Beaver Dams, Bamberg and Beautiful Days

This post is brought to you by the letter B.

B is for Beaver Dam. The boys created this "beaver dam" yesterday. I did make them stack all the wood back up after they were done but it kept them busy for a few minutes and I thought it was pretty creative of them to think of building a "beaver dam."

B is for Busy Boys. Of course it's not OK for Emerson to climb on a 200 year old fountain, but you try and tell him not to!!!!

B is for Bayreuth. This is Emerson trying to figure out how tiny rocks can float on top of pond scum in the park in Bayreuth. "Mom, rocks are supposed to sink but these rocks float. Why?"

B is for Bang. Townsend throwing rocks at the ducks in the pond. I know he should probably not do this but you try and tell him not to!

B is for Blue Boys Building Beaver Barracks. I think this photo speaks for itself. Yeah, those are their pajamas. I figure they only get Saturday morning to run around and play now that they are in school and their favorite thing is to run around in their jammies, so I let them.

B is for Bamberg. I took a day trip to the city of Bamberg with my Stake Relief Society. We had a professional tour guide and it was very beautiful and interesting. I would love to get back to this city when I have a bit more time to walk around and explore. I had to rush back home to pick up the boys from school. (I was actually 20 minutes late picking up the boys...thank you Mrs. Riggans for keeping an eye on them for me!)

B is for Baby Blue Eyes. My man Jules playing outside on his swing.

My boys love water

Ever since my twins were little they have loved water. Bath time was their favorite part of the day. They loved swimming and splashing at wading pools or in sprinklers. And now, it seems that Julian is following his brothers in his love for water. Even when the weather is cool and we have gone to the pool or lake Julian has loved splashing and playing in the water.

I'm glad we have taken advantage of the warm weather this summer and spent many days in the water. The high temperature for today is only 57!

Can you hear that?

Listen really closely...can you hear anything? No? Nothing at all? That is the sound my house makes when my two 5 year olds are at school and my little Julian is taking a nap. It's a wonderful sound and one I am looking forward to hearing often in the future.

Today was the first day of school for Emerson and Townsend. I drove them to school and dropped them off. We first went to Emersons classroom and when I was leaving with Townsend Emerson said, "Mom, is Townsend going to be all by himself too?" Emerson has been more hesitant about being split up than Townsend.

We headed over to Townsends room and he just walked around the room until he found the table with his name on it and sat down. They both did great. No tears. No, "I don't want to go to school mommy." It was fantastic!!!

I didn't do much today after dropping them off. I did put together a little gift for after school. In Germany there is a tradition that on the first day of school you give your child a Schultüte. It's basically a cardboard cone filled with treats and toys to help the children celebrate their first day of school. The boys were really excited after school, they were all smiles and happy to see me again. It was an exciting thing to pick up my boys after school. I felt all grown up or something!

I am really proud of my boys and I'm so happy they have wonderful teachers and the chance to learn new things each day. I love you my smart boys!

Emerson in his classroom on the first day of school

Townsend in his classroom

Townsend and his teacher Mrs. Riggans (that's his Schultüte he's holding)

Emerson and his teacher Mrs. Olden