Our knight's in shining armor

Snuggle bugs

Sweet little Crewe!

Harper Rosey

Happy Birthday, Cohen!

 Over the weekend, we helped Cohen celebrate his 4th birthday.  Mr. Cohen decorated his own star shaped cake and I do believe his vision of the perfect four year old birthday cake came to life!Happy Birthday, Cohen Lyle!

Please note that Riley is wearing fur lined crocs that he found in the basket and carrying a baby food jar with his collection of stuff in it.  I tried to hold his jar so he could ride, but that was not acceptable. 

Happy Birthday, Kurt!

the.best.day.ever.

at least in riley's eyes. 

How did they get so big??

I looked in the backseat yesterday after we pulled into Julie's drive. Riley looked so grown up and Brody is in school! How did that happen so quickly?

Demolition!

I'm a wee bit lazy...I have better pictures on the camera, but it's so easy to use the ones from my phone.  This is a picture of the built in closets that used to reside in the toy room, which used to be our bedroom before we had kids.  The room is in the very front of the house and many moons ago used to be more of a front parlor that had archways making it open to the rest of the house.  As my great-grandmother aged, she converted the room into a bedroom for herself in the 60's or 70's...my dad's memory is a little fuzzy on when it actually all took place. 

 

Kurt has had the BEST help possible to get this project completed!

 

Kurt is in the dining room and on this side of the wall, there were built in shelves.  The wall you can see in the toy room that has the pictures hanging and the alphabet displayed will soon become a new wall of built ins - bigger and better than what we had. 

 

There is still much left to do, but the view from the dining room table is improving greatly...well if you can get past the stuff that is just shoved out of the way to make demo possible. 

This and That

Riley ran a fever last week.  It seems his two year molars are giving him fits right now as well. 

Riley's collection in his pockets from Saturday...all found in the washing machine Sunday.  Like Aunt Katy said, the only thing missing is a Polly Pocket.

Sunday's collection included a cell phone, skate board, a clamp and sponge bob.  He carried his collection to Grammy and Grampy's and he really wanted to pick up some rocks on the way, but didn't have pockets so they were sadly left behind.

Brody can't wait to go see Mickey and Minnie again...we wear our hats often and talk about all the rides we are going to ride!

Brody discovered "frog petals" (mushrooms) in Grammy's yard. 

Tonight is Riley's first night in a twin bed right by Brody.  In the monitor, I listened to Brody try to comfort Ri when he was upset because I left the room.  They then discussed what they are going to be for Halloween.  Two trips to the bathroom later and Kurt cuddling with Ri for a bit, they were asleep. 

Week Two of Pre-School:

Brody still is eager to go.  He is ready to leave by 7:15, even though he can't go until 8:00.  Today he got to take the snack.  He had to try on his backpack twice to make sure it wasn't too heavy for him to carry.  Not only did he get to take the snack, but he got to hand it out plus the straws for their milk.  Last week, he discovered chocolate milk at school and quickly decided he didn't care for it. 

Throw in harvest and that about sums our last week or so.