The Shelton Family Blog: Super Mega Ultra Post

It's official...I have GOT to close the book on this big post. I've been TRYING to get pictures to download for WEEKS, but they never seem to work. Alas...I will just skip some things and move on so I can get back on track. The weather has turned BEAUTIFUL here in Dallas, and we are taking FULL advantage of all it has to offer with lots of visits to the park, picnics, sports, and the like. We even took a little day trip to Ennis to get some great Bluebonnet pictures before they go to seed.

Greyson is a little Spider-man boy these days...he frequently tells me that he IS Spider-man, and casts many webs :-).

I know this is silly, but I am just LOVING this whole hair styling thing. I CANNOT wait to be able to french braid and go nuts with it. For now I am thoroughly enjoying pigtails and ponytails.

We went to a great park up in Highland Village that was all wood with castles, zip lines, slides...it was SO fun for Greyson. We met some of our friends from the Mommy group, and here is Josh (Carrie's hubby) helping Greyson on the zip line.

Cheese!

They even had a pond next door, and a coach from the adjoining middle school helped Greyson catch his FIRST fish! He was SO excited, and we will definitely be doing this again soon.

This is Greyson's new favorite activity...it's become a Friday afternoon tradition. Naked sprinkler time is a BIG hit! He and Cody started it a few weeks ago, and now Greyson just can't get enough of it.

One of our many trips to the park...this is Greyson's new favorite park activity. He loves to twist the swing and spin around. I remember loving that too, and I love watching him do it.

Hannah is officially a big girl, and she likes to climb on the playground and go down the slides ALL by herself.

Sometimes Mommy likes to go down too :-).

While soccer and Greyson have been somewhat difficult...Hannah seems to instinctively know what to do. She goes right after the ball and kicks it across the room. She WILL wear a tutu...even if it has to be on the soccer field :-).

Hannah and Scarlett have SO much fun playing together. We get to see each other every week, and it is great to watch them grow together. They seem to venture out further and further away from Amy and I each time we take them to the park. These girls are going to be TROUBLE with a capital "T"!

Scarlett came over for a visit without Mommy one afternoon, and it was HILARIOUS! Hannah was jealous of Scarlett sitting on my lap, and EVERY SINGLE TOY that Scarlett picked up was immediately snatched up by Hannah. Amy says that Scarlett is now doing this too and that she learned this from our little sweet Hannah ;-). I don't believe it.

Princess out in the back yard

Our little stinker boy...

There was this beautiful field of wildflowers down the street that we had to check out....love it!

Trenton's birthday celebration...Greyson incidentally ended up missing out on this one due to some poor choices. We are in the throws of Love and Logic, and we are making him accountable for his actions. This seems all fine and good, but it does end up punishing we, the parents, as well, because we have to deal with the repercussions. We really feel it will be worth it in the end, but it's hard right now. We can see it working more every day so we feel confident that we should stick to it.

Another trip to Central Park with our friend Kim, her Mom Barb, Hayden, and Pierce. We had missed PJ's (Pierce's) birthday party so we thought we should get together to celebrate a little together :-). The boys decided it would be fun to chase squirrels the whole time...poor squirrels.