signs of summer

The weather has been absolutely perfect the last couple days. It has been warm but not hot and best of all not humid.  Mosquitoes are not out to make me miserable, neither are the chiggers. Thanks to this gorgeous weather we have been spending a lot of time outside. Both the boys love it.

Caden loved being outside from the beginning and Coleman is following in his foot steps. They cry when it is time to come in and the only stop playing long enough to get a few bites of food in their bellies.

Today, I found myself snuggling both boys in the hammock. At first I thought Caden smelled oddly clean after a long day of playing outside at school and at home. He didn't have the metallic sweaty smell that goes with being a little boy who has played hard.  Then it hit me, that is one of my favorite summer smells.....sunscreen.  on a side note, good for his school, putting sunscreen on them!!!

I hate shoes and am thrilled it is getting warm enough to don flip-flops to work and go barefoot whenever I can.  Caden loves to be barefoot and even though I miss his baby soft feet, I love that they are rough and dirty to show for a hard day of playing outside.  Today when his shoe fell off and he started to cry that he couldn't get it on, I told him to just take them off. He smiled at me with his big cheesy smile and in an instant his shoes and socks were off and his feet were caked in mud.

that shirt says it all (at least for being outside)

Cole loved the grass. I wondered if he would even let his feet touch it. no worries, he was all over the place, feet dirty and I'm pretty sure he ate some dirt, sand and grass.

Coleman's cute little piggies