Arrrgh....pirate vaughn

After brunch today, even though a nap sounded good we decided to play pirates! Vaughn was very excited to find a pirate box in his closet that he had forgotten about. He insisted on wearing all of the pirate stuff for a few hours. I asked him if having the eye patch on was bothering him and he said no that he could see fine. I think it was one of the 1st times that he really played with the pirate playset that had a toy boat and small plastic pirate men. He said that they were good pirates and they were fighting the bad guys (the lego indiana jones characters) He had treasure and men getting shot with a tranquilzer gun. Fun times! * note the parrot he had stuck in the neck of his shirt!

mother's day 2010

Mother's Day this year was great! Vaughn made bath salts in school for me....he mixed in the colored bath salts into the jar. Brock made me a card with our photo on it and a pot full of grass (the kind in the yard :) with a footprint on a piece of paper stuck in the pot with a tougue depresser. The best present of all was being able to enjoy brunch with my boys and family! As you can see by the pictures we were all happy! It was great to have Dan, Val and Eric join us! Brock and Vaughn even behaved the whole time during brunch...minus the time at the end when Vaughn put his matchbox car into the water glass (he thought it was one of the matchbox cars that had the changing paint color when it got wet)

brocker.....what are you up to

Brock, Vaughn and I were hanging out in the living room a few weeks ago. I was reading the paper, but got up to get the camera ( I just had a feeling) Well, as you can see Brock gave me his "i am doing something I know I am not supposed to do face" He would jump up and down on the sofa and then I would say "brocker" and he would give me this look. Not to be out done Vaughn had to give me his best model look too.

A visit from II

II came for a visit on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. (i have to laugh that the 1st think I can think about is we had steak for dinner Thursday and homemade french toast on Friday morning!) In any case, it was really warm out and the boys had fun playing with their trains in the porch. Poor Vaughn, Brock was insisted that the door from the porch to the kitchen remain shut at all times. It gave II and me a laugh, because he would be in the middle of the porch and run frantically to close it. Thank goodness not on his fingers...not to say it wasn't close a few times. Vaughn had learned how to make "library books" this week in school. He and II had a good time drawing buildings, trees, stoplights, birds you name it on a piece of paper to tell a good story. Vaughn (and II) certainly have active imaginations!

Both Vaughn and Brock enjoyed looking at their old baby pictures too! (so did mommy...hard to believe they are so big)

I love you Cousin...give me a hug....i'm a vampire!

We had a great Easter. I went to church and then we went to brunch at my all time favorite place....Signature Cafe! Afterwards, we went to the witches tower to take pictures. Luke apparently needed more to eat and his cousin looked like the best snack! :) I can't believe he didn't want to have the french toast. (sidenote - Brock refused to try the french toast - makes no sense since he has a french toast muffin everyday) Watch out Brocker........

Brocker the tough guy

This week I got a call from childcare about Brock...the 1st of many I am sure! The day before the call I was talking to his teacher and she said that he was taking off his socks and shoes alot. I thought it must be time for new shoes. We looked at his size 6 and discovered they were too small. We had some 7 1/2 that looked like they would work for him. The next day I spoke to his teacher and he had tripped on the playground and hit his cheek. After a little TLC and ice (chich I guess he was more upset about the ice than the bruise - sounds like Brock) he took his nap and woke up with a black eye. It doesn't seem to slow him down at all...it just looks awful - just in time for Easter pictures! :)

brocker and the animals continued....