He's a high-tech redneck

It's been all jokes, all the time around here lately. Not sure they have completely mastered the concepts yet, but here's Jack's effort yesterday morning

J: How do country boys roll, Harry? They MAN UP!

I texted it to Dean, who LOL'ed in a room of Marines, who highly approved Jack's joke. It was so sweet listening to J tell his Dad how excited he was to have their approval....he said over and over how he'd never made a whole room laugh like that before.

Harry has been singing that song "That's how country boys roll" (bleh) constantly, and saying how "we country boys" do this and that....pretty sweet little men!

George Jones

Raise the roof, raise the roof, raise it high

Harry is loving the top bunk, and the other morning I walked in to hear him singing the watered down version of "the roof is on fire"
with hand motions more in line with 'waise the woof!'

Poor Brownie, I do think he made sure he didn't burn - the ladder has become a great spot for amazing rescues

Widespread Panic

We FOUR Kings

The boys had their Winter Program at school - I got a sweet video of them singing their two songs but can't figure out how to make it small enough to load. Will keep working. I don't *think* they were meant to be hanging out with their buds David and Dylan a few rows up from the group,! At one point Jack went down to check on his 'girlfriend' Erin who was sad that she couldn't see her parents.....he actually wipes his brow after he can't cheer her up. Too sweet! Their first time on the big stage went off without a hitch :-)
We Three Kings

THEY'RE going out to sea

We're all missing Ocracoke, and I was finally able to upload these videos from the pirate show we got to check out this year. The first video is long and shows how goofy they are, and fair warning about the second...I can't get that song out of my head whenever I see it.

They were the only tinies in the audience, and were asked to 'help' hold the card for the audience to sing-along. Silly boys - this is their first public performance....watch out, David Cook, they're coming for your Idol trophy ;-)

Within the stories of pirate life, they let the audience practice with the halyard while singing this shanty (they are going nowhere fast LOL):

Lyle Lovett's If I Had A Boat

It take a joyful sound

...to say thank you and goodbye to preschool. Last nite was the boys' preschool year-end program, full of a little pomp and circumstance, songs, prayers, a video montage of the year, etc.
They helped choose the pix included here, so please bear with it ;-)

This is the moment Jack heard his dad calling his name

(Jack, Joe, Asher, Harry and Same getting ready to perform)
And have I mentioned how much Harry loves his name? He would laugh with glee when I would sing-song it when he was a baby, now he just gets this face when his dad calls him

Here they are performing
Get Up, Get Up

Tell it!

Some people haven't heard

Everybody's talking about power!

Harry is very serious about the words and movements for You're Holy

Synchronized swimming may be out....whew!

It was a LONG nite for sleepy boys!

I took video of the diploma presentations and am trying to figure out a way to cut them down to post them...hopefully soon. Jack said he wanted to be a sailor, motorboats, pirate ships, anything that floats as long as he's Captain Jack. Harry said he will be a Man, which got a nice round of applause...they settled on him owning a Jeep dealership at Ocracoke beach ;-)

Aunt Jackie came to watch them, and even brought cards with gift certificates for books - Jack and Daddy were reading all about it

Harry reading his card with Aunt Jackie

Jack was SO proud!

They love Aunt Jackie, and I think the feeling's mutual

(sorry, J, but the insisted that I put this one in)

Their teachers collected work samples thru the year, and Harry was proudly explaining his Friendship Star Quilt

They were both thrilled to look back over their work, and they've read their own and each other's books a few times today (thank you for all your efforts, teachers!)

Harry checking out the pictures from Easter and the Trike-A-Thon

Bob Marley's Punky Reggae Party

Three Cheers For Five Years

It was birthday party day at school today, and they share the month of March with their buddy Asher! Here are the three almost-fives making a kool-aid salute....

and here are their sweet classmates singing their song

(that's their friend Grayson rocking it out on the right,

and Joe pops into the screen at the end)

This Mayday Parade song is NOT happy, but the title was too perfect

Everyday

We are not big on videos, but I'm trying to get better ;-) The boys' first vocal concert leaves a bit to be desired, but they are already working the microphones and developing a little (albeit stumbly) style....

My apologies to your ears and Rascal Flatts

Here's hoping your 2009 is filled with everyday miracles!

Hey, hey, hey!

Here's some silliness from our weekend:

Jack is singing a familiar tune:

Flamajunka, flamajunka,
coo dee true, coo dee true....

can you guess what it was?

Dean asking about breakfast around 10 this morning:
D: Harry, what do you want for breakfast?
H: BRUNCH!
D:OK, what do you want for brunch?
H: Um, SUGAR!
D: No sugar.
D: Jack, what do you want for brunch?
J: sugar ;-)
J: Um, bugs! LOL

And does Harry remind you of anyone??

Here's a hint:

Can you remember his name?

Fat Albert Theme Song