First Day of School

The boys started their 3rd year of preschool...they just love going.  I have never heard an "I don't want to go to school!" or seen a single tear when I drop them off.  I must be just loads of fun to hang out with everyday! 

4 Year Old Stats

We went a litttle early for our 4 year check up.  Being the genius that I am, I decided to take the kids in before school starts and before their actual birthday just to get it out of the way before things got busy.  Unfortunately, they couldn't get their vaccinations until they were actually 4...so we get to schlep them all back for about 5 shots in a few weeks. 

Carter
Weight - 35lb                   50%

Height -  39"                25-50%

BMI  -   16.2               50-75%

Davis

Weight - 35.2lb             50%

Height - 40.5"          50-75%

BMI - 15.3             25-50%

 

Evan

Weight - 31.7 lb       10-25%  

Height - 40.5"          50-75%

BMI  - 13.5                  3%  

 

 
Not too shabby for babies born 7 weeks early at around 4 pounds each :)
 



The Lake

The boys had their first overnight trip finally!  We rented a house on the Lake LBJ with my parents, my brother and his kids.  Everyone had a fantastic time and we will be doing it all over again next August. 
They were so excited to just get in the car already!!  I actually received these little bears as a baby shower gift...I held onto them until their first vacation.   I didn't realize that moment would be 4 years away!

 

Once we got there the days were full of new experiences and just hanging out with the cousins...

The boat was the highlight. Here they are ready to shove-off. 

I was amazed that they just jumped off of the boat all on their own and then swam over to ladder (in life jackets of course). The other big boating highlight is throwing watermelon rinds into the lake :)

Evan and Davis jumped in about a million more times off the end of the boat dock too.  They loved screaming "Cala-bunga!!".  Carter was a little bit scared, but he said he would do it next year!

Relaxing after a long day of swimming...

Until next year lovely little lake house!! 

Call of the Wild

This summer was filled with all kinds of run-ins with nature.


Riding a pony at a birthday party....

Carter did not think he was well suited to the cowboy life...so he opted out.

Sharing their graham crackers with the turtles and fish at the Arboretum.

Big frog on the deck...

After a big rain my three adventurers went snail hunting...

Huge, creepy beetle we found on our walk...

Harmless but unwelcome snake in our backyard....

I'm so glad we don't live on a greenbelt.  I would not be able to handle anything more than this stuff.

Room Updates

I promised more pictures of the boys room once it was decorated.  I haven't really added much though.  I suffer from accessorization paralysis.  I can pick the large pieces of furniture, but have no idea how to finish a room.  So frustrating!! 

Anyway, we are really trying to instill a sense of teamwork and brotherhood in our group of little men.  So, we put this quote up on the wall...*cue Bryan Adams*

I would love to find some more Three Musketeers decor, but it's not easy to find with the exception of the 1993 movie poster with Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland and Chris O'Donnell...not winning. 

Freebird

The boys are getting old enough to play outside in the back yard without too much supervision.  They will come and go (usually leaving the door wide open) to go the bathroom, bring me a flower, or tell me how they found a rock.

So, one day they are all out there while I am doing laundry inside.  Davis comes in and says "Mommy, a bird flew into the backyard and it let us give him nice pats."

"Oh really? That's nice.    Wait.     What???"  In my mind all I can think is, "Rabid bat, rabid bat, holy crap, rabid bat!!!!"

So, Davis runs back outside with me chasing behind him, and I immediately see Carter and Evan nose to nose with a bird so big I thought it was a chicken!  It was sitting on the window sill that is right above their sand table. 

Although relieved that is wasn't a rabid bat, I wasn't about to go over there. So I called to the kids to come inside. I then made them wash their hands and tell me what happened because certainly this bird didn't just let 3 kids touch it and then decide to stick around.  

But yep, they all said they "gave it nice gentle pats".  I then proceeded to call Texas Parks and Wildlife (useless), Animal Control (also useless) and their pediatrician who assured me that birds do not carry rabies (quite helpful actually).

After the rabies panic went away.  I decided to take some pictures of this bird. 

I decided it was a pigeon or a dove.  So, I googled it and found a lady nearby that races/releases white pigeons.   The conversation went something like this...

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Pigeon Lady:  "Hi, this is Becky"

Me:  "Hi, are you the pigeon lady?"

Pigeon Lady: "Hahahahah, did you just call me a Pigeon Lady???  Yes that's me!"

Me:  This lady is nuts and I have insulted her now.

Anyway, she agreed that it did sound like a racing/release pigeon.  Although she thought it was really weird that it let kids touch it (great).  She suggested I go out and see if it had it bands on its legs (um, no thanks).  

Then she suggested if it is still there this evening to go out and "pick it up and call the phone number on the band if it has one since they are more docile at night" (blink.blink.speechless.). 


Lucklily, it flew off about an hour later!   When I blew up one of the pictures, I could tell there were some bands which I guess makes me feel better.  

But now I am left to ponder what all this means.   So intense...I should have made a video of me freaking out like the Double Rainbow guy.

Random Summer Photos

Guess Who

Answer:  E, C, D (but I had another picture to cheat off of).  This is what 3 little guys have to do to stay warm after bath time when there is only 1 of me :(

Happy to be Brothers

Hangin' with Cousin Randall

Computer Nerds

Evan would do this all day if I let him.   Maisie would lay on my bed all day too.  And yes, my mother did raise me to make my bed, but I don't have to listen to her anymore :)