Monday, August 24, 2009

Behind a photo

Here it is!!! A new family photo! We were so excited to be at the beach this weekend, and to have a photographer in house. This is what we came away with, but let me tell you what is actually behind each one of us.



Trenton, boy was he anxious. He did not want to sit still for two seconds. This picture was captured precisely between him yelling "Let me down" and "I wanna go play". I did feel bad, He had been awaken from a nap and was barely content finding "pirate treasure" in the sand before we rudely forced him to take this photo.



Simon... this child is ... a handful! He is actually screaming here. He was shivering, angry, tired, and only happy for this very brief moment because he had a Tic-Tac in his hand and somehow he heard us say "cheese".
(I can't believe this happened at the same moment Trenton smiled!)



Me... I am a master ventriloquist! I am begging them "please smile boys!" "One more smile and you can have another candy." "Trenton, one more and we'll find treasure!"



Emile... frazzled. He may not look it, but those eyes are ready to run away. Two boys crying and a wife grumbling threats and rewards get pretty old very quick!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Summer time and the livin's easy...

Our little tadpole is growing!
Look at him, he is still in the "goldfish" class, but we'll take him as a goldfish, a tadpole, a penguin or whatever they want to call him there at the Wilson Pool. We can't wait for his next session to start!

Riding the rails


Right now Trenton likes Trains, Transformers, TV, Tater Tots, and his new Trampoline. (Yes, this is seriously coincidental that they all start with the letter T!) So, to over indulge him and blow his little 3 year old mind, we took him out to the big train for a day. This was big excursion and a special time to spend with JUST Trenton!





Babysitters NOT for sale!


I'm convinced I have the greatest babysitters in the world! Mostly because they LOVE my kids. They both came to play with Simon the other day while I took Trenton to swim class... and somehow I think Simon had WAY more fun when I was away.