Sundays

Sundays were made for splitting your time between dressing up in your finest for church and going barefoot to let the rain tickle your feet....

Turning the Corner

We have officially turned the corner from Thanksgiving to Christmas...

2,000

It's hard to believe, but this is the 2000th post.  That is enough posts to make 1 per day for 5 and a half years.  The blog started off with a few musings of what it would be like to have child, transitioned into a place where I could write fictional conversations between Sophie and Amelia, and then turned into a simple chronicle of the kids' lives.  I'm not sure if I'll stop one day after 2,001 posts or 10,000 posts (Meggan stopped after 3).  I just hope one day when the kids are old enough, they'll be thankful to have the opportunity to come here and relive their childhood.

Sleepwalking

I found these two in my bed in the middle of the night. A part of me wanted to either carry them back to their beds or at least roll them onto the floor. However, a bigger part of me realized how incredibly sweet it is to see your kids feeling completely safe and comfortable snuggling each other....

Pictures

We spent some time this weekend trying to get some pictures of the kids. Despite our efforts to get a great photo of both of them, most of the afternoon went like this...

Some Days

Some people need their morning cup of coffee to get started. Sometimes Everett needs a cup of donut holes to get his day started....today was a 6 donut hole day.

Orange is the New Black

Amelia earned her orange belt in karate today.  I am so proud of her...as long as she doesn't use her newly acquired skills to take out her little brother...

A sample of her skills (she's in the middle)

Piano Man

We've only had our piano a few days, but so far, Everett is really enjoying it....and why yes, those are dress socks on the legs of the bench....and no, Meggan did not agree they were a suitable replacement for small furniture pads.

Saavy

As proud as I am of Amelia, sometimes I worry that she's going to outsmart her parents sooner than I had expected...

Me: Is Billy* invited to Timmy's* birthday party?

Amelia: Of course, they're best friends!

Me: Oh, really? I didn't know that. 

Amelia: Yeah, Billy said "Timmy's my best friend" and that was really dumb. 

Me: Dumb? That sounds really sweet. 

Amelia: No, it was really dumb because now Mrs. Smith* knows they are best friends. So, now there's no way she'll let them sit together. 

Me: Wow. I see. 

Amelia: You have to say he's not your friend so then she'll sit you together so you can learn to be friends with everyone. 

Me: I'm in trouble. 

(*names have been changed to protect the innocent)

She looks sweet, but trust me, there's a lot going in that brain...

Music To My Ears

We bought this piano today in preparation for Amelia starting lessons next week.  I'm not sure if she'll be the next Mozart, but she did write this "song" tonight....who cares if it isn't actual music and she just thought the piano needed it for decoration?

Wise?

While I'm proud Everett chose to wear his Gator hat for Hat Day at school, it did make me think...is it really wise to brainwash your children into loving your alma mater when you're the one who is going to have to shell out the out-of-state tuition if they grow up and want to go there? Yeeeeah, I'll worry about that later. For now, Go Gators!

Little Big Man

My little guy is all grown up....well, almost....

Cracking Up

When your 3 year-old goes to the bathroom and says "Hey, there's a crack in my front booty!", you know you're in for an interesting conversation.

Rested Up

Meggan and I managed to pull ourselves away from Asheville to come back to reality.  Luckily, we enjoyed ourselves enough that I didn't manage to get any pictures other than this of the view from our room...

And judging from the way Everett spent Sunday afternoon recovering, I'd say the kids had a pretty good time while we were gone....

Recruiting

He's only been here an hour and Everett already has Grandpa skiing downhill on the Xbox with him....

Time Away

Meggan and I are 1 day away from taking a trip for our 9th anniversary.  While we will naturally miss our children terribly, there's something about eating at nice restaurants, sleeping in, and generally doing what you want when you want that helps ease the pain. That said, having Grandma and Grandpa letting you stay up late, eat candy, and drink "coca loca" probably ease the kids' pain quite a bit as well.

A Treat

This is who I get to spend time with every day...what a treat...