A Dog and her Boys

We welcomed a new canine member of our family a couple of weeks ago. Adopted from the Plano Animal Shelter, Sugar is a 1 year-old yellow lab who weighs 50 lbs but thinks she's a lap dog. She has such a sweet temperament (hence her name), and she and her "sister" Spice get along famously. In fact, they wrestle in the backyard in a most UNlady-like fashion until Sugar looks more like brown sugar. :P

The boys are completely enamored of both of the pups, but Sugar is actually capable of being mellow at times when she's not passed out asleep (ha!), so I was able to get a couple shots of Luke and Cody playing outside with her today after school.

Think this little big love likes her new boys?

Luke's Class Picture

He doesn't look terribly happy, does he? He really seems to enjoy school now, though, despite his "Go ahead...make my day" expression. :)

Mohawk Madness

The boys were in desperate need of haircuts so we made a stop at Cool Cuts yesterday. Cody went first and got a wicked cool mohawk. Well, after seeing how totally awesome Cody looked, there was just no way that Luke was getting his hair done any other way!


This is my favorite shot of Luke. Clearly, he found the whole experience hair-raising! :)


Brothers being silly!


Cody had some fun making goofy faces. There is so much of Anthony in this little boy!


But take a look at this next picture...you can really see it here. One of Anthony's friends from middle school joked that she used to know a kid who looked just like this, only with less hair. :)


You can see the man he'll be in that last picture. How can he be so grown-up already?

Hoppy Easter! (2 weeks late)

Well, obviously I'm a bit behind! But the day before Easter, we enjoyed a nice egg hunt at Gramma and Grandad's house. They worked with Aunt Polly to decorate some beautiful eggs for the boys, and they planned a fun scavenger hunt, too. The only kiddo moving slowly enough for any pictures mid-hunt, though, was Luke. :)


Gramma and Grandad have this wonderful bench and a cool brick wall, perfect backdrops for some close-ups!


Then we hunted eggs at our house on Easter!


Cody had already enjoyed a ring pop which the Easter Bunny delivered in his basket earlier that morning, so that's what he's wearing on his face. And I think it's funny that he's wearing his Halloween shirt on Easter. :)


As always, the Easter Bunny brought waaaaaaaaay to much candy. Better luck controlling that sweet tooth next year, EB! ;)

Look Ma, No Teeth!

Cody lost his second tooth last night! It has been wiggly ever since the other one fell out, and we tried to "help it along" a few times, to no avail. What a stubborn boy tooth!

Anyway, last night Anthony was helping Cody floss, and out it came! The tooth fairy brought him another gold dollar, which apparently isn't as good as a "real" dollar (who knew?) so Cody offered me a trade. We will be sending the tooth fairy a letter with instructions for next time!

And now Cody's got a big 'ole gap on the bottom! Perfect for sticking a straw through all sneaky-like. :)

Dear Spring, What Happened?

We woke up this morning to over a foot of snow on the ground! We were wearing T-shirts in 70 degree weather just a couple of days ago, and now this? Today was supposed to be the official first day of spring. What happened?

Well, the boys were just over the moon with excitement. Jacks was dressed in multiple layers with his coat on before he even said, "Good Morning." So out we went into the winter wonderland!

Here's our street:


And here's our boys!


Anthony parks his new truck outside in front of the house, so he had quite a snowdrift in the back this morning. The boys thought that was AWESOME!


The boys loved the snow, but we grown-ups were not so amused.


What a crazy end to "Spring" Break!

Dallas Blooms

This morning, we went to the Dallas Arboretum to take a look at the beautiful flowers out for Dallas Blooms. It was a gorgeous day (if a little chilly at first), and the boys had so much fun just running around.


The boys had really enjoyed the "Storybook Houses" exhibit from last spring, so they were a bit disappointed to note that all the houses were gone. However, one new Storybook character greeted visitors in full, living color: Ferdinand!


I used to make my parents read this book to me repeatedly when I was a little girl, and I just re-introduced it to the boys a few weeks ago. So it was so neat to see Ferdinand himself, "sitting just quietly, smelling the flowers."

It was a great morning, and we hope to go back again soon!