Labor Day and the end of summer...

For Labor Day, we went to Joe and Linde Dauner's house for supper and homemade ice cream. We also got to spend some time with Zach, Jane, and Julia Vandenberg who were here for a visit, LeighAnn and Jason, and Joe's parents. It was a nice, relaxing evening, and the ice cream was delicious! Here is Silas turning the crank!

What are we making, Eli? "ICE CREAM!!"

The boys, full of ice cream!

Eli has been using his creativity lately to make and invent things out of household items. Here he had Bryan cut holes in the box for his legs and put the colander on his head so that he could be a robot and tramp around the house yelling typical robot phrases like, "danger!" and "cheese!" He and Silas also built their own store--selling boxes and bags, complete with signs - Eli's said, "STOP! Dont yel" (don't yell) and Silas's was a map of the store showing where the bathtub was (a sure necessity for any successful boxes and bags store). Eli has been drawing up word puzzles and games for Bryan and I to play and constantly asking for tape to make a new creation of some kind. The boys are also having fun playing pirates with empty paper towel rolls and laundry baskets and making a garden of carrots (mulch, dirt, and water mixed together in a cardboard box) outside to feed the bunnies (we don't have any bunnies).

I caught Silas watching a show the other day with his cowboy hat on.

This is about the only thing that has survived in my vegetable garden this summer.....um, we've had a lot of hailstorms (oh yeah, I'll blame it on that!). And it's actually something I didn't even plant.

Yesterday was a beautiful day, and the boys wanted to play in the backyard with water and their "carrot garden." They had a lot of fun and were their goofy selves...

Some other funny stories from the week:
Eli was jumping on my bed, so I asked him to stop. His response was, "Yes, your majesty!" I have no idea where he got it from, but I guess I'll respond to that. :) (Wait a minute! On second thought, I think I've heard Bryan sarcastically mutter that under his breath when I've made a particularly indulgent request of him. Hmmmm....maybe I'll rethink that one.)
Eli and Silas were also eating "Go, Diego, Go" fruit snacks together and showing me each individual character they picked out of their bags. Silas bit one in half and said, "Mommy! Look what's inside.....Jesus!"
I love my boys!