Dad and Aunt Catherine Visit

My dad and his sister, my Aunt Catherine who is visiting from Florida, came for a daytrip today before she heads back south tomorrow morning. She had never been to our house to visit so we thought it would be a nice car ride for them to take before she leaves. It is a beautiful day today - warm but not too hot - and we were able to spend the entire visit outside on our shady patio, which was really nice. The boys love to play outside so they happily obliged!

Here are the boys getting dirty (as usual!) in the sandbox. Nate is obsessed with diggers and luckily Ben shares his CAT excavator with his brother without too much of a fuss. Note that Nate now wears sneakers regularly since he is a walker...such a little boy now!

OK, costume change (for Nate, that is). There was no salvaging those clothes after his romp in the sandbox so he's onto the second outfit of the day. No wonder I have so much laundry all the time with these two dirty guys!

Here they are together in the little adirondack chair that I painted for them. Nate loves the chair, but gets nervous when he's on Ben's lap so he doesn't appear too excited to pose for this shot! Hopefully soon we will have two chairs; I have another one on order since it's a seasonal item and was out of stock at our local craft store. They are sending one to my local store from another location and once it's in we will put it together and pick out another bright color for it. Then there will be chairs for all!

Nate is much relieved that Ben is off to bigger and better things and has left him alone in the chair!

Nate in the pickup truck. Mr. Smiley!

Finally, a shot of Pop, Aunt Cathy and the boys right before they left at 3:15. The boys were beyond tired at this point and incredibly dirty from playing outside for 5 hours! Not the best moment to decide to photograph them, but any picture is better than no picture :)