Just another day in Paradise!

Just some misc photos over the past couple of weeks.

Kids playing in the tent over Labor Day weekend. Our backyard was more private than most campsites!


Riding bikes/bigwheels





On of Jack's favorite things is to swing and read on the porch - just like Mom.


Tiger Cub!

Boys at the ballpark

Some pics of the boys hanging at the ballpark. Owen is playing ball. Jack likes to play in the dirt.

First Day of PreK

Same school, but moving up to a new "big boy" class. Jack was so excited, he let Will take pictures of him. He loves his new uniform and backpack.

Weekend with Aunt Stephanie

The boys love to go stay with other people, and this weekend they got to do it in another state! The spent the night with Stephanie and had a weekend filled with movies, target, wii and even a trip to the International Motor speedway Museum in Talledega.

Whopper

Jack’s 4-year old check-up was today. He’s gained almost 5 lbs since a year ago and now weighs just over 33 lbs (which puts him in the 25th percentile, instead of the 10th) and he is 41 inches tall (the 75th percentile). So you can’t tell by looking at him, but he is gaining some heft.

He had to get a couple of shots, but managed to hold off on the crying until the nurse actually stuck him (unlike Owen who started hysterically screaming as soon as the nurse entered the room). And even though he made a big show of it, he did a 180 and started to dance and sing around the room as soon as the nurse turned on the bubble machine and offered him a cookie. Hmm, I think I’ve seen that move before.

This is a pic of him playing at Lake Yellowstone.


Owen is working on losing his first tooth. It is one of the ones on the bottom and has been a little slow to come out – the secondary tooth has actually already come in behind it. I’ve heard it referred to as having a “shark’s tooth”. But it’s finally getting really loose – I wish it would hurry and come out because it looks like it is barely in there and I’m afraid it is going to come out while he’s eating. Kinda grosses me out.

Owen has also gotten more interested in his bike lately – thanks to his ingenious mother =). He’s had it since Christmas, but he was a little nervous riding it, so he didn’t get on it much. But he is in to playing Wii, so I told him for every 20 minutes he spends riding his bike, he could bank 10 minutes of Wii time. So now every evening, he wants to ride that bike. He’s gotten pretty good on it too.

OMG

That is what Owen said while playing video games the other night - "OMG!" I asked if he knew what that stood for... he said no.

Speaking of video games, we've had to cut out playing them during the weekday evenings. They are tired after a long day and Owen's need for perfection (from himself and others) makes for a not-so-enjoyable evening. He is a little upset with our decision, especially since he just recently bought his new SuperMario game.

Hanging with the boys

Thanks to Nancy for sharing this picture from Patrick's graduation party. O definitely thought he was one of the boys.