"Mom, pirates lived a long time ago."
"Yes."
"Did they fight dinosaurs?"
"No. The dinosaurs were already gone before there were pirates."
"But they both lived a long time ago."
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Homewood Christmas Parade
The Homewood Christmas parade happened to coincide with the day it decided to snow. So yes, it does snow in Alabama, and yes, we were very cold.
The kids were excited to see the parade and were ready with their candy bags. V decided to wear two hats with his hoodie. He thought it was hilarious and kept pointing it out.
C soon gave up on his goody bag and opted for mittens.
C's favorite part of the parade. He lit up when he saw the dogs, "Woof, woof."
V enjoyed picking up the candy, and boy there was a lot of it. I think they both got more candy that day than they did on Halloween. Seriously.
Poor C almost froze to death. He had on warm clothes, a coat, hat and mittens, yet he spent most of his time shaking. We tried to hold him to keep him warm, but it didn't seem to help. We gave him this piece of candy to eat, but apparently he was too cold to chew. He stayed like this with candy drool coming out of his mouth until we decided to remove it.
We got to see many interesting things, like a giant cow:
Flying pigs:
Big trucks:
And of course, Santa riding in a fire truck. Even Santa was cold, he kept rubbing his hands together to warm them up.
The kids were excited to see the parade and were ready with their candy bags. V decided to wear two hats with his hoodie. He thought it was hilarious and kept pointing it out.
C soon gave up on his goody bag and opted for mittens.
C's favorite part of the parade. He lit up when he saw the dogs, "Woof, woof."
V enjoyed picking up the candy, and boy there was a lot of it. I think they both got more candy that day than they did on Halloween. Seriously.
Poor C almost froze to death. He had on warm clothes, a coat, hat and mittens, yet he spent most of his time shaking. We tried to hold him to keep him warm, but it didn't seem to help. We gave him this piece of candy to eat, but apparently he was too cold to chew. He stayed like this with candy drool coming out of his mouth until we decided to remove it.
We got to see many interesting things, like a giant cow:
Flying pigs:
Big trucks:
And of course, Santa riding in a fire truck. Even Santa was cold, he kept rubbing his hands together to warm them up.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Thanksgiving
I sent R out with the boys on Thanksgiving morning so that I could get some baking finished. They decided to ride bikes. V did really well. C is still learning how to use the pedals. They had a lot of fun.
We had a special visitor for Thanksgiving. Uncle T came and spent the holiday with us. We really enjoyed having him around. He and R played a lot of X box and we went out for some Southern BBQ. It was nice to be able to relax and spend time with family.
We had a special visitor for Thanksgiving. Uncle T came and spent the holiday with us. We really enjoyed having him around. He and R played a lot of X box and we went out for some Southern BBQ. It was nice to be able to relax and spend time with family.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
End of Soccer Season
On a cold November evening, soccer season finally ended. I know that sounds bad, but it had been a long and difficult season due to bad weather and field logistics.
We all had fun though, especially V, which is the important part. V had a great season. He really stepped forward this time and went for the ball. It was great to see him get into the game.
V was so proud of his metal.
He wore both of his soccer medals for the next week. They are still hanging on his bed where he can put them back on from time to time.
Apparently the last game wore him out so much that he fell out of bed and didn't even notice:
We all had fun though, especially V, which is the important part. V had a great season. He really stepped forward this time and went for the ball. It was great to see him get into the game.
V was so proud of his metal.
He wore both of his soccer medals for the next week. They are still hanging on his bed where he can put them back on from time to time.
Apparently the last game wore him out so much that he fell out of bed and didn't even notice:
Peek-a-boo
Introducing the latest fashion...the yellow bucket.
Appropriate for any occasion, even snack time.
Appropriate for any occasion, even snack time.
Getting old...
V was out of school on the 11th, so we celebrated R's birthday by going to the zoo without him. (In my defense, we did try to bring him a lunch, but R had a busy day and things didn't quite workout).
The boys had a lot of fun, and V spent his time planning R's birthday party. It got more elaborate by the second. He wanted to make R a giant rainbow dragon birthday cake with spikes (that you could make by wrapping pine cones in fondant) that said UAB. He thinks that because R goes to UAB, then dragons should be his favorite and everything should say UAB. The rainbow colors were for V. Anyway, that was just the cake, you could imagine what he thought up for the rest of the party.
We all had fun. V found a giant leaf and C didn't want to go home. Here he is refusing to move once he saw the exit:
We watched goldfish for awhile. C could sit there and watch them for hours.
On our way home, we picked up a hitchhiker:
We sure have some interesting and large bugs down here. Here is the bug with the windshield for some perspective on size:
Once R got home, the real party could begin. The boys were so excited, they couldn't wait to open presents and eat cake.
Unfortunately the cake didn't meet V's high standards. I had little time and could only find black food coloring. It tasted good though.
Happy birthday R! We love you.
The boys had a lot of fun, and V spent his time planning R's birthday party. It got more elaborate by the second. He wanted to make R a giant rainbow dragon birthday cake with spikes (that you could make by wrapping pine cones in fondant) that said UAB. He thinks that because R goes to UAB, then dragons should be his favorite and everything should say UAB. The rainbow colors were for V. Anyway, that was just the cake, you could imagine what he thought up for the rest of the party.
We all had fun. V found a giant leaf and C didn't want to go home. Here he is refusing to move once he saw the exit:
We watched goldfish for awhile. C could sit there and watch them for hours.
On our way home, we picked up a hitchhiker:
We sure have some interesting and large bugs down here. Here is the bug with the windshield for some perspective on size:
Once R got home, the real party could begin. The boys were so excited, they couldn't wait to open presents and eat cake.
Unfortunately the cake didn't meet V's high standards. I had little time and could only find black food coloring. It tasted good though.
Happy birthday R! We love you.
UAB Homecoming Game
UAB had it's homecoming game back in November. R thought it would be fun to take the family, especially since V had to learn some football in order to survive here in Alabama.
C ended up being the one to watch the game.
V ended up playing a version of tic tac toe with himself.
He filled out the entire piece of paper and then told me I lost.
We won the game and R almost got a free T-shirt. Go Blazers!
C ended up being the one to watch the game.
V ended up playing a version of tic tac toe with himself.
He filled out the entire piece of paper and then told me I lost.
We won the game and R almost got a free T-shirt. Go Blazers!
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