A Swingin' Summer

Summer is my favorite season. I anticipate its arrival and am sad to see it depart. One of the fun activities that I planned this Summer was to visit different parks and playgrounds with the boys. As always, the swings were a big hit!! Both boys made HUGE strides on the swings.

For one, Donovan finally learned to swing without a push. This is big for both of us because he was getting too heavy to push...my boy weighs 88 lbs! I had to really plant my feet and prep my wrists to push him. He credits his newly found swinging skills to his cousin Jaden who told him to lean back and spread his legs in a "v". Somehow this worked better that the way I tried to show him...LOL.

photo taken at Echo Lake Park

Mr. Xander has grown bolder on the swings. No matter how high I pushed him, he wanted to go higher! He just giggles and screams "higher, mommy, push me higher"!

photo taken at Palisades Park, Ross Dock Picnic Area

I love that such simple things make them happy!! Hopefully the cold weather stays away a little longer so we can enjoy more days at the park.

Enjoy your day!

I Heart Faces - Let's Hear It For The Boys

This week's challenge at I Heart Faces is all about the boys! Pretty easy week for me since most of my photos are of boys...2 of the cutest little boys in the whole wide world to be exact (well, not including your boys of course LOL). The hard part was choosing which photo to use. I've featured this one on my blog before, but it's so nice I had to do it twice!

Donovan is so in love with the idea of being a big brother. He couldn't wait to get to the park on this particular day so he could push Xander on the swing. Although the focus of the photo is on Xander and that big joy filled smile of his, you can still get a glimpse of the big brother pride on Donovan's face.

I just love this picture of the two of them!

Thanks for taking a peek!