Scouts

M has been begging for a couple years now to do cub scouts so today he got signed up.  B and his Dad went and hit balls at the ballpark while M and I were at the information meeting.  M is very excited about it.

Bedtime

Anything you can jump on and get wet on is always first in a boys eyes....

B's team played a scrimmage game. Then I went to my friends jewelry partry that our book club was able to participate in.  It was loads of girl fun and now I am wiped and need to go to bed!.

Sunday Sweetie

I love this sweet pic of B.  We had a great time at the parties yesterday and I took this pic of him and sometimes you just take a pic that makes you smile and this is definitely one of those. Then today the boys and I went to church, had lunch Taco Bell style and then the 4 of us all went to some friends house tonight for dinner.  I made a yummy chocolate eclair desert and she made chicken enchiladas and a yummy cheese dip that I had to get the recipe for.  We all had a great time.  We also had our bathroom floor tiled in the boys bathroom and it looks really good.

Bday parties galore

The boys and I went to a skating bday party at 1 and then a jumpy/water bday party at 4.  We partied from 1-8.  I am ready for bed.  It was fun though. The boys had the best time.

Typical Friday

My women's bible class this morning, then clean house, get schedule ready for our baseball team tonight, pick kids up from school, piano lesson, dinner, baseball practice, take kids to grandparents, cook mac and cheese and roasted potatoes while B cooked the filet. Yum!  10pm and time to sit down at the computer.

Cousin talk

I thought it was sweet today that when the boys and I were headed home from school that B told me t hat he wasn't going to invite a boy to his bday party that he invited last time unless his cousin wasn't going to be there which he said he would be there unless he was sick.  So I asked him why and he said because that boy  was mean to his cousin.  Awwwww....

Staff photo

Our staff photo. Thought it turned out cute.  I spent the whole day at work working on getting facebook and our internet site updated.  It's so great to have a group pic.  It was a fun day we did this too.  After work, the boys and I came home. B threw for a long time and hit some with his Dad.  We did homework and then M went to a friends house to play and Ainsley came over to hang out with B while I scrapbooked with her mom.

Baseball

We had practice with our new fall ball team.  I am proud of B for coaching.  We had a good time and the kids seem to all be cuties so far.  So far I have had good contacts with all the parents as team mom.  We scrimmage already  next week!  Times flies when you are having fun!

I was really proud of B today after school (he cried this morn). He had such a good attitude about his homework after his teacher talked to him. I hope it sticks. He has a good teacher that loves sports just like him.  And he had a great practice tonight too.

Sunday

Church with the boys, scrapbooked, went to team mom meeting and then home to email all my team mom stuff to parents.  Then a lovely dinner with my aunt and uncle from Gatlinburg, mom, dad, sis, niece and my boys.  Now cooking some cheese garlic biscuits for our work party tomorrow.  (at 10pm, yes its been a busy day)  I had Jayme take this pic of the boys and me today.  I so love them.

Saturday

The boys had a great time spending night with their J Grandparents last night and all day.  B cleaned the garage and I cleaned the house. We got alot done but still so much more to do.  Just looked at calendar and realized we both have a baseball coach and team mom meeting one after the other tomorrow so looks like that is going to put a dent in getting the garage done. B grilled out a can coke chicken and we had leftover mac and cheese I made the other night with the lemon pie yum I made too.

Thankful

Thankful for my husband who took me out for mexican for dinner.  Thankful for the grandparents who wanted the boys to spend the night.  Thankful to God for all the good he has given me.

Love em

B is not a fan of school. He always tells me the best part is recess and lunch.  So starting school is always an adventure.  I have been trying to teach the boys about being content in situations.  Coincidentally they learned this at church on Sunday too.  It doesnt happen to be helping at the moment but hopefully planting the seeds will help.  He's doing so good reading with me every night though.  Such improvement from last year.  His brother didn't go to school for a couple days which didn't help the matter of him not wanting to go to school.  But tomorrow he should be back to school after being on antibiotics for strep.  Hope B doesnt get it now.  B tells me he'd rather be home with me then at school.  It makes me sad but I keep telling him how important it is to go to school.  His Daddy is laying in bed with him now telling him the same stuff.  Even M was getting in on it last night. I heard him whispering to B last night about why he needs to go to school.  How it will help him.  M is a good brother.  I just keep hugging B and telling him we all have to do things we dont want to do.  And I keep encouraging M to encourage B.  Love em.

