State Fair 2010

Big Tex


Ethan showing us the true fun in visiting the car buildings. Yes, he is lying in a car's trunk.



































The Dude abides. Totally.

All-American Boy Scout

At the beginning of every school year, the boy scouts send out information about joining. The thought of camping etc. disturbs me on so many levels. I am not that kind of girl. My husband knows this. My kids? Do not...apparently. After his teacher (Thanks, Michelle!) told him that boy scouts learn survival tactics (this is a kid who adores Survivorman and Bear Grylls) he was gung-ho about joining boys scouts. I gave in. I caved. The inner-diva/princess/camping-consists-of-no-room-service side of me is going to punch me in the face when she finds out what I did. :) In all honesty, he is having fun. He did admit that he's mostly in it because they go camping and will be taught how to shoot bb guns and archery.

Friday night he was set to receive his first badge. The whole family set out to make sure we were in attendance for this. It was amazing to watch his little face light up during the ceremony. Next on the list? The camping trip. Luckily my husband is super awesome, and since Cade can't go this year, I get to stay at home. However, I get the feeling that my time is coming...I better find out if they make pop-up hotels.
Congratulations, Ethan! We are so proud of you.

Caden

I had to blog about Cade and all his wonderous achievements. Haha! No, really. He's been growing and maturing like crazy. School has been a HUGE blessing and has assisted him a great deal in his development. He knows his letters, numbers through 10, comes home and sings a multitude of songs, is attempting to tie his own shoe now, and is doing amazing things socially. I'm so proud of him especially since his school career did not start without a hitch. He had a hard time adjusting to going from an in-home-care sitter to preschool at first. Now? No crying and he has become so independent.



The other day, he found his candy corn socks we bought last Halloween. He loves wearing them to bed. I had completely forgotten that he has never actually eaten candy corn. (Whaaaaaat?!) So, I bought a bag and he loved them! I mean, go-all-out-in-a-sugar-high-run-around-the-room-screaming-for-joy LOVED THEM!! So, I walk into the kitchen the other day and I see this:


Apparently, I left them out on the table and he decided that he needed a Caden-made snack. Yeah. I'm not really sure how many he ate before I caught him. Yes, I ran and got the camera before I stopped him. It's one of those captured moments that I could not miss documenting.
He's a mess but he's my mess and I love every bit of him. I'm having a bit of a hard time coming to the realization that he is going to be three soon. What's even harder is the fact he no longer has baby fine hair but now, it's thick, straight, little boy hair. Boo for growing up! :)

Monkeys at the Zoo!

We took another jaunt with our friends the Lindleys (minus Canyon who was making sure security was tight and right at the TX/OU game) to the Dallas Zoo. This time, Brian was able to join us. We were so excited to show him the Giants of the Savanna exhibit. The weather was gorgeous and breezy with no humidity. Perfect weather. The kids had a blast but the adults (3 to be exact) were most definitely outnumbered. Although the experience was exhausting, we most definitely had a blast.

Sigh and Swoon.

Snips, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails...

and I think they forgot to add bugs to that list too. Ethan's teacher told me that he has been hanging out with his little friend Madison at school and they catch bugs, lizards, geckos etc. during recess. Well, my child has been stuffing them into his pockets. Ew. I'm just grateful she found them before I did laundry. Double ew. Anyway, he collected a gecko, without my knowledge, as we were coming in from being out all day. I couldn't figure out why he was so quiet and busy in his room. I went in to check on him and lo and behold, he was clearing out his bug catcher to keep his "findings". Yeah, below is what he caught.

Yes, that would be three geckos and a grasshopper in his bug catcher. I wonder if God is giggling at me being so grossed out. He knows that I get the heebie-jeebies from this kind of thing. *shivers* Ugh.
However, this face is what makes it all worth the grody-ness that I deal with daily.

What I love about Sundays...