Ahhh, long day!

And these 2 might be my favorite pics from the trip! I was calling out to Wyatt to come hold my hand while we walked back to the car and Josh snapped this great shot - I always hold my pinky out for him so he can grab it but I still have my other fingers to do anything that might need to be done! It just makes me smile. And Noah thought he would pull that heavy wagon up the road and over the HUGE hill - which he actually did. But on the other side it caught up with him and started running faster than he could. It was very reminiscent of an experience I had as a child at Texas City Dike. Can't wait for our next trip!

Tiny Elvis

Some more shots from the reservoir - just of baby noodle though. You can almost hear me saying, "do NOT get your shoes in the water!" just as he's stepping in! :)

Throwing things in water

As promised, more reservoir pictures. Here they are throwing anything they could find/dig up into the water. AND, the best picture of all time - Wyatt getting ready to jump. That crazy squatting, arms back move is what he does before he tries to jump. Usually he doesn't get off the ground, but it is the funniest thing you have ever seen. And here he is - and what is he doing? - acting like he's gonna jump into the water. What the camera doesn't catch is that at this point I'm running over and screaming " NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Good thing he can't do it, or that boy would have gotten soaked and probably been really happy! I also love love love the picture with Noah in the air - it so catches the fun of the moment!

Fun at the reservoir!

So technically these pics are a month old, but I just got them off my camera today, so they will have to do! And we took around 200 pics and I love almost all of them, so I think I will post a bunch this week cause I can't narrow down my faves!

We took the kids over to Barker Reservoir for a picnic and playtime cause it was quite possibly the most beautiful day ever! I love days where it's sunny but you can still wear long sleeves and jeans and still be comfy. We have been promising the kids a picnic there for a couple of months, so we picked Noah J up from school, got some subs, and started driving. The kids didn't eat much, but they sure did have fun.

We brought the wagon full of toys and stuff, but they really only wanted to pick up anything they could and throw it into the lake. Who knew that alone could entertain them for 2 hours? Certainly not me!

I apologize if half the pics are of the backs of their heads and stuff, but those are almost always my favorite ones. I'm one of those people who don't get rid of a single picture - that's why I'm no good at scrapbooking. I don't want to pick just 5 of the best pictures from the event - I want all 60, ya know?

Doesn't Wy look like he's gonna jump in? They almost did and I'm sure my life will be 5 minutes shorter because of the stress!

Rodeo day

Poor Noah J's first Rodeo day at school did not go quiet as planned. It seems as if his body knows when something exciting is going to happen at school and it decides to get sick! Poor kid has been sick for every fun thing. But after the fiasco of missing the Thanksgiving feast that the boy still asks about I wasn't going to let him miss this, but maybe I should have! He had a fever but I just gave him some Tylenol and sent him on his way. It was a MOPS day for me so I was just a few rooms over and came by during his activity time and this is what I found! One sad boy, and Josh standing there taking pictures of him! It was really heartbreaking. He convinced us that he needed to go home so Josh promptly swept him off his feet and popped him into the car. I feel awful that he didn't have any fun!

I kinda think that it might have something with us being there - he gets so self conscious and won't do anything when we are around. So I've decided to not go to anymore stuff like this. The next week they had a "dinosaur day" where they dug up bones and stuff but I didn't go see him and get pictures cause I thought he would clam up! Who knows! One way I'm letting him have fun, and the other I'm making him feel like I don't care! What's a mom to do??

More haircuts

So we decided to go ahead and cut Noah's hair the same day we did Wyatt's, even though I thought it was quite possibly the worst idea ever. He had his hair cut 2 times before at the barber shop, but the 2nd time was such a fiasco I swore we'd never go back. Well, since evidently I can only cut hair 1 length, and that's super short, I thought we'd give it a shot. And he surprised us all - he did great! No freaking out or anything. I posted the pic of his boots cause he was so excited to wear them in the "fire truck." After the haircuts we took the boys to Chuck E. Cheese (or as Noah now calls it, Chunky Cheese) for the first time, which of course they loved. BUT, I don't think we'll be going back for haircuts anytime soon, cause it KILLS me to pay for it when I know I can do it. Maybe they don't look quite as nice, but it's good enough, right?

First Haircut!

So we finally sucked it up and took Wyatt to get his first haircut last month. I don't get it, but people were seriously still calling him a girl! I had been cutting it for about a year, but I wanted him to have that first haircut experience. You know Noah did really well for his - he only cried at the very end. So we thought Wyatt would do fantastic since he's not as much of a freak as Noah. Boy were we surprised when he started sobbing before he ever got in the chair! And about halfway through he stuck his whole hand into his mouth and sucked on it. I wanted to feel bad for him but it was so funny!! We made a video, I'll have to upload it later!

