Fun in the Sun

Thanks Grandpa for letting us use your camera. Without it we wouldn't have been able to capture this... or this...

or these...

Wordless Wednesday

They Were Framed!

You'll have days like this...

Today I managed to frustrate all 3 of the boys during school... Ethan did not like the music I was playing.

Isaiah's puzzle was tooooo harrrrrd!

And Tyler didn't like cleaning off his desk after writing on it!

But I was frustrated today too. So I guess we're even.

Sledding Part Two

THE HILL ISAIAH
TYLER

ETHAN

THE GUYS

Sledding Part One

I love these guys, despite the fact that they drive me crazy each and every day!

Sort of Fun for Christmas

Was it only sort of fun, or only sort of for Christmas?

You decide.

A week or so ago, I realized that the boys had several coupons from their birthday that were going to expire. The first was 20 free tokens each from Chuck E. Cheese. You get these for signing up for their birthday club online.

(Bad parenting moment. Not only did I let my boys play with guns *gasp*, I also accidentally chose some freaky mummy/Night of the Living Dead sort of game for them to play. )
Ethan and Tyler playing their first game of air hockey and loving it!

Free pretzel bites at the mall. They give you a huge cup for your birthday (when you sign up online for the birthday club. I believe this is called "Pretzel Time".

At Toys R Us looking for things to spend his $3 birthday gift card on (again from their birthday club, you can sign up in the store). Obviously Lego's were not $3, so he bought some candy and a dot to dot book.

Last stop was Cold Stone for two free kids cups with a mix in. I forgot to take my camera inside. Tyler got cotton candy ice cream with white chocolate chips and Ethan got vanilla with M and M's mixed in.

Isaiah and I were with them, I just chose to share the pics of Ethan and Tyler. At Chuck E. Cheese, we all played games and shared the tokens. We also shared the ice cream and the pretzel bites (although I did try the Pumpkin Spice pretzel with caramel dipping sauce).

A lot of fun was had for FREE! Go now and sign up for those birthday clubs!

Climbing the Walls

Some people say their kids are climbing the walls. Most of them are lying. I'm not.

I guess there is an advantage to having paneling!

Another Day....another tooth!

On Friday, the boys and I went to a church rummage sale. As we were leaving, Tyler tells me that he has a loose tooth. I was a bit skeptical, but felt it anyways. It was really loose! He played with it for the rest of the afternoon, and finally it was just hanging there. I asked him if I could pull it out for him and he said OK. He was so brave! I barely had to move it and it popped right out. Toothless Twins
Happy little brother.
Isaiah told Tim the other night that he "has a loose tooth too, but it just doesn't move yet". Ha ha. He is so desperate to catch up to his big brothers!

It's a big day at our house!

Ethan lost his first tooth this morning!

My Life

The cousins

Ethan, Isaiah, Lochlyn (holding Leeland) and Tyler.

What Ethan wants for Christmas 2008

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing

All 3 boys on Christmas 2008

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing

Thank you Miss Ginger!

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books

First Day of Preschool 2008

Today was our first official day of "preschool". While I'm not a huge advocate of preschool, I do feel that I need to get into some sort of routine for homeschooling next year. Here is the obligatory first day of school picture.

Here is Ethan crying less than one minute after we started. He was upset because I told him we couldn't have any airplanes (or other toys) at the table.
Here is the chair that Isaiah was supposed to be sitting in. Notice it's empty.
Little brother hangs off the table while older brothers put together puzzles of their names.
Ethan practices in his new workbook and apparently on his arm.
Learning is messy.

At this point, school was officially done, but I guess you could call this recess.
Isaiah riding his motorcycle (that's what it is when the handlebars are backwards, according to him).
A lesson in recycling.
Art class.
I hope you enjoyed your look into our first day. We try to "keep it real" around here. None of that perfection stuff for us!

Fair Fun One

Ethan plays a game.

Isaiah picks a duck.
Tyler makes a bracelet.
French fries!
Grandma and the grandsons.

Fair Fun Two

This one is for Amanda.

Lochlyn pets a pig.
Cousins enjoying homemade ice cream together.
Cotton candy and and ice cream smile.
And because they hadn't had enough sugar yet.....Crazy Cones! Hey, at least we didn't let them have the waffles until the next day!