mickey-ride-o

That is how Sam pronounces motorcycles. Sam is really into dirt bike riding. Little John, not so much. So while l. John was at the beach this weekend we thought it would be a perfect time to take Sam and Max down the street to this big field to go riding. Max seems to be following in Sam's footsteps because he gets so excited when John puts him on with him and they ride around. You would never know that he is having fun though because his face is very serious. As soon as it is time to get off he gets really upset and throws a very big fit. It is quite the process to get there with all of the loading and unloading of bikes and kids when it is just down the street and we could all just ride there. One day all the kids will be able to and it will go much quicker. Every time the boys go, they have to stop at the "bloody tree". It is this crazy tree that oozes out a red sap when you poke it with a stick. They come home talking about it and it was not until today that I was able to witness the red goo. Pretty cool if you are a kid, but I must say I was not impressed. It was a fun morning to be able to see where they ride and we are so lucky to have this little place so close.

Dove Hunting

If you are not aware, it is currently dove hunting season. The season only lasts for about 2 weeks, but my family loves it. John has been trying to get in as much hunting as possible. Last Friday night, my sister-in-law, Katie, came over and watched Max while John, myself, little John, Sam, our friend Jeff and John's dad Johnny all went out for an evening hunt in Raymond. We took Sammy last year. He was so little then, but did really well as he stayed with me the whole time, never really complaining that he was scared of the very loud gun shots. Little John just loves hunting. It is probably his favorite activity other than fishing. He would rather do that over soccer or baseball. Typically when we go, little John will go off with Papa while Sam stays with me and daddy. It is so much fun to watch Mikey try to shoot the birds with his BB gun. This time Sam was not too happy when the guns started to go off and he had to stay by me. He would have liked to explore. And I had promised him a fruit snack and forgot to take it out of the truck to our spot with us, so he was disappointed that he had to wait. But for a 3 yr. old he did really well. Here are some pictures:




Mikey was sick from the car ride. He gets car sick so easily. I'm sure it is all in his head though.












I thought this picture was kind of cool. It is little John trying to shoot some bats. It was pretty neat. I have never seen so many bats at one time in real life.


This is a perfect shot of John. Do you see the bird he is aiming at??








Can they just take a normal picture?




These are all the birds they got. Quite impressive I must say!

If I were a bird

So after we went dove hunting, we were getting ready to leave and little John was acting REALLY silly! Because he was in such a funny mood I asked him to show me what he would look like if he were a bird and he saw a gun that was getting ready to shoot him. These many faces followed:














It's scary...I know!!