Our new ride

I got us a really cool wagon train on craigslist! It is Little Tikes Step 2 Choo Choo Wagon Train. It came with three 'cars' but up to 5 can be attached. I'm on the look out for one more car. But, it is going to work perfectly for taking Chandler to school. As most of you know, Chan's school is at the end of our block so he can ride his bike. Heath gets tired on his tricycle after about 1/2 block so this will be awesome! Each car has a buckle and a cup holder. The front car's seat raises up for storage. The kids and I picked it up this afternoon and took it for a test drive after Life Team tonight.

Turning around at the end of the street

Here are just a few random pictures of the kids in the car...
Heathie Boyzer
Beautiful 'Neigh Neigh' - she looks so great in blue! When I found out she was a girl, I said, "I'm so sick of blue! This girl is never going to wear anything blue - only pink!" But with her beautiful blue eyes, she looks awesome in blue! Go figure!?!?!
DeeDee ready to go eat after church

Aidan's 5th Birthday Party

The boys and I went to a birthday party on Saturday afternoon. Aidan played T-Ball with Chandler last year. They have a huge 1 acre lot with a very nice pool. They also had a water slide which the boys loved!!! Chandler kept saying, "This is the best birthday party EVER!!!"

Chandler coming down the slide
Heath coming down the water slide. He was too scared to go up the first time so I went up with him. He wasn't scared after that!
Heath coming down - check out his face!! :)
Chandler trying to do a twist trick!

Mommy and Heath in the pool
Chandler standing up on the side of the hot tub while I was in the pool taking his picture.
Chandler wearing his goggles that I bought on the way to the party.
Heath in the pool with a Donkey float - it was a Shrek birthday party!

More of Dylan's wardrobe

Dylan likes to wear silly things to make us laugh!

Today he has enjoyed wearing these earmuffs that he found. Then this afternoon he found this hat to add! As you can see by the look on his face, he knows he is silly!

Yesterday it was two hats and Hanna's paci upside down! :)

Babysitter Saga

You have to hear this story of what happened today! Ms. Joy had foot surgery on Monday so she was off this week. To take her place, I asked our teenage babysitter, Taylor, to come over for a little while. When I got home from grocery shopping today, she told me a very disturbing/funny story! She said that Heath and Chandler were playing outside and the twins were inside. Heath came in to use the potty. She said she saw him go to the bathroom and then come out and go back outside. In about 2 minutes Dylan was out of her sight so she went looking for him. As she rounded the corner out of the kitchen, he was coming down the hall with a BIG Heath poop in his hands!!! She was quick on her feet and grabbed him by the wrists and walked him back to the bathroom where she shook the poop out of his hands back into the potty. She then proceeded to scrub his and her hands!!! Taylor said that Dylan was very mad at her for making him give up the poop and even more mad that she was scrubbing and scrubbing his hands!

I'm sorry that Taylor had to deal with that today but I'm kinda glad I missed that fiasco!!

Welcome to EVERYDAY LIFE WITH THE BELL FAMILY!!! :)

Breakfast dress code - Hat, sunglasses, flannel pajamas!

Dylan likes to wear hats and sunglasses. This morning the hat and sunglasses were sitting on the stairs. As I carried him down for breakfast, he saw them and HAD to wear them! (and he had to have the phone too)

Laundry Helpers

The boys like to help with laundry. Chandler knows light from dark but Heath is still learning. He asks me every piece of laundry, "Dark or light?" Last time we were sorting laundry, he was doing the same thing... besides he was asking, "Dark or sunny?" :)

Heath diving in the laundry hamper for a few pieces of clothes at the very bottom
Heath asking, "Dark or light?"
Heath sorting laundry
Heath putting all the "light" laundry back into the hamper to move to the laundry room
Both boys sorting laundry
Chandler putting the "dark" laundry back into the hamper to be moved to the laundry room
Chandler trying to pick up all the laundry at once!

Allen USA Celebration

On Saturday we went to Geego and Nanny's house for Allen's 4th of July celebration. The park was one street over from their house. We could walk back and forth from their house to the celebration.

All the kids wanted to ride in the stroller so we made it work! We got quiet a few looks riding like this! We figured up that with 4 kids and the weight of the stroller, Matt was pushing about 200 pounds!!
Kaylie, Geego, Heath and Chandler walking in the park towards the spray park
Kaylie - the boy's beautiful cousin that they met for the first time! She lives in Michigan and came down with Grandma, her dad - Brad and Brad's girlfriend - Janet to visit.

Chandler at the spray water park

This is the picture I took right before we lost Heath. We lost him for about 10 minutes!!! We were looking frantically for him when a guy asked Matt, "Are you looking for a little boy?" Matt told him yes and he pointed to a police man. Across the field a police man was holding Heath! When Matt returned with Heath, we had looked every where and I was just about in tears!!!!! We didn't let him out of our sight after that!

Grandma giving Dylan lemonade

Grandma ended up giving Hanna her own bottle of lemonade!

After the spray park we decided to go to the HOA pool. The boys didn't really want to get in at first but as you can see in these pictures, they started having fun very quickly!

Chandler learned how to go underwater!
Heath in his spiderman goggles!

Geego and Heath
Geego helping Chandler put on his arm floats
Heathie going under water
With the arm floats on, Chandler could go swimming on his own

Brad, Janet, Nanny, Geego, Julia, Karolyn and Jeff
Heath, Nanny, Jennifer, Chandler, Julia, Kayla, Geego, Matt, Kaylie, Jeff and Karolyn
Julia & Kayla = Nanny's nieces; Jeff = Geego's twin brother; Karolyn = Jeff's fiance

Kayla, Kaylie and Chandler watching fireworks in Geego and Nanny's front yard. It was sprinkling a little so that's why they are under the umbrella.
Heath and Daddy
Chan and Mommy
Everyone camped on Geego and Nanny's front walkway watching the fireworks!