how old is he???

william makes me think, on a daily basis, about just how old he really is.

is he 2?
while tumbling on the floor, pulling hair and screaming over a paper napkin...
"no, wes! that's miiiiiine!"

like we don't have 800 paper napkins.

is he 4?
while taunting his brother because he picked up lightning mcqueen first...
"i got mcqueen. na-na-na-na-boo-boo!"

is he 16?
while looking at what i fixed him and wes for lunch one day....
"yes ma'am! that's what i'm talkin' 'bout!"

is he 30?
while we finished reading before bed one night...
"you know who we will get to see when we get to heaven? mary. and joseph. and we can ask 'em what is was like to be jesus' mama. and daddy. but not his real daddy. joseph was just his earthly father. but he was nice. because he let mary ride the donkey."

is he 70?
while listening to wes slurp the last bit of gatorade through his straw...
"you've got the drugstore blues - don't ya, wes??"

seriously...does he even know what a drugstore is?

sometimes i wonder about that kid.

mikey

reed's first bite of rice cereal...


i think he likes it.


of course, he also thinks his toes are quite tasty...


so, maybe he's not the best judge after all!

thanksgiving

thanksgiving was a very busy time for us over here.

it all started the week before thanksgiving.
meet squanto (the little one) and chief happy sun.

they were all good until squanto tried to mess with chief happy sun's noodle necklace.

after the intratribal squabble (in which squanto learned to keep his paws off of the noodles), chief happy sun showed off all of the feathers that he earned and his vest.


then we packed up and headed to jackson to meet the rest of the henson tribe. these two rested up on the way there...


i should have done the same.

never fear, though, because french toast loaded with powdered sugar will get your engine going in the morning!


and then you can spend the rest of your time there going in and out the back door recruiting somebody to come outside with you...


and dance with your shadow...


take a walk in the leaves...


jump in the bounce house...


go on a bear hunt...


ride in the coupe...


play football...


play golf...


or just sit around and look cute!


if the outdoors got tiring, you could always come in and play with blocks...if you could get them away from alexandra.


or play with reed...


or get some love from leigh...she's always willing to dole out the hugs.


or you could listen to the musical stylings from wes...


and sara beth...


and then you'd need an aspirin or 4.

or you could make a giant cookie man who affectionately got the name, bob.


and look 'a here! there's a picture of adults for the first time in i don't know when!


after all the excitement, new christmas pjs topped it off!


that was just too much. reed is exhausted.

and i am, too!! do i get to curl up for my long winter nap before or after christmas??

christmas came early for mama,

and although i have no idea what i am doing (yet)...

i love my new camera!!

new spot at the table

no food yet, but the little man enjoys being up off the floor and watching the rest of us eat/squish food on our plates!

if only he could keep his tray (and the floor underneath) that clean forever...

roo

for some reason, william came up with his own nickname for reed, and now he and wes both refer to their little brother as....roo.

does he look like a roo??


i guess it doesn't matter because he cracks up and smiles at them when they get in his face cooing, "hey, roo!" or "whatcha doin', roo roo?" so, i'm afraid it's going to stick!! which isn't all that bad because it's quite obvious that they love the little guy.


and, i think the feeling is mutual.

so, roo it is.

at least until he gets big enough to punch/bite somebody and stand up for himself!

it's a bird, it's a plane, it's...

a whole lot of pint-sized super heroes!!

last weekend, william's buddy, charlie, turned 4. he had his party at GO and requested that everyone come decked out as their favorite super hero. you've never seen so many batmans, supermans, and spidermans in one place! they jumped, ran, slid, and honed all of their super hero skills until they were a bunch of sweaty batmans, supermans and spidermans!


wes had no problem keeping up with super heroes that were twice his size!


i did manage to get the birthday boy to stop for a second to get a picture...


and that picture makes me so sad! when did they grow up??


happy birthday, charlie-man!!