Reading

(This picture was taken last year and I think I even put it on my blog last year but had to post it again since we are talking about reading. cutie pie)I adore my boys.  Especially when they hug me and tell me they love me for no reason.  I don't even mind that they still like to sleep in my bed sometimes.  Their Dad always puts them asleep back into their bed so I love me some cuddling time while they sleep.  Tonight B and I did Starfall again like last night where he reads books to me online.  He is doing so good.  He hasn't had a love for reading like M and so reading on the computer makes it more fun for him.  I love that program.  He was really proud of himself. I heard him tell his brother when I left the room "I did all of that myself" (and he said it so proudly)They get big so quick. I just want to keep them this age forever.  I know I say that alot. M tells me I say that alot at different ages haha.  We have such good times together.

Sunday

The boys and I went to church.  Then we came home for a little while to pick up the house and them play.  Then we had travel ball pictures and the 4 of us went out for dinner for a family dinner at Toots.  Gotta love free kids meals.  Now we are home and I have to go make school lunches for tomrrow.  I don't miss doing that!

Monopoly

The boys and I got into a big Monopoly game today.  They love that game. They spent the night with their Grandparents last night and played a bunch of board games so they wanted me to play it today.  I won !  It is a very long game but I use to play it for hours with my friend when I was 9 or 10.  We loved it too.
I did some scrapbooking today and B grilled out some hamburgers after he went and shot guns with his friend D.  Now we are watching the Olympics while I email our new fall ball team that B is coaching for little B.

Friday

Boys had a good first day of school!  So glad. My work also did professional pics today with a lovely brunch and neck massages. Great boss and wife.  Happy day.

End of summer

Fun day with friends after the kids and I went to register at school today.  So much paperwork. Some day they will do this all on the computer in such a quick easy way and I will look back on this and laugh. Was there for 1 1/2 hrs doing paperwork and meeting teachers and saying hi to old teachers.  Then we went to swim with a bunch of friends. So thankful for my friends.  Ordered yummy Jets pizza. Then hit grocery store and then scrapbooked with friend.  Kids are passed out in my bed at the moment and I am wondering where I am going to fit!  I so love to look at them asleep. They are so precious and I am very thankful for them.

Shoes

Right now B is taking a bath with ALOT of bubbles!  And M is in the living room with a bubble beard on his chin!  So funny!  Today we went shoe shopping. Their Dad is very adamant about Nikes but for some reason M likes Sketchers so we compromised since B's Nikes cost so much I was willing to let M get his Sketchers to even it out.  B can go thru a pair of tennis shoes. He wears them flat out on the toe so he has to have some good shoes. No cheap shoes for him.  This picture is from this weekend with my friend L kids. They had a blast.

Ever heard of a pay phone?

My kids asked me yesterday what a pay phone was.  So funny.  Maybe some day their kids will ask them what a cell phone is.

Worked, picked kids up and took them to bowl with friends. Went to bank. Came home long enough to do a load of laundry and feed the boys before going to a friends house to help another friend with a wedding gift. Got pizza (which made for the kids 2nd dinner for the night). Now am listening to the kids whisper in their rooms.

Tub time

The kids were so funny playing in the bathtub tonight. They both cleaned a tub before their bubble bath for their chore and then we filled it to the rim with bubbles. B played a baseball game in the tub and M played a basketball game.  I went back and forth between both bathrooms cracking up at the things they were saying. The benefit of having two bathrooms next to each other.  The design may not work for some homeowners but it sure works for us!

Mr. Martha Stewart

Today I brought the boys to KY so we could see my friend from HS that I havent seen in 6yrs.  Had such a great visit with her and her beautiful 3boys.  Had dinner with my parents and brother.  Tomorrow I will get to have lunch with them all and my sister and her fam before heading home.  My hubby is all excited to cook us some "real" sausage we bought from a friends uncle from the country.  He is making it for me and the boys for dinner tomorrow night. I can't wait especially since he said it's better then anything we've had in the past and we've had some awesome sausage from the country last year.  We always bought it from a guy that made it fresh on the farm with no preservatives etc....so I can't believe its even better then that. Plus I Love when hubby cooks!  He is Mr. Martha Stewart!

Nephews visit

With my nephew visiting we went today to swim at my friend Laura's house. Everyone had a great time. I brought sandwiches and applesauce. We had donut holes on the way there for breakfast. Then for dinner B grilled chicken sandwiches, fried potatoes and I made corn on the cob , mac and cheese leftovers and then the boys helped me make a grape koolaid pie. Now they are watching the movie Big with Tom Hanks that I watched when I was a kid.  It's been so long since I saw it!

Weekend with their cousin

I picked up my nephew on Wed after work. I took them to Nashville Shores today and then hubby took them to the river to fish. The kids caught 3 fish each.  Tomorrow we will go swimming at a friends house. Right now the kids are watching a movie and eating popcorn and candy. They should go to bed good tonight!