Sowing the Seeds...

Of lots of goodies! Andy and I started planting seeds in the basement in April and our hard work is finally paying off. We have a ton of veggies growing in our backyard right now. We have tomatoes, beans, broccoli, zucchini, yellow squash, corn, sunflowers, pumpkins, cucumbers, mint, and many more veggies and goodies. I wanted to share these pictures while the garden was so beautiful. It is Andy's passion and we are having a ton of fun growing everything...and then eating it!

It looks like a jungle in there.

These sunflowers must be at least 12 feet tall. Andy planted them right outside the kitchen window. They are beautiful to look at from inside.

These are our pumpkins. They are still in the yellow stage not yet turning to orange. They have a lot of growing to do still. Home grown Halloween pumpkins...the best kind!

Here are some sweet peas. We have so many on this plant. Fresh beans tonight!

This is the coolest! The broccoli plant has turned out awesome. We have a couple growing and some cauliflower, too. We didn't know what to expect with this one, but it a pleasant surprise!

Lafflam Family Update

Well, here I am, back to blogging! Sorry it has been so long since my last post. I feel like I have been so busy this August. We have had so much going on and there really has been no time to blog lately. I just wanted to send out an update on a few things.

First of all, Blake turned 2 months old on August 4. He weighed in at 12 lbs 12 oz (75th percentile) and was 23 inches long (50th percentile) at his 2 month appointment. At the appointment we found out he has a hemangioma. This is on the right side of his face and the doctor says it will go away or at least be less visible by the time he is 2 years old. He continues to be such a good baby. He sleeps through the night and has been since about 3 weeks old. His smiles and coos just melt our heart. Compared to Tyler at this age, he is a hoss. He eats 4 1/2 oz of formula every 3 hours during the day. We couldn't have asked for a better baby.


Tyler continues to love Blake. He kisses him, reads to him, wants to hold him, and holds the bottle during feedings. Just today he asked if he could burp Blake and then he continued, "Good burp, Blake." They are just too cute together. There have been those few times when he has asked me to put Blake back in his car seat so he can have my full attention. That was pretty funny!

Just 2 weeks ago, we decided that we were going to move. We found a lot in Timnath Ranch just by a new CORE Knowledge School, Bethke. We decided that it would be a great time for us to move since we were running out of space in our current house. We are going to have a 4 bedroom house with a loft, on a cul-de-sac, with a huge yard, and a 3 car garage! We are thrilled! This is our lot (see the fence way back there?). It also comes with a great view of the Rocky Mountains. It's beautiful.

Here is the model of our house. It will look a little different because we have a different elevation with a porch out front and shutters on the windows. We love it!

Something else to add to our exciting month was my hit and run car accident. I was at Edora Park with my friend Amy and my car was hit. The good news is the lady was caught and a witness saw the whole thing. It all happened on the last day of my summer break, so now I have to find the time to get it fixed since I am back to work.

Here is my cutie pie, Tyler. He is getting so big and so darn cute! He has been getting really good at practicing making funny faces lately. He still loves reading his books and playing with cars of all types (especially those from the movie Cars). Monsters are on his mind and scaring him daily. (Does anyone have ideas on how to make him feel better about monsters?) The funniest thing about him and monsters is that he imitates what he thinks the monsters look like by making funny monster faces and growls. He continues to bring a smile to our faces when he is not acting out and showing us what the terrible 2's really mean. We just love him!

One more thing to make the month a little more busy is I have returned back to work. I am now teaching first grade again and I moved classrooms. All of this has left us really busy, but really thankful for what we have. Life is good in the Lafflam house!

Mommy's Classroom...

I have really enjoyed my summer off with the boys, but realize I have a ton of work to do in my new classroom. I am moving to the first floor and changing grade levels. So, I have brought the boys with me while I work (I don't suggest this). Blake was great and slept through the day(s) for the most part. Tyler, on the other hand, was well...a handful. Everything I organized he managed to undo, color on, or put in another place. However, I really enjoyed having him there and seeing his enthusiasm for "school" and "mommy's classroom." His favorite parts, if I were to guess, were coloring on the white board with Sharpie, coloring on the computer tower and monitor with pen, taking out all of the playground balls, and learning how to climb on tables when Mommy wasn't looking. It was AWESOME (do you hear the sarcasm?)...

Coloring on the white board (with dry erase pen this time)...

Helping to organize my book boxes.