Proud Mothering Moment

Okay, so not really. Yesterday at my MOPS meeting I received a small hand fan as a gift. It has been the hot item for my boys for the last 24 hours. So, when you have a toy that warns against "hair entanglement" PLEASE be warned. During one of Jason's turns with the fan, he was cooling off his sister. I didn't actually know this was happening until I heard the sounds of her dis-satisfaction. It didn't last long, and we moved on................ Well, after Kenny got home, he was trying to help Jason figure out why the fan wasn't working quite right. The result was Lauren's hair would around the spinning part of the fan. My poor girl..... take a look.


I haven't found a bald spot on her head, but can you say "Ouch."
Needless to say, the fan is no longer a toy.

Carter, Carter, He's a Lego maniac!

For Carter's birthday Kenny built him a big lego table. The boys have three large bins of legos under the lego table in their room. - A combination of Kenny's legos from when he was little, and the ones they have received. For the last two days Carter has spent about 2 hours each day "constructing" is his room. I could hear the sound of him digging through the legos, but otherwise.... not a peep. So, each day he emerged with his completed project. I couldn't believe what he made out of thousands of misc legos.
You wouldn't believe the amount of gadgets built into the helicopter (which rescues people stranded at sea). My little boy is growing up before my eyes.....

CHEEEEEESE!

Somewhere along the line Jason learned to say "cheese" when taking pictures. Okay, I do know where he learned it....... from me. So, you would think that I would have learned my lesson after that. Well, by looking at this picture you will see that this lesson was not learned. Here are my two little ones doing what they thought was a "nice" smile for the camera.

A day at the Zoo with friends.

New to Photobucket!

Thanks to all of you who found Photobucket before me. I can share all my pictures now.... so beware, I have added 4 new slideshows. The first is of us spending time with lots of family in Palm Springs. Kenny's sister Karleen and her family, Papa & Nana, Great-Pa, and Uncle Dave, Aunt Karen and their son Austin from Minnesota. So fun to see everyone!! Next, Carter's first t-ball game of the season. This year he is a Diamondback and pretty excited about being a rattlesnake. :) Last year he didn't really care what was going on, but this year things have changed. I think he got about 90% of the balls that were hit when they were in the outfield. He's really growing up....... After that, Carter's pics of testing for his yellow belt in Taekwondo. I was very proud of my little guy - he did so good. And last is our trip to the beach with my great friend Kristine. Together she and I had 6 kids and we all piled into her minivan and headed for the beach. We laughed a lot and had a lot of fun... and all of our kids got sun burnt. Wooops! I hope I'm not overwhelming ya'll.

Anderson Family Brunch in Palm Springs

Cater's first T-ball game of the season.

Carter Tests for his Yellow Belt

A day at the beach with friends.