A MEMORABLE and Fun-Filled Friday!

Big news today!! My baby lost his first baby tooth!! As you can see...it was past due to be lost. (the other one is already coming in) Poor thing is probably going to have my crooked teeth...but lil man is super excited and can't wait for the tooth fairy tonight!! I have mixed emotions on this. Part of me was so sad, because he is growing up way too quickly...and the other part was overjoyed for him...he was so excited!

Before the tooth came out today, we had headed over to Celebration Park to the splashpad for some outdoor fun!!

Corbin got busy right away...made a few friends...

Gage, at first, wasn't really feeling the whole "getting wet" thing and wanted to monkey around. (I have no clue what Corbin is doing...he doesn't remember either.)

I knew it would be busy on a Friday at this park, but I had NO IDEA how crazy it was going to be. I wasn't bothered with the school district that brought 3 different (elementary) grade levels to the park...but was super annoyed with the fact that a middle school brought their students!!! The kids were way too big to be on the playground and splash pad! Can't figure out the reasoning behind it...but oh well! My kids were some of the few that didn't get bulldozed...

Okay...I put this picture (above) to show Gagey.. Doesn't it look like he's busting out with a move from Michael Jackson's "Thriller"??

Seriously...I swear...I feed them tons. (of course, they usually don't eat what I feed them...but they get plenty of snack foods to keep them going!)

Corbin is getting much braver with the water...thank goodness. They won't get to do swim lessons until mid-July this year :( Mommy has summer school.

Eating our park picnic lunch...as usual.

Gagey putting on his own sunblock. He's gotten a lot more independent these days. He wants to pick out his own (crazy) clothes and likes to do almost everything by himself.

Today was an awesome day! Big step for Corbin, losing his first tooth. We celebrated with frozen yogurt and a trip to the outlet mall! (Since Gage was feeling a little left out with the tooth thing, I got him some shorts and a shirt and he picked out new Crocs) The park was a lot of fun too...even among the crowd! I don't have as many pics of Corbin as Gage because Corbin was way too busy playing with friends...and Gage just wanted me to play with him. He has days where he'll play with other people and days where he gets kinda shy. It's going to be interesting on how he reacts when Corbin goes to school in the fall. :(

Happy Birthday Pop!

We headed out to Bonham yesterday to celebrate Pop's Birthday!! Food was yummy, Pop was happy and the boys had a blast playing with Mr. Seth!

Mr. Seth forgot about "crazy camera" Aunt Shawna and actually looked at the camera a few times!! My boys...not so much.

My lil monkey hanging from a tree...with a helping hand from the birthday boy man.

Seth's helmet looks a little like Gage's so when Gage brought his around...Seth nearly imploded thinking Gage stole it.

Riding the motorcyle around is the favorite thing to do at Pop's.

Just to show you how fast it goes...Corbin is running after Gage...and keeping up!

Gage kept insisting that Pop make his go faster.

Corbin loves riding too...but Gage is going to be the one I always have trouble getting off.

My absolute favorite picture of Sethie-toot! He was a little ticked he couldn't ride first, so he's not smiling...but I think it turned out cuter this way than if he was smiling!

My precious lil man helping his cousin!

That is one cute kid!

Seth on the motorcycle. I completely missed the whole "Seth-flying-too fast-without-turning-the-corner" picture! Pop had to grab him off the motorcycle! It was hilarious!

After lunch, it was time to play in a huge sand pile. Pop and Mimi live next to a golf course and they were fixing the sand thingys? Anyway, fun times!! Seth took off his clothes because he kept getting sand on them. ;)

Fun times!! Happy Birthday Pop!

Easy to Please!

Lincoln came to visit for a while tonight while Uncle Joey and Aunt Michelle went to the movies! One of his favorite things to do is go up and down and up and down and up and down the ladder! This super fun game lasted about 35 minutes!!!

"Come on Gage!!"

Pretending to take a break...

Aunt Shawna puts the ladder up usually when Lincoln is over unless I'm in the room with him while he plays the "ladder game." Here is Gage teaching Lincoln about how unnecessary the ladder is...sigh.

Gage thinks it's easier getting down than getting up.

Here is a down-low shot of the little stinker...I needed a break by this point. Lincoln loves climbing up the ladder, but rarely wants to climb down...so I get an upper body workout!

The little man that kept me on my toes the whole night!! If Lincoln is the lil stinker...Gage is the ginormous monster stinker!! :)

Until next time...

Warm Weather = Splash Pad!!

Last week was our first visit to a splash pad, but of course, I didn't bring my camera...so this will have to do! It is suppose to rain the next few days, so I thought I better get the boys out of the house and into the sun...so we headed to the nearby park!

I think the water may be a little cold.

Gagey was still a little nervous about actually getting wet.

Corbin obviously wasn't. Here he is helping out a (really old) dog get his ball that went into the water.

It doesn't matter how many times I tell them that this is dangerous...they still do it.

My skinny lil love buckets. (I feed them...I promise.)

In the picture above, I was trying to get a picture of him looking at the camera and he was telling his friend..."I'm not listening to my mom."

We almost never go to the park without a picnic lunch!! Fun times and I can be certain this won't be our last!! About 2 hours after this picture...we were passed out on the couch. :)

Until next time

Oldies...but Goodies

Okay...so I don't have any new pictures or any news to blog about, so I thought I would share some of my final project from my Reading class (really it's writing, but called reading) Anyway, we were required to write an 8 page paper....on a personal level and then create a creative presentation for the final. I made a mini-book about people in my life and how odd it is that significant events fall on the 25th (or close to the 25th) of different months in my life. Each "chapter" was separated by personal photos. So...the photos may be a little old...but that just makes them more fun(ny) to look at!!

Dad's birthday and the day he passed away fell on the 25th. Gage had a very hard time with believing that the picture above is one of Gammy.

Joey has a birthday on the 25th...I love how my hair is different in every one of these photos and the only thing different with Joey is his clothes.

Me and Lincoln's birthday is on the 25th. (I also have another nephew on Michael's side that has my birthday)

Corbin's original due date was the 26th...which is almost the 25th. I couldn't do a personal project without talking about my kiddos...so I incorporated almost dates ;) I also find it kinda funny that my sister-in-law is due with baby #2 who has a due date of the 27th, but could be delivered on Corbin's birthday. (birthday parties will start to become extremely chaotic in the next year!)

Jared (lil brother) has a birthday on the 23rd (corbin is having trouble believing the picture on the upper right is him and Jared), my wedding anniversary is the 24th, Joey and Michelle's is the 26th, Van's birthday and date he passed away is also really close to the 25th. I had to do a little mathematics to figure out Gage's original due date (I forgot to write it down), but am thinking that it was most likely also the 26th of his birth month, because I was having a c-section 10 days before the due date (16th), but had an emercency c-section done on the 10th.

You may not think that is a little odd...but I do! Plus, it's so stinking easy to write about my family!! I don't know my grade, and don't really care what it is, because I liked how the project turned out...so that is all that matters! I did also get a really sweet compliment from a girl in class that doesn't usually hand them out...so that right there is satisfying enough!!

Enjoy the pics and don't laugh too hard at Joey's chili bowl or my pregnant belly with the 9 lb baby!!!