Summer is grand! I am so blessed to be a teacher and have a two month vacation. People keep asking us if we are going to travel anywhere this summer, and my answer is always the same. I just want to stay at home with my boys and live life with them as a stay at home mommy. John normally gets to do this stuff and I am loving every second of it.

These fun photos were taken by my dear friend Treacy Mize, the same awesome photographer who did our family shoot. When she stayed with us, we just went on living as normal and kept to our routine with the boys, which meant lots of eating and playing. Thanks Treacy for capturing the normal day-to-day life of my family.

Feeding is a pretty big deal in our home. John and I are foodies, so we are very proactive in introducing fun international flavors to our boys. We make all our own baby food and use fun spices like tumeric or fresh mint from the garden to spice things up. These boys will not be eating hotdogs and pizza every night, but rather things like chicken tikka masala (which they love) or homemade hummus.

It’s funny because when Treacy took these pictures, the boys were still exclusively eating purees. We have now advanced to finger foods and edibles that have interesting textures. It’s just a ball of fun in our house around meal time. Yeah!

Our boys are very good eaters for the most part. Zach loves his fruits, like kiwi or papaya and Luke loves anything veggie.
And then there are the times that they don’t like what we give them and they make the most priceless faces. It’s HYSTERICAL! I also love how food gets EVERYWHERE. This is a very clean face too!They are so trusting. Look at those eyes! Ugh, I can just eat my kids up!!!

After our meal is all done, it’s play time. Notice the pot lids on the floor? The boys love to bang them on our tile floors at 8:00 in the morning. They are daddy’s alarm clock!