Road Course

I have to give Jason credit for his creativity when he has time with the boys. He had them outside in the cul-de-sac one afternoon and had set up this course for their scooter car. They loved it. I really enjoyed seeing my 6'4 husband on the scooter too, I was going to post it but videos take so long to post I think I'll wait. Thanks for the fun coaster car Aunt Susan!

Charleston

Mommy and daddy got three fun nights away in Charleston. Jason had a conference and mommy got to participate in all the great 'spouse' activities while he worked. I got an afternoon at the spa, went horse back riding, and went to a private Saks shopping and fashion show. I could handle this trip once a month! We also took a carriage ride to dinner one night with the group, had awesome food and a cooking lesson by the some of the chefs at The Charleston Grill. Thanks Gran and Pop for watching the boys, what a blessing to be able to get away and know the boys are in such good hands!

Dreams do come true...

We went to "Touch a Truck" in Huntersville today. And guess where we headed first? The trash truck!! The boys loved it and enjoyed all the other trucks as well. There was every kind of truck and transportation you could imagine there.

Pierce's T.V. debut...

My dad sent in a picture to the news station of one of him with his fish at the beach, it will be on this weekend, Saturday at 6:45am and Sunday at 8:45am on WCNC.

Pictures from Labor Day Weekend at the Beach

Here are some pictures I took of the boys on the beach with my dad's new fancy camera. Now I'm really wanting a nice camera and some lessons. I have the utmost respect for my photographer friends who can get great shots all the time, as you will see its not in my genes. But for my talent, I thought these were some cute ones..

Future Linebacker?

Holt had his 18 month old check up today. He weighed 28 lbs 1 oz and was 35 inches tall which is the 97% and 75%. It will be interesting to see if he stays this big, as Pierce has thinned out with age. If not Pierce needs to watch out for Holt in their wrestling matches.

Holt's Potty Trained!

Oh wouldn't that be so nice! He did, however find his brothers new underware in the laudry basket today. After trying to get his shirt and shorts off himself and then insisting I remove them he did manage (with mommy's help) to put on not one but two pairs of Pierce's underware this morning. I did leave the diaper on underneith to avoid a disaster.

Trolley Ride

Pierce and Emily

Daniel and Holt

Last week we took a ride on the trolley from South End. It was pouring rain but was still really fun. There were 24 of us, only 7 being adults! We had a short lesson and then about a 40+ minute ride. It was a little longer due to a truck hitting the gate at one the stops on East. The light rail and trolley had to wait for it to be fixed. After initially being told it could taken an hour, we were very much relieved when they fixed it much faster, as being stuck with hungry and potty ready toddlers would not of been too fun. The kids loved the trolley and afterwards we all headed to Rudino's for some pizza. Don't you know they loved us in the middle of rush hour!

I surrender!

Last week I realized that I am DONE trying to attempt pushing these two boys of close to 65 pounds and running. It was one thing in our old neighborhood where I could map out my 2 mile route and manage to avoid any hills. Then we moved here and there is no avoiding hills in this neighborhood as every street is a hill. I tried to do it at first and then shifted to running down the hills and walking up, and now I will only walk and that is when I feel really desperate to get out of the house and exercise.

I must say I have treasured the time with these boys in this stroller, as I have watched and felt them grow and listened to the conversation develop from me talking to them, to them carrying on their own conversation(if thats what you call it) and more often yelling matches. I really do think they could of woken people up sleeping in their houses some mornings. I can't count the number of waffles eaten, planes spotted, or times we've stopped to see the ducks, or most exciting seen the trash men or trees being cut down.