The rest of the park pictures!

So here are the rest of the pictures from the park! I don't know why Noah is crying in that one, but I do remember he had about 5 meltdowns over anything and everything that day, so who knows! I love it, though - look at those tear filled eyes! So sad! And weren't the clouds beautiful? We were mad the powerlines ruined the shot!

Park in Tomball

I have been so terribly neglectful of posting pictures! It's the fact that I can never find the camera to upload the newest pics! So here I am with pictures from a month ago, actually on Superbowl Sunday.

We didn't have any Superbowl plans and the weather was so gorgeous we decided to drive out to the park in Tomball that the kids like so much and have some fun. Even Granny came and visited for a little while! I forgot they had a sandbox, but I had just bought beach toys earlier that day at Target and had left them in the back of the car, so the boys were excited to get to use them! We even made a little tiny sand castle, which of course Noah freaked out about when Wyatt knocked it down.

I've got a few more from this trip that I will try and post tomorrow!

Helping Daddy

Here's a few pics I snapped of Noah helping Josh get the thinset off the foundation. You can just imagine his delight - using a chisel and hammer on the floor! Fun, right? It's chaos around here!

Again??

Here is the other video I didn't realize I had ready from Santa's Wonderland. We're about 1 minute into the drive and Noah already had a question for us. It is such a typical Noah question! He does this about everything - he's taken one bite of a cookie and he asks, "Mom, when I done this cookie can I have another one?" I always tell him to take it 1 step at a time and he always says, "So can I?" What a pill!

Wow!!!

I was just going to upload a video and I realized I had a few laying around that I had already loaded but never posted! So they are a bit late, but that doesn't make them any less cute.

Back in December when we went to Santa's Wonderland Josh made some video in the truck. And here's the big deal - we actually got Wyatt speaking on tape! It's just one word, but that's a big deal for him! It's at the very end!

The cutest outfits ever!

Again, I'm going to admit I'm embarrassed that I'm just now blogging Christmas. I just keep putting it off - it takes so long to upload the photos it makes me nuts! I just had to share a few pics of the boys in their cute Christmas Eve clothes. Aren't they so handsome? And they didn't even put up too much of a fuss about the collar, which was a relief!

I was horrified when the week before Christmas I finally pulled the clothes out to wash them, only to realize that they were all HUGE!! I bought them in October and don't know what I was thinking. And of course they were past the return date on the receipt, but luckily the nice Crazy 8 people let me exchange them, even though I did have to drive to Memorial City Mall to find half of it. But isn't is it so worth it for this much cuteness! You know how much I love me some argyle. And the gray striped pants?! Please! I'm bummed I didn't get a nice pic of the boys together - it just makes them both nuts and I wanted everything to run as smoothly as possible!

the Barbie jeep

The great thing about having the same aged kids as your neighbors, is that on Christmas morning they feel like they got 2 sets of presents! Noah was so excited about Maddie's Barbie jeep - I think he would have driven it all morning.

The pictures pretty much speak for themselves - he insisted on wearing his boots, and I really think they complete the look! I also love that in that one picture he's got his arm around Maddie - how funny is that?!

My beautiful baby noodle

So I'm trying to catch up on a few random pictures from December that I love so much but never go to share, so just bare with me this week!

Josh took these of little Wy Christmas day while he was eating lunch. I have no idea why he's naked. But he's just so pudgy and beautiful, isn't he? In the last picture he's giving the "all done" sign to let us know he's ready to get down. I love it!

New Year's Eve!

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OK, I'm going to admit that finally posting our New Year's eve pictures now, the last day of January, is pretty bad. And the saddest thing is that I didn't ever post Christmas pictures either cause I kept putting it off! Now it seems ridiculous to write about it!

We had dinner with the folks and then came home to do fireworks. You can see what Noah thought of it - he sat in the back of the Sorento (along with our stuff from Target!) with the window open. He would crouch down and hide from the ones he didn't like - it was pretty funny! Of course Wy loved it and didn't mind the noise at all! Josh made a fire in the firepit so we sad around it on the driveway and watched the show. Lots of fun!

And to end the night we had our friends/neighbors over and we had a few drinks and played Scattergories and Taboo! My 2 favorite games! And shockingly, I let the kids stay up till midnight! You know my kids have never been awake after 10 pm, and are in bed by 7:30 most nights, so this was a big deal! I never thought Wyatt would make it, but he could have kept going! Shocker of all shockers, Noah was the grumpy gus who could hardly make it!