Tell the Queen we've arrived!

Well, we made it to England. It was a long day... 5 hour drive to the coast, a 2 hour ferry ride, and another 3 hour drive to the base. Jack and Luke both did great.... thank you to whoever invented DVD players and put them in cars! I forgot our USB cord and cannot get our pics off of the camera so there won't be any for a couple of weeks. Oh... well, just realized our new laptop has an SD slot... so we'll try and see.

Jack really enjoyed the ferry... and he made us a little nervous as we walked around the White Cliffs of Dover. Our hotel room has a great location... right across from the commissary and BX and there is a playground right outside! Well, gotta run for now... the little man is waking up from his nap :o)

Rolly Polly

Somehow I put these pics on in reverse order... so start viewing from the bottom up.

Step Four: Ahhhh... finally! He rolled over about 5 times today. It is making it hard to change his diaper now because he starts trying to roll over when you lay him down.

Step Three: This is harder than it looks... need to take a break and try again.

Step Two: Keep trying -It is helpful to move arm... but hard to move when you are laying on it!

Step One: Roll onto side.... note it is helpful to move arm.

Our little Luke decided today was the day he was going to make his big first move toward Jack's basket of trucks. Jack didn't roll over until a day before he was four months old... hmmmm....could we have an over achiever on our hands?

What? No pictures?

I can't believe it... but I didn't take a single picture of my boys today! Sorry Michael... today just went by so fast :o) Jack said "actoh" about 5000 times today- "tractor" for those of you not up to speed on "Jack-talk." We read our "Froggy" book about 1000 times :o) I thought I had tricked him... we were reading books on his bed before bedtime and Jack decided that he needed his "actoh." He went to fetch it and I quickly hid the book. I know, that sounds terrible... but you can only read one book SO MANY times before you go crazy!!! He came back in with his tractor and immediately started searching for the book. He kept saying "fwog" and I felt so guilty... he wouldn't quit looking for it so in hopes of avoiding a major Jack-attack we read about froggy and his bike...and the horn and the bell on froggy's bike... 5 more times :o) Gotta love that the kid loves his books!

Another fun day

The weather was beautiful for another day in Zemmer! I keep thinking the good weather is gone for good... then we get another beautiful day like today. This morning we got Jack's hair cut. Then we took our trucks and tractors for a spin in the puddles outside. After that, the trucks (and Jack) needed a bath... so off to the tub we went. One day he'll be mad at me for putting the bad hair day shot on the internet... but it's so funny, I couldn't resist. Luke just spent the day staring at us :o)

Just Hanging Out..

Today was nasty and so we weren't able to do much outside. Jack had some fun jumping around with his friend, Liam. Hopefully we'll have better weather tomorrow and can get outside. Jack loves to climb in his big toy basket behind the sofa.

Jack's finger-painted masterpiece.

In the jump-o-line with Liam.

Eating lunch... he's showing me his "cheesy face!"

Cute little man, Luke is just smiling away these days.

Our Little Luke-man

He really is just the best baby- ever! He is so easy-going and is smiling and talking all of the time now. He has just discovered his hands!

Crayons, Dirt and Fingerpaint....OH MY!

I put together Jack's new easel while he was napping today. He had such a huge smile on his face when he saw it. He kept looking up at me, back at the easel, and up at me again with the biggest smile... and if he could say the words I'm sure he would have been saying, "Is this mine???" It was the most adorable thing!

The weather has been awesome the last two days... NO RAIN and SUNNY SKIES!!! We have been taking advantage of it and spent most of the last two days outside. Do you see the pile of dirt? Jack was ignoring me when I kept telling him that he had thrown enough dirt out of the pot.

Yes, Jack... I'm still telling you to stop... and taking pictures at the same time.

Man this kid's hair grows fast! Time for another haircut!

Fingerpainting! Oh what fun! He was super excited and we both had a great time! Thank goodness for washable paint! The table didn't look so hot when we were finished :o)