Goofballs

Some Mondays Are Weirder Than Others

I think today qualifies for an "above average" weird rating....

Help Yourself

Itty bitty baby bowls? Not for Sarah. When she eats dinner, she prefers to go straight to the source!

"I Can Get In......And Out!....All By Myself!"

We finally did it! We convinced Liam that Big Boy Beds are the coolest thing since...diggers? Soy ice cream? Once we had him on board it was time to act fast. Hence, we spent the better part of our anniversary driving around town for the perfect bed and wound up taking apart the crib/assembling the new bed until waaaaaay past Liam's bedtime. By the time he settled in it was 10:30pm. But he was a happy little boy. So proud of himself and so excited to wake up in the morning and (as he told us over and over)...."get out of bed.....all by myself!" And that's just what he has done the last two mornings: wake up, get out of bed and start putting together a few legos before we go in his room and find him beaming at his grown-up-ness.
Here he is making sure the bed would have enough space for such a big boy. (Didn't have the heart to tell him it's his old crib mattress that's fitting in there!)


Yep, it fits! Time to sing a few silly songs about big boy beds...


All tucked in and ready for a milestone night! He looks a little apprehensive here, but he was all smiles. The "perk" that he has been most impressed with is his very own box of tissues on the beside table beside him (lower right corner). He is so proud that he has authority over tissue distribution. Before we kissed him goodnight he told me that if I needed a tissue I could come in and ask him for one. He'd share. :)

The Honeymoon's Over!

On this day, five years ago...we took some really bad wedding photos! Not just sorta bad....REALLY bad! So exceptionally awful, they still make me cringe. But even if the photos suggest otherwise, it was the start of something wonderful.


The traditional 5th anniversary gift is wood, so we will be spending the weekend in search of the perfect "big boy bed" for a certain almost-3-year-old who would be happy to remain in a crib until....forever. Tonight's menu: spaghetti. Entertainment: a loaded PVR. Probably some ice cream. And the best friend I could ever hope to share it with. Pinch me. :)
Happy Anniversary, Babe!

Children's Festival

The biggest sand box we have ever seen....face painting....garbage trucks....I don't think the kids could imagine a better place than this!




The only drawback....sandy diapers! No matter what, you just can't shake it all out! :)

Children of the Corn

Okay, it's not as bad as the movie....but the final scene is a bit of a heartbreaker. For the camera, anyway.