My special boy

I don't really have a lot to say about these, except that he only had one beer. I think I will let the pictures speak for themselves...



I made him this nice Bugle tree, that was my contribution to the nights excitement.

Luis said, "Beat that Jon and your stupid rocks!" Which, I guess, made him think of this guy:

And, finally, Mr. Spock (why not?)

If you thought half a giant box was fun...

just imagine having the whole thing to play with! The plumber finished installing the new shower stall yesterday, which left a giant empty box on our porch. Luis was cutting doors into it before the plumber even left. Taye wasted no time crawling in, flashlight in hand.

Darius preferred to sit outside and play with the doors.

Taye kept sticking his fingers out of the little hole Luis made in the doors. He would also peek out and say "hi!"

Darius thought that was pretty funny, and after watching for a while, he stuck his face in and said "hi" back.

Eventually Darius ventured inside the box, and I was forced to join them in the name of photojournalism. I bring these to you from inside the box...

And, last but not least, two of my favorite pictures:

53 Years...

Happy Anniversary Gramma and Grampa!! We love you!

Have you ever noticed that Luis is such a showoff?

A strange but true fact...

My boys are 14 and 29 months old, and have basically never had a bath in a bathtub. The hot water pressure in our bathroom was so low it literally took 20 minutes to fill the tub to a reasonable level, and it was always just much easier to bathe them in the kitchen sink. But the plumber fixed the water pressure last week. Yesterday we stopped by our neighbors yard sale, and they gave the boys a set of little floating Sesame Street characters. Then, at WalMart, we found a bottle of Cars bubble bath, in the shape of the one and only red car. It seemed like a really good day to try a bath in the tub. They both loved it. When it was finally time to get out, I opened the drain and grabbed towels. Taye was lying in an inch or so of water saying, "I'm cold! I'm cold!" So I told him to get out and I would wrap him in the towel and make him cozy. He did, and as soon as I had wrapped him up he said, "Have another bath?" He even laughed when I was washing his hair and got water in his face. Normally that is a huge trauma. I guess you could say it was a hit!

A Far Better Fate

On Friday, Taye found another caterpillar, I'm sorry...butterpillar, on the porch. This one fared much better than the unfortunate one from last week. I showed Taye how he could put it on his hand and watch it walk around. He was fascinated, he watched it for a good twenty minutes. Whenever it got too close to escaping, he would pick it up and put it back in the middle of his palm. Eventually we went out into the front yard and let it go.