Momto2Monkeys

Snow Day!

2009-12-11T06:18:00.004-06:00

Gingerbread House... FAIL

Game Night

2009-12-11T05:57:00.004-06:00

Why I should never take a shower

2009-12-11T05:52:00.002-06:00

Carson's 6th Birthday

2009-11-29T19:50:00.015-06:00

Preschool Pics 2009

2009-11-29T19:47:00.001-06:00

Giddyup!

2009-09-27T16:54:00.005-05:00

Thursday was Western Day at Preschool. Cole's sweet teacher Allison.Jetters!

Cole with Addi

He laughed and laughed at my pigtails that morning. Said he though I was soooooo funny and looked just like "Sanannah."

Cole and his buddies "Sanannah" and Noah

4th of July at Hideaway Lake

2009-07-04T05:19:00.005-05:00

Rewind

2009-04-03T10:17:00.005-05:00

After seeing the pictures of Cole and Caroline in my last post, my friend Brenna sent me these old pics of Carson and her daughter Chloe at the zoo when they were much younger. Wow... I can't believe these two are going to be starting Kindergarten next year!!

When I showed Carson this picture I asked him, "Do you know who this is?" He said, "Yes.... Chloe." I said, "Who else?" His reply was a quick, "I don't want to talk about it!" HA!!!

Shamu, San Antonio and Spring Break

2009-03-15T18:59:00.013-05:00

A Glimpse of Spring

2009-03-07T17:12:00.018-06:00

The other day we had some really great weather, so my friend Lindsey and I decided to pack up the crew and head to the Dallas Zoo. It was just a perfect day... we really enjoyed being outside. Much love for the 'roo!

How cute are these two?

The funniest moment was at the end of the day when we were leaving. I was carrying Cole on my shoulders, and he fell fast asleep! So I walked all the way to the car balancing Cole with one hand, pushing Kennedy in the stroller with the other hand, while trying to make sure Carson was right beside me. Talk about multi-tasking!

In 3-2-1...

aaaand... he's out!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Cole!

2009-01-26T21:50:00.003-06:00

Cole 1/9/09

Sorry Dear Blog, to Have Deserted You for Facebook.

2009-01-14T21:52:00.016-06:00

We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's with family and friends. There was a lot of food, fun, board games, and Wii playing. Putting reindeer food in the yard on Christmas EveCole was not a fan of Santa again this year.We gave it a second shot and he was okay as long as I was holding him.Guitar Hero ROCKS!!!!Kayla and Todd... board game fun!

Cole lovin' on his new Elmo

Laura, David and Carson. Carson lost his second tooth on Christmas Day.

For some reason this is our classic Christmas Eve shot. This is from 2007. The oven went out just when we were about to bake cookies for Santa.

2008 classic Christmas Eve shot. Cole shoved a toy under the oven and we were trying to retrieve it before baking Santa cookies. Never a dull moment around here!!

Gotta Love the Trees

2008-12-12T21:21:00.018-06:00

We put up a couple of Christmas trees this year. Cole says about a million times a day, "Momma - wook! wook!" (look! look!) pointing at the trees. This is a picture of him hugging one.

And these are some of the various decorations I have found in the trees from time to time, left by two little boys who like to "help" decorate whenever I turn my back. :)

Batman

Tiger
TurtleRandom bat leftover from Halloween

The Twelve Possums

2008-12-12T20:56:00.010-06:00

When we picked Carson up from Bible class on Sunday, he informed us that he had learned all about the "12 Possums." Ummm... not so sure his teachers would be proud of his recollection of their lesson on the 12 Apostles.

Thanksgiving and Fire Station Visit

2008-12-12T20:54:00.007-06:00

We had a great Thanksgiving with our family and friends. I didn't get many pictures because I was too busy chasing you-know-who, but I did get one of the kids playing Pin the Tail on the Turkey.

The next day our friend Joey showed the boys around the fire station.

Cole was a little afraid of all the loud noises.

Carson is obsessed with firemen, firetrucks and all things involved. It's all he has talked about ever since.

Oh yes, he sure did

2008-11-24T13:05:00.002-06:00

Sleepover

2008-11-24T08:37:00.006-06:00

Ashley and Avery recently came to our house for a sleepover. We went to see Madagascar 2 and came home to jump on the trampoline and make aliens:

Pajama party!! Oh, how Carson loves his cousins

Fake sleeping!

Arboretum

2008-11-21T10:02:00.008-06:00

Carson's 5th Birthday

2008-11-17T09:52:00.012-06:00

Preschool Pictures

2008-11-17T09:29:00.007-06:00

October 2008

2008-11-17T08:42:00.015-06:00

State Fair

Preschool Carnival
Pumpkin Carving

Trick-or-Treating

Home Sweet Home

2008-10-27T21:18:00.008-05:00

I am happy to say that we are no longer surrounded by boxes (for the most part).
Even though they were fun to climb on...

We are loving our new house and neighborhood, and we are having fun fixing up the inside. We need to paint before we can do much more. Not loving the stark white walls, but at least they are not wallpapered! It is so nice to have more room for our growing boys. Carson and Cole love having a much bigger yard to play in and a new trampoline (an early birthday present from Nan) to work off all that energy!

Five Years Ago Today...

2008-10-27T20:51:00.002-05:00

...our first baby boy was born (two weeks late). After months and months of preparation that included attending useless childbirth classes with our friends (I have never laughed so hard!) it was finally the big day. Mark and I had dinner at Chili's the night before I was induced (our "last" meal before becoming parents) and then headed to the hospital. We brought baby Carson home on Halloween Day. We carefully laid him in the bassinet in our living room and then sat looking at each other, wondering what to do next. (We figured it out pretty quickly).

Today he turned five years old... so hard to believe. Everyone warns you how fast the years fly by, but you never fully understand it until your babies are no longer babies!

Carson had a fun day with Cole and our friends Brenna, Chloe and Hayden. We took the kids to the Rainforest Cafe in Grapevine and had a great time. Of course, both of our camera batteries were dead so we have no pictures to document the occasion. Tonight Mark brought balloons home, we had a spaghetti dinner (one of Carson's favorites), and cupcakes. He opened a couple of presents and went to bed happy and content to finally be five!

One down... one to go.

2008-10-02T16:22:00.007-05:00

Yea! We closed on our house today!

State Fair

2008-10-01T14:23:00.005-05:00

Last Friday night we took a hiatus from packing and went to the fair. We all had a great time. We watched the parade, ate, went to the petting zoo, and Carson and I rode the big ferris wheel together! I could not believe he was brave enough to ride it, but he was not the least bit scared.

Cole walked around the fair with his hands behind his back just like we do at preschool! It was so funny.