Say hello to Kirk for us….and we will see you guys soon……..”yeah! Babies!” :-))
“What moves you?”…….this handsome kiddo!
the look, when Papa goes up to his office in the morning…still handsome though.
outfits only look this good in the morning before school. Gotta snap em’ when you can.
Summer school is going well. No more biting, they ended up removing the child that was biting to another toddler environment. I feel bad for the parents, but can now relax a little knowing I won’t be getting as many incident reports from the Academy. Arlin Jack is…”Captain Chatterbox”…his vocabulary is incredible! His like a parrot…repeating even the not so nice words Mama and Papa some times say!
Forgot to post these gems…we got to hang with Palmer Sioux and Abby on Tuesday after nap time.
the wheel barrel was FULL of water from rain the day before. Arlin Jack wasn’t to happy after drenching himself. Palmer just looked at him like….”dude?!”
they’re not babies anymore. They laugh together now!
Papa’s stash…a box full of old computer and cell phone parts…
you’d think he got into a jar of cookies!
batteries, cords, buttons…things that he thinks he’s not suppose to play with! this is awesome.
right here…we were entertained while raining outside for over an hour and half!
Oh Mama should have thought of this a LONG time ago.
you should hear his “Evil genius” laugh Papa is teaching him. It’s almost as funny as the double foot puddle jump that Papa taught him. So, I go to pick him up from the school play yard the other day and he’s doing both these tricks at the same time…drenching poor Sofia his little classmate who’s about a 1/3 of the size of Arlin Jack!
Bad Papa. But he got his Clone he wanted. 
Sunday…I took Arlin Jack to a new park, well, a new park for us over by Denver University. I figured I’d try and wear him out before I drug him to a fabric store with me. It kinda worked, however, getting sand in my boot wasn’t so much fun.
He was a little timid at first. All slides and steps were a little bigger than the parks we normally frequent.
Chad and I got the Captain some new shoes Saturday…he’s bumped up a size again…
cruisin’
watching a soccer game…
Who’s sailing this ship?!
Why, the Captain…of course!
the great debate…do I go or do I stay?