Cody's Biography

                                  

Cody wrote this on the computer at school today. I'm going to share it just as he wrote it, but I'll put explanations in parentheses for the words that are unclear.

My name is cody.

I am 6 years ojd.

The are 5 peoplein in my family.

My favorit color is red.

I like to eat jtekin (chicken).

Idotlike to eat brokujee (broccoli).

For fun I like to baws (bounce).

I can wrrke (work).

My favorite thing to do is paiy (play).

when I grow up I want to be a ROK STRR.

I don't even know where to begin with all the things I love about this. ♥

Happy Valentine's Day!

I got a few shots of the my 3 little Valentines today.

Check it out! It's the return of The Wink!

Jacks was the only one of the boys actually able to refrain from taking a giant bite out of his lollipop....until we were done with pictures, of course. ;)

Happy Valentine's Day!

SNOW!!!

We have had some crazy weather this winter! Last week, we had a 2-day ice storm followed by 2 days of snow. The boys' schools were closed all 4 of those days. And today, we sit here warm and cozy inside on our 5th snow day in 2 weeks.

Last week, we got 6+ inches. That's an awful lot of snow for Dallas!

Of course, we had to get out and play in it!

Jackson made a bunch of snow angels.

Luke lay down in it, tasted it, climbed up and down across our neighbors' lawns...and ended up covered in snow!

Jackson also wrote us a note: "I ♥ Mom and Dad."

We enjoyed snuggling in front of the fire, drank hot chocolate, made S'Mores, and built lots of pillow forts. But I have to saw that I think we've had enough snow for now...and we'd like to get back to normal!

Jackson's Blog

Jackson has a new blog! He has become obsessed with graphic novels (basically fancy comic books, but many of them are quite long and they actually come in a variety of genres) lately, and while I know reading is reading, they aren't really a challenge for him.

So I thought he could sign up for a "reading challenge" just for graphic novels, and to complete it, he would have to write a review for each of them. As soon as I suggested this project to him, and mentioned the possibility of his own blog as a central location for his reviews, he got VERY excited...not so much about the reading challenge, but as a place to share pictures of his Legos. :P

We reached a compromise! I helped him set up the blog and I'll teach him how to post, as well as help him upload pictures, etc., and he will do occasional book reviews (he has to do at least 11 in 2011 to fulfill the requirements for the "expert" level in the challenge...with the way he's been going, he'll have the actual reading of those done in the next month, but the reviews are another story). Win-win!

So without further ado, I give you.....LEGOMANIA!

Fashion Disaster!

Last Thursday was Fashion Disaster Day at Jackson and Cody's school. Jacks really got into picking all sorts of weird, mis-matched things to wear.

He put on some 3-D glasses (the ones he wore the week before for "Future's So Bright" day) without the lenses. Oh, and do you notice they're upside down? He also wore his shirt backwards, and stuck on one of Anthony's ties.

To complete the look, he wore his baseball pants. Stylin', no?

Here you can really see that his shirt is on backwards.

Cody had a harder time with this whole thing. He likes clothes to match. If he's wearing black pants, he wants to wear a black shirt. Complementary colors just will not do...they must be the SAME exact shade.

So convincing him to wear green camo pants with a non-green shirt was pretty tough. And in fact, they actually don't clash nearly as much as I'd thought they would....sneaky little devil still looks pretty darn put-together!

His big idea for "crazy clothes" was to wear a pair of Halloween socks. Under his long pants. That no one could see.

And even that made him a tad uncomfortable!

He topped off his look with some silver (note that silver and the grey of his sleeves MATCH) beads, which I thought was pretty brave, for him. Of course, when I saw him at school later that morning, he'd hidden the beads in his backpack. The fink.

What a disaster! :)

College Week

This week is College Week at the boys' school. Each day has a special, fun theme to go along with teaching the kids about the importance of a college education. They're wearing sunglasses today, because the theme is "Our Future is So Bright!"

And if you're thinking Jackson's glassses look a little different...that's because they're not sunglasses. He decided to wear 3-D glasses instead, because his future "is bright AND cool." :)

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Tuesday's theme was "Dream Big & Go to College," so everyone was allowed to wear slippers to school. It was really fun seeing teachers walking down the hallway in funky slippers, too. :)

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Wednesday was Career Day, so the kids were supposed to dress as their future occupations. Jackson has decided he wants to be an architect, so we made him some "blueprints" and he stuck a pencil behind his ear.

And Cody? Cody says he wants to be a rock star. Which is perfect, since he totally rocks!

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On Thursday, the theme was, "Top Off Your Education," so the kids could wear college hats to school. Of course, they both wanted to wear Longhorn hats. Hook 'em!

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Friday was Homecoming, and the kids were invited to wear their favorite college shirt. Again, for my guys, it was all about UT!

Cody saw that sweatsuit at the store and just HAD to have it. He was so proud of himself this morning because, with the added hat, he said he looked like a coach!

What a fun week!

SNOW!

Winter weather finally came to Texas today, and we got our first snow of the year! The boys were SO excited and went right out in it.

Luke said, "Snow is cool! Are you coming?" He got such a kick out of scooping it up and (trying) to throw it at people.

Cody got cold pretty quickly, but he gave it a whirl for a little while.

And Jacks? Well, Jacks presented me with this view while he was bending down to make a snowball:

My evil self could not resist, and I just had to put some snow in there. Here's his response:

And then? Revenge!!!

Fun! :)