The Dupree County Fair

We grabbed our tickets and headed over to the Dupree County Fair to celebrate Boland’s first birthday!  How in the world has it been a year?!  I missed pictures of many of Amy’s fun details, but let me tell you, it was great! It was definitely a Blue Ribbon fair, with fun games, plenty of sweets, and yummy food. And of course the boys had so much fun with all of Boland’s sweet friends-and super sweet sister! Baby James was super cute as usual! Watson, Charlotte, Jack, and Sam kept a close eye on the drinks- until Watson spotted an airplane, and all bets were off! The highlight of the party, though, was the birthday boy!  He did a great job with his smash cake, and even got some help from his brother!Thanks for having us over to celebrate!  Happy, happy birthday sweet boy!  

Goin’ on a boat trip!

This afternoon, the laundry basket was a boat.  Jack was the captain and Sam was his first mate. Sam thought it would be fun to drive the boat from the inside, so he climbed on in.Jack agreed and hopped in, too. Sam wasn’t sure about sharing his boat, but he decided to make room for his big brother with a smile on his sweet little face!It was smooth sailing from there!

Raking with Grandpa

One of our trees lost a lot of its leaves in the past couple days.  Yesterday, Jack said, “Momma, I needa get my rake and rake dose leaves!”  It was already getting dark (man it gets dark early now!), so I told him he could do it tomorrow with grandpa.  When the Thomases arrived, he remembered what I said ‘lasterday’ and was ready to go outside! He was a bit bossy about where grandpa could rake, but once they got that straightened out, they got busy!

Of course the imagination kicked in-which I LOVE!, and the rake was a blower,and he was protecting us from a bear (I think). Thanks for putting such a smile on his face, and thanks for coming up to take care of our boys!  We love you, grandma and grandpa!

Happy Veterans’ Day!

We’re so very thankful to the men and women of the armed forces and to their families!  We’re the land of the free because of the brave! A very special thank you to Uncle Adam, Uncle Ryan, Kevin, and Justin!  We’re so thankful for your service!

This boy LOVES his daddy!

It’s a Football Party!

James and Stuart had a super fun football party to celebrate their birthdays, and Jack had a blast!  Elizabeth did a great job-there was even a real football field in the backyard! The Clemson football helmet caught Jack’s eye right away, and he would. NOT! put it down!  I made him put it back on the table when it was time to sing to the boys, happy birthday, you two!!, but then he asked Mrs. Elizabeth if he could play with it again.  He was thrilled when she said yes.  Thanks, Elizabeth!    Even when he was playing with other toys, he kept the helmet close.  The funny thing is, none of the other kids were asking him to share it! They were all playing, and having fun sporting their Carolina gear or their pink! Those Renders, aren’t they the cutest?! As we were getting ready to leave, he took off the helmet and showed his true colors!  That’s my boy!Thanks for having us to your fun party, James and Stuart!  We hope you had very happy birthdays!

Boo!

Happy Halloween from Super Jack and Super Sam! On Halloween night, we went over to the Pretulak’s, and the big boys hitched a ride to the pre trick-or-treating Halloween drop-in.  This is the only time they were still-after they ate supper, they were either dancing or looking for candyAfter practicing at Boo at the Zoo, the kids were ready to go from house to house, and it was so neat watching them scatter in excitement!  Maybe next year they’ll actually pick up on saying “Trick-or-Treat!”!

What a happy Halloween season and what a great start to my most favorite time of year!  All our fun little traditions make me so happy and, I hope, are making sweet memories for these two boys.  It’s such a joy to be their momma!