Photo Friday: Favorites

September 26, 2014September 28, 20147 Comments

Today is a pretty special day, so I have a pretty special picture to share:

wedding

Five years ago, I married my best friend, and this is one of my favorite pictures from that day. It’s hard to believe it’s been five years – we’ve packed so much into so short a time, but I wouldn’t trade a minute of it. We’ve moved twice, added two beautiful boys to our family, and embarked on another remodeling adventure. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the next five years, and the five after that, and the five after that…

Don’t forget to stop by Charnele’s blog and check out some of her favorite things! What are some of your favorites?

Photo 365 #46

September 22, 2014September 23, 20146 Comments

Bubbles has to be at his football games an hour early to practice beforehand. If I was attending by myself, it would be a great time to get some reading done, or some writing, or even that strange new thing the kids these days call socializing. You know, actually interacting with other actual people.

shoulders

But I don’t get to do that. I go everywhere accompanied by kids – sometimes two, sometimes three, sometimes four. And while I was waiting for Bubbles’ game to start Sunday afternoon, Cricket and Miss Tadpole had fun entertaining each other, which was lots of fun to watch (more fun than the game, even, since I’m clueless when it comes to football).

Photo 365 #45

September 21, 2014September 21, 20148 Comments

Since Bubbles was gone last weekend, we let him have a few friends over last night to help him celebrate his birthday. They had a blast playing football in the yard, staying up late watching movies, and generally eating us out of house and home.

“Let’s tell ghost stories!”

But I have to admit I felt a little bad for Cricket. He adores his big brother, and he wants nothing more than to hang out with the big boys. But Bubbles needs time away from being the big brother now and then, and there’s no explaining that to a four-year-old.

Something tells me this is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.

Photo 365 #43

September 19, 2014September 19, 20144 Comments

Cricket and I were looking through some of my Instagram pictures tonight. He kept asking who the people were in the pictures on my feed, so finally I flipped over to my pictures and asked him who the people were in the pictures I’d posted. He did pretty well, though I think sometimes he answered wrong just to be silly.

Cricket’s nothing if not silly.

But then we came to this picture:

And when I asked him who was in this picture, without missing a beat, he said, “Um, that’s my godfather and his princess.” 🙂

Photo 365 #41

September 17, 2014September 18, 2014Leave a comment

Cricket always yells for me to save him when Daddy starts tickling him, but this time, our roles were reversed:

daddy's boy

I was the one doing the tickling and Daddy was the one doing the saving. Apparently, though, Daddy was also supposed to save him from having his picture taken.

So much for that idea. 🙂

Photo 365 #39

September 15, 20149 Comments

Took the boys shopping with us over the weekend, and for a few minutes, there was peace in the cart.

brothers

Now if only this had lasted for the duration of our trip…

Photo 365 #38

September 14, 2014September 14, 201410 Comments

Apparently I’ve spawned a Borg…

I hope I won’t be assimilated in my sleep. That would make for a really rotten Monday come morning. 😛

Photo 365 #37

September 13, 20143 Comments

Our bunnies, Oreo and Midnight (one guess what they look like) got new homes today. Now they have their own room to hop about and curl up and eat and drink and just be.

But today’s post isn’t really about the bunnies.

We took the boys out to see the bunnies once they were all settled and Thumper got distracted by the kitties roaming the yard. He feels compelled to pick up the cats every time he sees them, and if he has to chase them in order to pick them up? So much the better, in his opinion.

He loves his kitties. 🙂

Photo 365 #36

September 12, 2014September 12, 2014Leave a comment

Bubbles is a goofy boy:

shirt

This is one of his other birthday gifts. Apparently he’s pretty excited about the prospect of going hunting in a couple of years. I was excited that I caught this silly expression on film (in a manner of speaking, anyway).

Photo Friday: Birthdays!

September 12, 20143 Comments

Today, Bubbles turns eleven. How in the world is it possible that my beautiful baby boy is suddenly eleven?

Startin’ ’em off young FTW.

Since this is his weekend at his dad’s, we had his birthday supper last night: Spaghetti with meat sauce and chocolate cake with chocolate frosting (and the Heath bits leftover from Tuesday night’s Pampered Chef party). After he opened his presents, we cleaned up and put the boys to bed before settling in for an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. It was a good night, and I hope his day and night today will be just as fun.

I love you, Bubbles. ❤

Do you have any family traditions surrounding birthdays? If so, share ’em below, and don’t forget to stop by Charnele’s blog and check out her birthday pictures – you won’t regret it!