Picture Day

Today is picture day at Noah's preschool. He picked out a shirt "like daddy's" to wear and I tried to fix his hair. There is only so much we can do with that crazy hair. Anyway, here he is before heading off to school - so handsome.

And here is Micah's picture since he was saying "cheeeeeeeeeese" the whole time I took Noah's picture. The cheese is cute, scrunched up nose and all, but doesn't make for the most flattering photos.

Boy

We were at a park playing last week and I took this photo of Noah. I just can't get over how big he looks in it. He carried his football around the entire time. I really don't want to be a mom who has to watch her teenager get tackled at football games but we'll see what happens.

The boys *dancing* to Justin Roberts' "Pop Fly". Micah goes into Noah's room several times a day to request the song. Please excuse the crazy color of the video. I need to read my manual and figure out how to reset the color mode.

Fall Fun

Hens

The neighbors behind us have chickens in their back yard for eggs. My boys find them quite fascinating. Micah likes to wander as it is and the lure of the chickens is no help, but they are fun to watch.

Here are the boys checking out the hens. Shawn saw this picture and said that is SO Micah. He looks fiesty and is yelling. We like to describe him as bubbly but explosive, that about sums it up.

The hard way

Sometimes I just have to learn the hard way. When it comes to me getting ready or making dinner I pretty much let the boys do whatever so that I can actually get out the door or put a meal on the table. It often backfires as it did yesterday. Micah was pulling all the spices out of the spice drawer and I thought - no big deal. I saw him a few minutes later shaking the open container of chili powder all over the dining room. Okay, okay. Vacuumed it up and moved on. About a half hour later I was walking upstairs and noticed chili powder everywhere on the entry floor, covering the couch and rug. Oh boy, big mess. Vacuum again. Oh well, I'm sure we will have another mess come 5 o'clock tonight.

Weekend

Shawn and I are headed to NY for his West Point reunion. Grandma and Grandpa Wags are here to party with the boys. They arrived yesterday and are already having a blast. Micah may have evaded the pictures but he is enjoying himself too. Back on Monday! :)