Aggies 2010

We have season tickets this year and took the boys to the first game. They were so excited -- I was nervous-- and daddy was proud. We tailgated before the game with Uncle Brad, Aunt Rachel and the Brignon family. Kyle loves his Aunt Rachel!

All the boys would run towards Wellborn when they heard a train coming. Pure little boy joy.

We walked around campus, visited the physics classroom where Brandon and I met, and saw my old dorm....all while Kyle napped. Matthew was such a trooper. He walked the entire way! We made our way towards the quad for the corp 'step off' and then changed a really bad diaper on the bench of the building where I took Chem 101 and a variety of other classes my freshman year. I'm sure that my 18 yr old self would have found that situation pretty funny.

I was really nervous about the cannon. Matthew doesn't like loud noises....and Kyle feels the need to be the loudest thing around. I felt like neither of those situations would be good. But they LOVED the game. They also LOVED the $5 salty popcorn that caused us to spend $30 in water :) Lessons learned.

We left after half-time. It was a great day. I am so glad that we took them...and so glad that we don't have to again this season. My body has never been so tired from carrying really heavy kids!

Gig 'Em.

Daddy's Football Song

The boys are in training. Football season is right around the corner.

Things to note:

• Matchbox cars in each hand. We don't go anywhere without Matchbox cars.
• The kinda-swaying during the 'Varsity's horns are sawed off..."

4th of July

We have a 4th of July celebration in our neighborhood.

There is a parade where all the kids decorate their bikes and follow a firetruck down the streets. And apparently, there is nothing more awesome to a boy than a fireman.






Then the firemen use the hose to spray water in the air and the kids run around in the 'rain'.
Kyle loved it. Matthew did not. Anyone surprised?

Later in the day, we headed to church for the annual 4th of July celebration. We, and the kids, had an amazing time. Free food, live music and good friends!

Carnival rides! Morgan and Maddie help Matthew to be brave. He ended up loving it!

It's all fun and games until the baby gets tired :)

Party Pic?

I think this picture looks like one of those college frat 'party pics'.

Except that they are only 4.

But Matthew and Savannah love each other. I'm getting a little jealous. Right before this picture, he told her that her dress 'was pretty'.

Mother's Day Pic

3 Generations:

Katie, Stella, Matthew, me, Mom

Concan

We went on a little vacation last month. Concan, Texas was amazing and a great place for a family trip. The pictures don't do it justice. It was a time of relaxing, eating, playing and enjoying everyone's company.

Here is a look at our setup:

Kyle bummed homemade ice cream off of our neighbors. That boy can turn on the charm when food is involved.

The Handojo kids help Matthew be brave. He went from being terrified of the water to swimming all over the place. He has gotten so big recently. My baby is growing up.

But vacations can be tough. Poor Kyle was quite the tropper with no naps and lots of playtime. So here is how our vacation ended:

Bedhead at it's best!

Warrior Dash

We did a race called the "Warrior Dash". It was awesome and nasty...all at the same time. All of our pictures are of our friends, Jeff and Christie....

This was the start of the race:



After sliding down muddy banks and running in rivers....climbing over hay bales and swimming over/under logs...we had to jump over fire. I hate fire. And I most definitely didn't look as graceful as Christie when I jumped over it. The fire looks much bigger when you are jumping it...I promise.
And after the fire jump, you had to climb under barbed wire in mud. I was still too traumatized by the fire to be bothered about climbing through the mud. Oh, and Jeff is doing a 'mud angel' in the following picture. He's as happy as a pig in mud..hahaha.
After the race. Beautiful weather and a really fun time!

Matthew's 4th Birthday

My first baby turned 4.

We had a baseball party at the park...complete with baseball themed snacks, hotdogs and a baseball pinata. The forecast was 80% chance of thunderstorms for the entire morning, but the weather cleared out early and left us with an amazing day to celebrate our sweet boy.Anyone surprised that Kyle is eating?

The snack table. Note to self: Placing cupcakes near the grill will melt the chocolate frosting that you lovingly made from scratch.

Our sweet nephew, Gavin, and friend, Erin.

There was a pinata....but all the adults were too busy trying to keep the kids from hitting each other, rather than the pinata, that no pictures were taken. But hands down...it was the biggest 'hit' of the party.

He Loves Me...Part 2

I wrote this last year about how Kyle loves me. And he still does.

In the event that Brandon or Matthew hugs me, Kyle rushes to me and yells, "Mama mine". "MY MAMA!". And oh....I can't help but smile. Brandon has started tormenting him by hugging me and spinning me around in order to make it impossible for Kyle to get to me. Kyle panics and starts yelling, "mama mine!!".

He is just like his father...fiercely loving of me and his food :)

Easter

Nothing says Easter like bad pictures of kids in coordinating outfits. I tried to get Brandon to wear a baby blue polo to match the boys. He emphatically declined.

Kyle thought that he needed to open each egg and consume the contents before hunting for more eggs. He quickly figured out that his brother was going to steal all the eggs if he continued with that technique.

We had to steal a couple of eggs from Matthew's basket to give Kyle a fightin' chance at picking up some eggs. Matthew felt robbed. Kyle felt victorious.

Spring 2010

This spring has been wonderful. One day it was a high of 40-something degrees and the next day was sunny and in the 70's. I don't think I ever truly appreciated spring until I had two energetic boys that could either (1) destroy my house or (2) play outside to get rid of little boy energy. We do everything outside....even eating. Which is a blessing since Kyle thinks he sould be able to use a fork just like everyone else.

Last week we went to the Ben & Jerry's 'free cone' day.

These boys love to eat and are regularly starting to eat bigger portions than I am. Kyle will finish his plate and then come sit on my lap and finish mine. I kept thinking that Matthew was 'seeing what I would offer' when he said he was hungry. So I started placing a plate full of carrots and celery on the table and telling them that was the only snack they would be getting. And guess what??? They ate it! I guess they really are hungry!

But these pics aren't of health food.....and that's' why they are so excited. These were brownies!

There is a St. Patrick's Day parade that goes down 1960 and right in front of our neighborhood. Matthew was so excited. The fire trucks are every almost-4 yr olds dream. Not to mention the candy and beads. Brandon, and our neighbor Fred, decided they were going to tailgate before the parade next year and give away homebrew. Leave it to our husbands to corrupt good family fun :)

Rookie Mistake

Some things just can't be taught and you have to learn it the hard way.

So my lesson for the day...

When your kids is this dirty you have to pre-rinse or else the bath water becomes unusable.

Oh, and mulch doesn't go down the drain very well.

Bevo

I never thought "Bevo" would be welcomed into our home. But, since his is so cute, we made an exception. Matthew is excited. Jack seems to think he's for dinner.

And let's all pray that I don't lose or harm this guinea pig. Because I'm not sure that Matthew (or the other 14 kids in his preschool class) could recover from the loss.

Independance Bowl

Brad, Rachel, Brandon and I left our children and went to the Aggie bowl game. Wow! You forget how easy life it without children! We had a great time....even if the highlight of the game was the tailgaiting.