JJ B-day

Here is JJ with his 3rd birthday cake.  Leonardo the Ninja Turtle, courtesy of Chef Momma.  We had 8 kids (7 of them boys) in the house along with a few family and friends for a great couple of hours with snacks, high-strung high-speed playtime, cake and presents.  

We are thinking that future birthday parties may need to take place at a public venue...they are so much WORK!  It was truly a fun day, just exhausting.  We are going to have another little party for him on Wednesday, just the four of us.  

I put together a little slideshow of Jaylon's first three years.  It is so cool to see the little baby turn into a big boy!  He is working through some strong urges of rebellion at this point in his life.  Nothing that worked with Eli seems to have much impact on him.  We're figuring him out, though.

Eli did pretty well taking a back seat for his little brother's big day.  Toward the end of the afternoon, he starting entering the meltdown stage, so I had to exile him to napland about thirty minutes before every left.

AJ and Alarris are headed home tonight, so it's back to the normal routine.  Hope all is well with everyone...and that you have a great week!

much love

Batmen

Here are the boys in their new Batman underwear.  We had lots of wrestling and even made a rock video while suited up.  Lots of fun.  Tonight, I stacked the couches like stadium seating for movie time.  Add some hot chocolate and popcorn, we've got four very content little boys.  Good times.

new doggies

Here are the pups we adopted from the local shelter, Lucy and Benny.  They are perfect little lap dogs who like to wrestle each other and LOVE to lounge on the couch.  They are so great with the boys, and the boys are great with them.  We are very glad to have them!

Expanded family

These are our little buddies, AJ and Alarris, whom we try to hang with as much as possible.  This pic was taken when they stayed with us for a couple weeks last January.  This weekend, they are here Friday through Sunday, when we'll have JJ's birthday party!  They are kinda like our second set of kids.  Scary!

Facebook no more

It's not that I haven't enjoyed Facebook.  I just don't make time to play with all the little applications and respond to all the invites, games, messages, pokes, notifications, etc.  I feel bad for my intermittent activity and don't want people to feel like I'm leaving them hanging.  

My sister has a blog, and it seems like such a simple and clean way to put information about one's life out there for those interested to see.  I'm gonna give it a try.  I think there are probably only about 4 or 5 of you out there who might check in on it anyway, so it could be good.  much love