Talk about a summer that has come and gone!  We have definitely taken advantage of the beautiful weather that is a Wisconsin Summer.  There has been a Greer family reunion, exterior painting of the house, getting new toilets, Nana and Poppy Jake visiting, weekly swimming at the local water park a few blocks away, Superhero night at Culver's where the kids ate for free and we all enjoyed some yummy custard, firefly watching/catching, Jeffrey flying down to San Antonio to spend 48 hours with his older brother, daily visits to the park behind our house, several weekend getaways to Grandma and Papa Greer's empty cabin in the woods where the kids can play at the beach or swim in the pond, playing in the sprinklers, and simply going on walks or playing together as a family.  This list is not in any particular order, nor will it all be documented in this post.  Needless to say, we have enjoyed ourselves!

We couldn't pass up on matching swim suits.

When we moved in we didn't know we had crab apple trees in the front yard.  At the beginning of spring they blossomed and the kids loved the "popcorn trees."

Nor could we pass on matching pj's.

Our new friend Ali in the middle at the Superhero night at Culver's.

Enjoying a new favorite, Nutella on toast.

Giving the milk mustache a run for it's money.

Mason was so intrigued with the sparklers that he was always trying to touch the sparkle so we had to hold his one arm down most of the time.

This is the little park behind our house.

On  4th of July Jeffrey's parents took us all to see the new Cars movie.  Knightley was so excited!  It was both Knightley and Mason's first movie theater experience.  Mason fell asleep for about 30 minutes of the movie and enjoyed the popcorn as much as the movie.  And Knightley loved everything.  His grandparents bought a special popcorn kid tray with a cool drink cup which he loved I think as much as the movie. He did get a little restless for about 30 minutes of the slow middle part of the movie but it was a long movie.

I thought the movie was OK.  It definitely does not compare with the other pixar movies but a good kids movie I would not mind watching again.  If you have seen Mater Tale Tales on Disney that is what this movie is just 2 1/2 hours long (Too much Mater in my opinion).

But overall the experience was a BIG success. I know it was memorable for Knightley because he often still says in his prayers, "Thank you New Cars Movie.  Thank you pop.  Thank you drink".  So cute!

Knightley is sporting his Cars gear (matching shirt and shoes) with his Dad, Nanna, and brother outside the theater.

Knightley was so excited to go in and watch the movie we had to bribe him to get this picture

This sums it up.  Knightley super happy, me happy for him,and Mason with his tongue out :)

Another day of summer.  I decided that I was going to surprise Jeffrey and mow the lawn today.  It hadn't been mowed for over 2 weeks and was starting to get out of control.  Knightley and Mason love to watch the lawn mower for a bit and then go to their favorite spot to play in, under the screened-in porch where nothing grows and where dirt/mud is plentiful.  They could literally spend all day playing in this same spot, and have the time of their life.  The same was true today.  It took me close to 2 straight hours to mow the lawn with not one interruption from the kids.  They were perfectly content playing all by themselves in the dirt.

When we leave the kitchen our back door leads into the screened-in porch.  Then we go down the porch stairs and enter dirt/mud heaven. 

 Yes, they both have colds and snotty noses.  And yes, I gave them lunch before washing them...don't judge:)

 This shirt used to be Jeffrey's.

 They are definitely brothers, they even have the same dumbfounded look.

Too cute.

In the last month I have been asked over 10 times if Knightley and Mason are twins.  Usually this occurs when there are standing a few feet apart or sitting down so you can not see their height difference.  At first this question surprised me, I didn't think they looked that similar but  after hearing it over and over I have noticed how similar they do look.  And sometimes now I am blown away by the fact that, even to me, in the right light or right outfits, they do look identical.

Because today is Memorial Day Jeffrey doesn't have to go to work.  We made sure to schedule absolutely nothing today so we could have a lazy day full of fun times and family moments.  Here are a few of the moments we captured today.

Knightley's favorite breakfast food these days is plain oatmeal with some brown sugar sprinkled over it.  He used to love cooked oatmeal until one random day he refused to eat it.  That day I had poured a packet of oatmeal in a bowl and boiled some water.  As I was getting ready to pour the water in the bowl of oatmeal Knightley started to freak out and insisted "no water!"  I poured the water in anyway and told Knightley that is how he is supposed to eat it.  Bad idea.  Knightley flipped and had one of his trademark tantrums (although, these days Mason is infringing on that trademark).  Through his crying I heard him say that he wanted new oatmeal without water.  So, in order to get him to stop I poured him a new bowl of oatmeal and simply gave it to him.  He stopped crying and ate the whole thing.  I have no idea where he came up with the idea to eat oatmeal this way, but now he will only eat it dry and uncooked (until today when he asked for milk with the dry/uncooked bowl of oatmeal). 

Knightley's Favorite Breakfast from Debra Jacobson on Vimeo.

Ever since Jeffrey's birthday Knightley has been calling a birthday cake a "Happy Cake" and even sings the Happy Birthday song (all the time..to his truck, daddy, mommy, etc).

Happy Cake Song from Debra Jacobson on Vimeo.

Jeffrey's mom saved all the clothes that her kids used and we were lucky enough to get them when we started having our own.  They are now starting to fit into the matching outfits that Jeffrey and his brothers would wear.  Being that our kids are toeheads and Jeffrey and his brothers were all toeheads I am sure Knightley and Mason look just like them.  Aren't they just the cutest boys ever (no bias whatsoever:).  

For the talent show one year, my best bud Brian and I learned the entire routine to "Evolution of Dance" (you can find the original here even though it doesn't even come close to the awesomeness of us).  We spent many hours editing the music (and might I add that our final product for the music is better then the original guy), and practicing the moves.  This was done back in 2007, and has finally made it to the web.  Without further ado, what you will witness below is beautimus maximus in its purest form.  Enjoy!!!
** You can skip the first 1 min 25 seconds because it originally took that long to get the routine set up and I haven't taken the time to edit it out**

Evolution of Dance  from Debra Jacobson on Vimeo.