swings

These boys love to swing. It was a perfect Saturday afternoon to swing. Not too hot, the sun wasn't too strong, a slight breeze in the air. Trey is always calculating how high he swings by how far from the willow tree branches his toes are.

And I promise, Tian IS wearing clothes.

I love sitting beneath our willow trees! This was my view this afternoon.

monkey bars

Trey always talks about doing the monkey bars at "old preschool." I had assumed he always had a teacher help him across the bars UNTIL this afternoon he did them all by himself. And yes, I said, AFTERNOON and this boy is in his pj's. He dresses about 4 times a day still.


6.12.10


Appropriate, he is wearing his Small Paul monkey pj's WHILE accomplishing the "monkey" bars!

Crazy Hair Day

I have to admit, Trey and Tian's preschool/daycare have some pretty fun days. This day in particular was "Crazy Hair Day" for Trey. Tian joined in on the fun when he saw Trey getting red put into his hair. Trey, the over achiever went a little extreme and dressed as a superhero, complete with mask and his superhero cape made by the crafty Jessyka.

Years ago, I worked at an Urgent Care, doing mammograms, bone density tests, AND the Urgent Care's exams. We worked with some crazy nurses, and even crazy-er receptionist. One receptionist was nicknamed, "The lady with blood in her hair" because: #1.We never knew her name. and #2.She had blood-red streaks in her blonde, blonde hair. AND, it wasn't Halloween OR "Crazy Hair Day." THAT was how she wanted her hair to look like. So, as I was styling Tian's hair with the red gel, all I could think about was "the lady with blood in her hair" I worked with many, many years ago! (I later had a reunion WITH this reception once Trey was born. We were taking Trey to a urologist and the "nurse" was "the lady with blood in her hair." I first wanted to giggle when she came to get baby, baby Trey and I from the waiting room, and THEN, I wanted to cry. I knew she hadn't been a "nurse, MA or LPN" for any length of period and I got a little paniced. Luckily, she was no longer with Trey's urologist a month after our first appointment! Our urologist was WAY too good for that lady!)

When I dropped Tian off to Miss Denise, his favorite teacher, she looked a bit concerned. Truly, it did look like he had blood in his hair. I reassured her it was gel and that Trey's hair also looked like this!






(notice the red necklace with the outfit? Everything has to match. In fact, I even think he was wearing red underwear that morning!)

Killdeer

Ten years ago, we were barely married and living in our future dream home. (we began in a backwards life. We first lived in Justin's parents dream home, which was vacant and for sale, THEN we moved to a trashy, nasty, school housing apartment that was probably as large as our "dream home kitchen." What an eye opener!) We would wake up to this screeching, annoying bird outside our window. I was quickly introduced to a bird called a "Killdeer." Throughout that Summer, I enjoyed chasing that annoying bird and watching it TRY to fly with it's fake broken wing.

Well, this Summer, ten years later, my boys were introduced to Killdeers. Our neighbor's decorative rock attracted a few birds; but one particular bird decided to lay her eggs among the rocks. Trey was a bit nervous about our little bird friend, Tian on the other hand was the adventurous one. (Does that surprise anyone?!) He wanted to hold that CUTE little bird and was pretty upset when I informed him those birds aren't too friendly.

Mama Killdeer protecting her "nest."
Trey, the protective brother saving Tian from the ferocious-feathered friend.

Can you find the eggs?
Tian sad the Killdeer flew away.

The eggs remained for many weeks and were eventually abandoned.

2-wheels?

6.10.10
So,we thought we were making a break through with Trey and a bike. He would rather ride a scooter, and he is probably more stable then me on a skateboard. But, to get him to ride a 2-wheel bike is something that hasn't quite happened. And for a father who cycles, it is KILLING Justin. So, this evening Justin pulled off the training wheels of Trey's bike and began to teach him. I would like to say it got Trey motivated, but, the only motivation Trey received was motivation to STAY off that bike.




Trey says, "I'm out! Let's go on a walk, I'll sit on the stroller."

swimming lessons part 2

6.8.10
Day #2 of Swimming lessons. (2 of 8 lessons) The class worked on back floats with kicking and Superman Floats. Trey has gotten so much braver this year. He will swim all by himself to the teacher and he is getting his kicking down!




Cute Tacy Jane-the cousin

cool dude

6.7.10
Recently, Trey has been interested in "posing" for me. On this particular morning, he asked me to take some pictures of me before we ran errands because, "I look like a 'cool dude'" was his reason.

I think Trey as been watching Glee a little too seriously. When I saw him pose like this, I immediately thought of "show choir."

6.7.10

swimming lessons

6.7.10
Swimming Lessons is always a highlight to our Summers. We take swimming lessons at the very beginning of Summer, when it is still very chilly, but the water is still very comfy. I figure, it is best to get Trey in the water as early as possible, to brush up on old skills and learn new ones BEFORE the waterpark and lake season begins. This year not only was Keaton in Trey's class, but his sweet, very cute cousin Tacy was also in his class!





Thank heavens for cousin Jacob. When I was wanting to concentrate and watching Trey, Jacob came to the rescue, willingly. What 11 year old wants to watch his little cousin? A very sweet one!!!

Miss Emily and Miss Megan
were Trey's teachers. It was Trey's first time having Miss Emily; to be honest, she looked like the rest of her sisters, therefore, Trey probably didn't notice it was someone new!

home sick from church

6.6.10
Whether it is a cold, allergies, or just a plain runny, nasty nose, we were NOT taking Tian to church. So, I stayed home with Tian as Justin took Trey to church. Tian didn't seem sick in the least bit, just a nasty nose. So, we pulled out the Playdough and Tian went to town.

We then sat on the couch for about 30 minutes and read every book Tian picked off the book shelf.

bye bye paci

6.5.10
It has been a few weeks since Tian has used his paci. This morning, I found one, hidden behind our fireplace. Just a reminder of the baby we had, and the big boy we are now raising.