Momstache and More

The boys have been saying the most random and hilarious things lately. It's really fun hearing the things that come out of their mouths!

Jackson has been experimenting with puns and wordplay. Here's a joke he came up with:

What did one car say to the other car?

You've got "Auto-tude!"

He and Cody and I also had a silly conversation on the way to our family pictures the other day. I suggested that if they cooperated and smiled for the photos, they could run around at the park afterwards, but if not, I'd just tie them to the front of the car and they could pull it home as a way to get out their energy. 

Jacks: Pulling the car would take years. You'd grow a Momstache.

Me: That would be awesome. I could totally rock a Momstache.

Cody: It will be pink! And full of farts.

Me: Cody, you are such a dork!

Cody: Yeah, but I'm YOUR dork.

And he totally IS my dork. :)

I have one last silly conversation to share, this one between Cody and Luke. I love the innocence, touched with wisdom. 

Cody: You know who's the coolest person in the world?

Luke: Me?

Cody: No. GOD. And Santa. And the Easter Bunny. 

I dunno, I think me and my Momstache are pretty cool... ;)

Family Pictures (Sneak Peek)

  

We met with our favorite family photographer this weekend to get some shots of everyone we love! (Kate-Kate was in town for a visit, Tina is here for a role with the Dallas Opera...but we were sad to be without Anthony, who unfortunately had to work.)

These are just a few shots we got as a sneak peek...we should have the rest of them in a week or so. I love them all!

Upside Down

Today, Cody brought home the assignment above. His class read "Silly Sally," and they were supposed to draw a picture of themselves, glue it on upside down, and write a little bit about what they were doing.

So there's Cody, upside down, along with a dog (note the tongue sticking out and the wonderfully expressive ears) and a disco ball. Yes, you read that right. Up there in the upper left hand corner is a disco ball. Cody is VERY proud of the disco ball.

The writing reads, "I am upside dawn (down). I mit (met) a dog. We daste (danced) a gige (jig)." So silly, just like Sally! :)

Sally's story isn't all that has Cody feeling upside down these days. I think the boy has his first crush. This is so interesting to me as Jackson seems to look at boys and girls as equal opportunity friends, but doesn't think girls in general are anything special. Cody, on the other hand, has told me he likes to be nice to girls and that several girls in his class want to marry him.

But now...now there's CINDY. Or maybe her name is Sydney. With the way he pronounces and spells things, it's a little hard to be sure. (And Cindy seems like such an old-fashioned name...do people name their kids things like "Cindy" these days?)

I had heard nothing about Cindy (?) until today, when he told me he wanted to make her a present. So first he drew this:

That's Cody and Cindy sitting on top of a rainbow. It also has their names with arrows pointing to the people, and "Love Cindy" and "Frum Cody."

On the back, he wrote this:

There it says, "Love? Sedey." I like how instead of "To:" he writes "Love." 

The he folded it up and had me help him tie it in a bow.

He also made an envelope for the present.

That's the inside of the envelope, and it says, "Heres a presit (present) Sedey." With a smiley face. Aww. 

The outside of the envelope looks like this:

And then he folded the present up inside the envelope and stapled it closed. 

Man, I hope that girl (whatever the heck her name is) knows how lucky she is. Well, who am I kidding, she won't....she's SIX. But I hope she likes the present he made for her. I hope she likes him as much as he likes her. And I hope she doesn't break his gigantic, adorable, precious heart. 

By the way, even when you think you love your kiddos with every fiber of your being, when you think you couldn't be more grateful for the wonder and joy they bring into your life, and when you think you couldn't possibly love them more...you can. See above. 

My cup runneth over. ♥

Dallas Blooms

Today, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and the beginning of Spring Break and paid a visit to the Dallas Arboretum. Every single thing is in bloom, and the dazzling array of flowers and colors was just amazing.

This year, the play houses exhibit has a "Fairy Tale" theme, so the boys had fun exploring all the castles. Here's Jackson at Aladdin's humble abode.

We enjoyed having Gramma and Grandad join us for a bit, and it was fun to find the special flower bed dedicated to Gramma! The sign says, "This area of our floral display has been given in honor of Eleanor Penrose by All the Family." :)

Grandad was nice enough to take a couple of pictures of the 5 of us. (Luke enjoyed wearing Grandad's hat.)

Then I took about a million (if you ask them, they'd say it was more) pictures of the boys. Here are just a few!

I had told Cody to squeeze in with Jackson in the above picture, and he took me VERY literally!

Luke was an ever-moving blur throughout the morning....I don't think he slowed down at all during our visit.

I got Cody and Jacks to sit together for a minute by promising they could take a silly picture after the "serious" one.  So here's serious:

And here's silly:

And even more silly!

I did get this nice shot of Cody by the reflecting pool.

Anthony tried to get a few pictures of me with the boys, but by then, they were just DONE with the camera. So Cody stuck a little wink in this one.

And he refused to smile in the rest. Plus, Luke was sad because he'd just done a giant face-plant in the grass (I actually found a big green smudge on his forehead after this picture).

Clearly, it was time to call it a day. But we had a great time, and we hope to go back again to see even more of the spring flowers!

Cody's Portrait of Daddy

Cody has really fallen in love with drawing lately. He will spend long periods of time working a picture, adding the important details and writing in some text. 

And this is the portrait he made of Anthony. He was most proud of the beard and the veins in Daddy's hands. That little thing that looks like a bird about to peck Anthony's head...that's his whistle that he uses at basketball practice.

I think my most favorite part is the spelling of "work" and how excited Anthony looks about it. There's even a little smiley face. 

Cody has told me he wants to be an artist when he grows up. Buddy, you're well on your way. :)

Jackson's Froggy Tale

This was in the display case in the hallway at Jackson's school.  I love that you can tell he's been reading a lot of graphic novels lately, with all the 'sound effects' used for emphasis.

Cody's Winning Season

Cody had such a wonderful experience with team sports thanks to Anthony coaching his basketball team. Cody learned a lot and had SO much fun. It was a great season, and Cody is already asking how long until they can play again. :)

Here is his official portrait from this season (you can tell it was VERY early and COLD that morning...his hair is plastered to his head from the static electricity!):

This is Cody's best buddy from preschool, Trevor. It was so great for them to get to spend some time together again!

Here's Cody with his #1 Fan, Grandad, who came to almost all the games to cheer Cody on. 

And here's the whole team...in their silly shot. How great is this?

All the kids improved so much and had a great time learning the sport and learning to work together as a team. It was really fun to watch. I'm already looking forward to next season, just like Cody!