Oh Mom Guess What...

"What"???
Trey: "I have hair under my arms! Want to see?"
Mom: "Yes of course, how cool!"
Trey: "I asked dad when I would get hair under my arms and he said not until high school; but he was wrong!!! I have hair right now under my arms look! See that hair is starting to grow."
In moms head: "yes that tiny tiny blond hair that you have all over your body is also under your arms...too cute."
Mom: "Well look at that. You will have to show your dad."
Trey: (In the manliest voice he has) "Yup he was wrong."

Not only is Trey thinking how cool it is that he has hair under his arms; he is loving the idea that his dad gave him the wrong information and for once he has something up on him (in his mind although his dad is so right).
Even though I told him every kid has some hair under his arm he is convinced it is the beginning of his manly hair. Well I guess we will have to leave it to his peers to break him down in this arena of life:)

Fishing w/ Dad

Teague had daddy all to himself this past weekend, oh yeah! The other 2 spent the weekend at Camp nana B's (thank you very much they had a blast). As for me, well I had to have a lovely little vien removal surgery in my right leg - painful and still not walking around. So Teague truely had his dad's undivided attention for 3 days. Dad was thrilled to have time alone with Teague and of course took him for his first fishing experience. Teague worked that reel like a real fisherman and caught a number of big fish. Take a look...

Random Summer Pics

All in a days work...

This is what happens during cleaning and a few phone calls. They are having a blast! This is their impenetrable fortress...as in nearly every toy in our basement in a pile. I am not aloud on the other side. Thus it begins, mans life long struggle to claim his territory!

Raccoon Raid

Loved this pic! Empty cooler after raccoon raid.

"We are going to be MEN"

...is what Trey told me as Dad drove off with him and Taatjes for their camping trip. The boys completed their charts earning them their highly anticipated camp out! Each time they received their smiley face they would say, "yes, I am getting closer to go camping w/daddy"!

So, last weekend Dad packed up the car - bikes, fishing poles, flash lights, marshmellows, etc. They had a blast! They came back beaming with stories and feeling quite manly:) Lots of pictures...Completed charts.










Highlights - Smore's. Catching fish. 2 mile bike ride. Stories at night in the tent by flash light. Hunting for deer in the woods. Each boy had their own coffee in the morning just like men do!!! Best one, night time raccoon raid. (He opened their cooler and ate most of their breakfast.)

Daddy's home put on his birthday hair!

The boys and I picked out a few things for dad's birthday party. Their big concern was having party hats, a belgiano favorite! So we wanted dad's to be special:) The boys loved the colored hair and settled on the red color. They all laughed so hard when he put it on and were thrilled that he wore it for dinner and cake. As you see everyone had a turn with it! We also brought our birthday whoopee cushion back out for the birthday boy to have a seat on! (Since dad started this tradition w/me) Dad played along fabulously pretending he didn't see it and plopping down on it so surprised:) The 3 of them were rolling with laughter, we love a good whoopee explosion! Cake, dance party, and lots of hugs and kisses...what more could a dad want on his birthday. He loved it!

Daddy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!

WE LOVE YOU!

Oh...

...I guess he can open a bag of candy. On the bike ride home from the store with Dad he decided to go for it, why not! Dad did not think he would open the Swedish fish that he had purchased for me:) Oh well, Teague was happy!

What is that?

I don't even want to know how shaving cream made it up to the top of the bathroom window. Probably not a Dad mistake though.

In need of a diet plan?

If you want to lose a little weight I have a new great plan for you! Get yourself a pair of little boys:) Just before you are about to take a bite into the delicious dinner you have prepared one of them is bound to tell you a lovely disgusting tale. Most of the time it happens to be about a previous bathroom experience. Much like yesterday......(For those with a weak stomach do not read on. Or if you have proper edict.) Mom I just filled up the toilet with my poop! It is to much to make it down the toilet! Oh yes this is always an exciting feat, unfortunately for me:( I kept trying to flush it but it just kept going around and around and getting stuck!?! WHY! Please I have told you no potty stories before dinner!!!!! You have just ruined my appetite.
Really they are for rent during the dinner hours:)

Ode to Kelly and Brayden

The boys always love your silly pics so, here are some inspired by you 2!

Out of the mind of Taatjes...

" I will only love you for the next 2 hours!"
Dad: "Would you like a piece of cheese?"
Taatjes: "Is that cheese aged?"
"You know what I never chew my breakfast I just swallow it." (he says as he chews away.)
"I can ride my bike with no hands!" (crash, bang, aaaahhh! Instantly falls of the bike)
Taatjes we love the way you think and do things:)

Happy Independence Day

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4th of July Parade! Any parade that passes out candy is worth it to the boys. They will sit through a number of politicians, real estate agents, store promoters, etc. for candy. (Speaking of which, what has happened to parades now a days. The shameless promotions and free advertisements are unreal and incredibly boring. They should require that if you want to walk in a parade you must build a float! Nobody wants to see the local real estate agent walk through the parade putting magnets in the kids candy bags. Boo to you, that is sooo boring.) Well, the fire trucks, motorcycles, bands, dance groups, and classic cars, were a hit!
Being new to the area we happened to drive buy the parade route the night before the parade to see people laying down blankets and chairs along the curbs. So we stopped and placed our blanket we had in the car down along the curb, crossing our fingers that it would be there the next day. The next morning we went to our spot and there it was amongst a sea of blankets. There was not one open spot along the parade route. We would not have found a place to sit had we not done this. Apparently the whole city knows the parade rules that we happened to stumble upon. Yeah for us! Great seats!

"Summer, Summer, Summer Time!"

This is our typical summer day...bike ride, park, naps (except Trey), and then we swim until everyone is purple:)

"I want to do that!"

Of course what boy wouldn't be begging to saw a tree down! What grown man wouldn't beg to do that! (Ok before you get all "green" on me it was sick and they put in a new one.)

What a great afternoon treat it was to watch some guys saw, pull, and hack up a tree. "I want to do that!" Both Trey and Taatjes wanted to follow these guys to the next tree they had to cut down, uh no.

Sleepy

Oh sure now you're sleepy.

Blame it on the molars! I hate 2 year molars! He was awake for 2 hours crying last night with his hand in his mouth (on me). All of the boys had the worst time with these molars. Just when you think you've paid your dues with sleep deprivation the molars come along. At least he gets to take a nap:(

Rocker

Taatjes a rocker? Apparently he thinks so! This was taken at a party we went to last week. The teenagers were playing Rock Band in the living room and we found Taatjes right in there with them:) He went to the basement and got the keyboard to play along. All the kids his age were outside playing on the swing set, not Taatjes. He also had a cool grove with his piano playing. Justin found him like this and took the pic with his phone, it was so funny. Rock On!

Brothers

Spectacle Bears and Black Panthers...Watch Out!

Thank You Children's Museum for providing a paint your own face "hands on station"! What a hit for the kids. What a mess for the moms. Oh well, it is supposed to be about the kids. My boys loved it. Trey is a self made black panther and Taatjes is a self made spectacle bear "from Dora". This is better than when Taatjes finds a pen laying around and makes him self a tiger! At least this paint washes off:)