Passport Rejects - Carson's Turn

Not to be outdone, Carson offered a few gems as well. By this time the antics were pretty much in full force, and we were lucky to get a couple that didn't involve using the Force on mommy.

As I reflect on these pictures, I offer a selection of movie and music quotes. See if you can match the picture to the caption.

- Fatboy go home..... you bin here 4 howr

- I have a feeling, somebody's watching me

- You talkin' to me?

Passport Photo Rejects - Brady

So we are planning a trip to Costa Rica in a couple months to visit some friends, and Brady's passport from when we were in Europe expired. One would think it would be easy to get one little 2" x 2" photo of your 5 year old son. If one thought that, then one would be wrong.

These are the ones that we decided not to submit for the passport for fear that our son would be detained when trying to enter any country outside of the planet of Naboo (Star Wars). Captions for the first three photos (in order) would be 1) let me think of all the things I would rather be doing right now, 2) lock up your daughters, and 3) ET phone home. At some point we just kinda gave up.

The Race Team

I absolutely, positively, most definitely have the most wonderful family in the entire world. Today was a huge day for me...my first half-marathon that I have been training for for months, and my awesome husband and boys helped me every step of the way. We all woke up at 4:30 in the morning so that they could drive me downtown. Jer didn't want me to have to worry about finding parking, etc. so he packed up the boys in their PJs, then dropped me off and took them to breakfast. They all bundled up and managed to make 3 stops to see me along the race path (in the pictures above, you can see what happened when they took their hats off). Then, they met me after the race with huge hugs and kisses, even though I was sweaty and stinky. When we got home, we climbed into bed, and all of my men took a 2 and a half hour nap.

I also need to give a shout-out to my "coach" Tony and my wonderful friend (his wife) Natasha for being so supportive. How do people do these things for the first time without guidance? Well, I didn't have to find out.

A little bit of Carson logic: "Mommy, why don't you ride your bike...you will go faster?

AND

"I am going to ask Santa for a race car so that I can follow you on your race."

Carson Turns Three!!!

Wow, it has been a big week! On Monday, Carson had his Thanksgiving feast at school. He wore a homemade Pilgrim hat and sang Thanksgiving songs with his class before enjoying a whole bunch of treats (video of singing to come). On Monday afternoon, we hosted playgroup at our house, and Karen made another AWESOME cake to celebrate his birthday...Yoda looked so real! Then, on Tuesday, he turned 3!!! I basically spent the day spoiling him with chocolate milk and treats. I can't believe my baby is three!

Halloween - 2011

Once again, our Houston Halloween lasted for weeks. First, we had Trunk-or-Treat at Carson's preschool, then Brady had his "Storybook parade" at school. At these events, Brady was Luke Skywalker and Carson was Captain Rex. Then, we all went to a Halloween party where Jeremy and I were convicts, Carson was a police officer, and Brady was an FBI agent (he won best costume). Finally, Halloween came...AND MY NEW NIECE WAS BORN! Also, both of the boys decided to be Captain Rex. They went to a total of about 10 houses, and decided that they would rather hand out candy at home.

Make sure that you look at the boy's faces in their cop costume pictures. So funny!

A Lesson in Getting Down

I really don't know what to say...Brady is usually shy or silly in front of the camera, but tonight, in a rare moment of abandon, he opened up and danced his little heart out. And Carson, oh my, Carson...those little legs are moving a mile a minute. Put that together with Daphne's infectious giggles, and we had quite a scene. Tears literally streamed down my face.

Brady Starts Kindergarten

I really couldn't think of a fancier way to title this post. My baby is going to Kindergarten and I am a mess! I cried a whole bunch tonight, and I'm hoping that I will be OK tomorrow. It's just amazing how protective I feel...I want everyone to love him as much as I do, and I don't want anyone to ever be mean to him. Plus, I want to keep and eye on him to be sure that he's making good decisions! This new territory is hard, and while my brain knows that I will get involved in his new school and he will be really happy there, by heart is feeling like I'm just not ready! The bottom line is that Brady is ready, so we just have to get through these first few days and all will be OK. Sigh.

P.S. I added some other pictures of what the boys have been doing on their last few days of summer. Happy they were to dress up like Master Yoda and Luke Skywalker!