She says "I can't hear you!"

Clara went to bed recently wearing her new puppy ear muffs... she kept telling me, " I can't hear you!"

Aidan gets a new belt!

Hook ‘em!

I took Brandon to his first UT home game. We both had a great time despite the loss for UT.

Brandon came home with a new UT hat and orange foam finger.

Clara learning to love music

 

Clara found a pair of pink ear buds that quickly became her favorite new thing.  They were too big for her so I used a headband to wrap around her head and ears to help hold them in.  Here she is showing off the ipod and making a goofy face that would make her brothers proud.

 

Goofing off with the boys

 

Just a goofy pic of me, Brandon and Aidan from dinner last week.  We (me and Aidan) were freezing and were wrapped up in Mimi’s sweaters. 

 

Freestone - 1st in 85 (12-15) and 3rd in Supermini (12-16)

4th at Freestone. 85 beginner.

Heartsick

One night last week, Clara got pretty upset at bedtime. I heard her crying from downstairs and went up to check on her.

When I got upstairs, she was sobbing. When I asked what was wrong she said, "My heart is sick." I asked why she thought her heart was sick and she said, "Because Brandon broke my heart."

Turns out that she was sad because in a game they played earlier that evening, Brandon didn't keep the cards that Clara had given to him. His rejection of her cards apparently was very personal to her.

I calmed her down and Brandon assured her that he loved her very much and she settled down to sleep. When I told this story to James, I saw panic in his eyes. He's not sure how he's ever going to handle the teenage years if this is any indicator.

Nana - close your eyes!

Brandon on the jumps @ Del Valle

Party dress

 

This past weekend, we went to an (adult) friend’s birthday dinner.  Clara and I took the opportunity to dress up in party dresses.

 

 

 

When we got to the mall to shop for her “party” dress Clara asked me, “ Can I get party shoes too?  So I can match?”   We ended up with a party dress, party tights, party shoes and a party bow!   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    “Devlin! Dance with me!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clara and Mommy    

Positive reinforcement.

Clara asked me to get her a straw. So I did. When I handed it to her she said, "I'm so proud of you.”

My little goober….

Aidan's first book report

Today was Aidan's first book report presentation. His report was on the book Lions at Lunchtime which is part of the Magic Tree House series. Aidan was very happy with a few points:

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• Googly eyes on the lion
• Clouds hanging instead of being taped to the sky
• The tree house on top of the box

 

 

 

 

His presentation was great!

Aidan's back on the bike

Aidan's bike is finally working again after many months of maintenance.

He's pretty happy to be back at the track with the guys.

And pretty wiped out.... apparently it's hard work!

This picture is Aidan sleeping on the ramp into the trailer.

Clara says

"When I grow up like a mommy I can go at work with you!"

Clara says

Clara calls the street to McDonalds the Pancake Path -- or actually the "panpake path"

I think someone has been getting a LOT of pancakes with her daddy :)

Clara calls cupcakes "Hup-cakes"

Cross Country Meet

It's hard to get pics of D at his meets, but the MIMI managed to snag a few during the last one at Cedar Park High School.

 

At the start

D at the finish line

Lost another tooth today.

He's gotta eat through a straw now....

3D!

Mom took us (me, aidan and clara) to see Lion King 3D in special release this year. It was very fun, but Clara got a little scared during the more intense parts. She was sitting next to me and grabbed my hands while telling me "cover my eyes!"  Otherwise, she had fun and got a kick out of the 3d.

Aidan was in it for the popcorn.....

   

 

 

More Clara says

Clara calls a movie theater a "movie station"

Karate

Aidan started karate in the after-school program at Rutledge. He's loving it!

 

Here's a shot of him trying out his uniform for the first time.

Disneyworld is open!

C: mom, do you know where we are going?
Me: yes, we are going to drop b off at his choir party
C: no, we're going at Disneyworld!!!
Me: Disneyworld? We're not going to Disneyworld today.
C: yuh-huh. It's almost open!

Clara Language

at 3 years old... almost 4

"I can't see the think!" for "I can't see a thing"

I want to watch "t-wii-wii" for "tv"

And my favorite... when she says LOVE she pronounces it "LUB"

Especially funny is when she puts a lot of emphasis on "LUB" as in....

Mack (the dog) LUBS squirrels!

Fun at the playground

Playing at Brushy Creek during Devlin's cross-country meet.

Clara walking across the "tight rope" all by herself.

James and Clara navigating the web

Aidan "helping" Clara walk the rope

Princesses don't go to school!

C: Mom, do I have to go to school today?

Me: Yes

C: But princesses don't go at school!!

I can't remember how the rest of this conversation went, but I'm pretty sure it ended with the princess getting an MBA and running the kingdom by herself.

More Galveston

And a few pics of Aidan in Galveston making goofy faces at the camera.

He was the opposite of Clara and spent the entire day in the water. It was a great weekend.

Fun in Galveston

We made it to Galveston for one last trip before school started. Here are a few pics of Miss Priss (aka Clara) playing the sand. She spent most of Sunday playing with the sandcastle and not in the water, but she had a blast.

B on his first day of middle school!

Clara on day 1

It's not the first day of school for her, but she's still hamming it up for the camera :)

1st day 3rd grade

Late Night Conversations

Last night at bedtime.

Clara: mom, call Santa tomorrow
Me: what do you want me to tell him?
Clara: tell him to bring some more toys at (to) me
Me: but it's not Christmas!
Clara: just tell him!
Me: I'll tell him. Maybe he can make a special trip.
Aidan: you mean a summer run?

Look at that smile!!!

Devlin got his braces off today! Yay!

Old Pics -- favorites

Fun with hats!

From somewhere around 2002

More 2002 favorites

I recently had several albums of old pictures scanned. These are some of my favorites.