Changed The Locks

Last Monday was a school holiday, so my favorite little guys and I hit the salon and....this

...ended up like this....(it's on its way to Pantene's Beautiful Hair program - I've donated to Locks Of Love before, but they are getting a lot of flack lately, and I'm getting grayer, so...)

...and I turned into this. I'm still getting used to it, but it's good to have a change.The boys took me to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch and dessert before Secretariat. Harry has been dying to try this restaurant, and his final verdict: 'this is the worst restaurant ever!' A little dramatic, but he really wasn't impressed

Jack, otoh, said this was 'the most delicious cake in the entire world!'

The movie was great, and soccer practice was fairly lovely on a crisp Fall nite!

Lucinda Williams

What a beautiful mess this is

The Great Pumpkin exploded this afternoon, and I'm still a long way from finished....

but we got far enough to make sweet snacks

...and I remembered why it's better to just snap spontaneous pix than to ask them to 'smile'

Happy Fall, Y'all!

Jason Mraz's Beautiful Mess

After 5 weeks of great school behavior for Harry and steadily improving days for Jack, we took a little trip to the KK yesterday. I obviously need to have a label for Krispy Kreme since I spent hours looking for a good comparison picture and couldn't find one. Add organizing blog to the ToDo list.....

So this is the closest I could find - bonus, Aunt Jackie's happy smile a couple of Christmases ago :-) Can you tell that they used to just barely reach that rail but now it hits their ELBOWS? :sniff: They are getting so big, but these days are among my favorite. Yeah, I've said it before and I'll say it again! These are the best days so far :-)

Sweet summertime

Summer is on its way, and we've had a lot of fun adventures lately, with more to come. This is such a great age, overall, but it's hard to believe they will be finishing kindergarten in just a few weeks - all the new experiences, friends and growing have made this a very full year. And, yes, Christina, the buckets were a big hit :-)

Kenny Chesney's Summertime

I wanna see everything, do everything

True predictions:

Dean: Jack, we'll run out of time before we run out of tickets.

Jack: Daddy, I bet we won't be home until midnite.



Everyone was snuggled into beds by midnite, just barely - it was a perfect evening for a fair!

Turnstiles

Smile Like You Mean It

Come On And Smile

Measure Of A Man

BOY Germs

(it'll be a miracle if they don't catch something - sheesh!)

Under My Thumb

Drive Faster

Drivin' Blind

Truck On

Who's Your Daddy

Smile Away

I Won!

You Won!

Crash

Ice Cream MEn

Link Within will probably list last year's fair - it's hard to believe how much they've grown!

Happy Fall!

Elvis's Take Me To The Fair

Sunday Circus Song

Today was a perfect day for a small traveling circus, and we got to enjoy it with Uncle Les, Grayson and his mom :-)

Three silly clowns
Waiting for the show to begin

Grayson and Jack intensely watching the acts

Jack: You don't think all the snacks will make us sick, do you Grayson?

Harry enjoying his first snow cone (and turning blue, of course!)

Jack enjoying a pony ride - thanx Uncle Les!

Harry took it very seriously - thanx again, Uncle Les!

Mad

Hops

Three bouncing boys - they had a great time bouncing and wrestling

I loved catching Grayson and Harry mid-air - look at their great shadows

Harry running to the next fun thing

Day is done

Jack got the answer to his question about the effect of all those snacks..."I ate TOO MUCH cotton candy, Mommy!"

Thanx, friends, for a really fun day!

Happy Labor Day, everyone, don't work too hard ;-)

The Cardigans

How We Roll

After getting our Chick-A-Wow-Wow on with Alvin, Theodore and Simon this morning, the boys decided to stroll around the pet store for a while....oh, the joy of simple things, eh?

Grayson, Zach, Harry and Jack

We lucked into one of the workers letting the boys meet a pretty bird
Then enjoyed a little lunch and dessert - yum!
Thanx Mrs. C!

Alvin and The Chipmunks

I scream, you scream, everybody wants ice cream

The boys alternated naps this week, maybe a change in scenery helped ;-)

Harry sacked out before dinner and the library's Ice Cream Social
Jack, Grayson, and Harry playing with the Elvis lamp before giving us dance lessons (which I could not capture on film, but were HEElarious!) Jack told Grayson that Elvis is his favorite singer!

The library kicked off its summer reading program with an ice cream social complete with balloons and funny face stickers - Harry made a pirate face. I thought this picture was cool because you can see his face thru the balloon

Grayson, Jack and Harry lined up to get their treats

Harry flirted with the server to get some extra sprinkles, and I caught him so I got a sweet smile :wub: