Pics by Mommy

I wanted some additional pics for our Christmas cards. I tried, but it was nearly impossible.

Fall Festival

Every fall, the boys have a big fall festival at school. The even do a little "show" for the parents. Eli's age doesn't participate, but Drake's does. But of course my big guy was shy and wouldn't sing or dance. But that's ok, because they sure were cute little turkeys!

Watching, but refusing to sing/dance.
Silly boys dancing around on stage.
They got to visit all of the classrooms next, and get prizes. Here is my sweet angelic Eli kindly asking his brother to move.

The Boys Room

At the beginning of the summer, I had three major tasks in front of me.

1. Take Drake's binkie. (Heaven help us.)

2. Move the boys in together.

3. Get Tessa's room ready.

Taking the binkie was seamless. I couldn't believe it. We moved them in together right at the beginning of September when preschool started back up. Again, no problem at all. I just couldn't believe it. It's just more proof that I spend time on worrying , that I should just let go. So, here are some pictures of our sweet boys' room!

View from the door.
Eli's side
Drake's side
Changing table. Speaks for itself.
Tessa's picture- the boys kiss her goodnight!
Double closets. Stuffed full!

Halloween 2011

The boys were a dinosaur and sock monkey for Halloween. They already had the hats for winter, and all I had to get was the cape. Which they can continue to play with!

Showing off an empty wrapper. They were trying to eat it faster than they could collect it.

Eli quickly got the hang of carrying that bucket around! It only took him one house to figure out that he got candy in it if he carried it to the door!

Walking up the driveway to see Russ and Robin.
RRAaawwwwrrrrr!

Showing his goods to Mrs. Anna, who did a lovely job of acting surprised.

Sweetest sock monkey in the world!
Hat from etsy- my friend Heather (MrsPantski) knits and sells there. Cape from pip and bean, also etsy.
Drake went to carve pumpkins with the Francis Family!

Beach trip 2011- The Boats

Our last night at the beach, we headed to a seafood restaurant in Little River. It's on the marsh, and the boys get to watch all the boats. The gambling boats pull out around 7pm, and it was a huge hit.

The one picture I have of me the WHOLE vacation. In front of a trashcan. With no makeup. At least the kids weren't crying;-)
They waved 'bye' as the boat pulled away. I can't wait to take them on a cruise! And I wish you could see the front of my shirt. It has a Mickey Mouse head, and Drake ALWAYS requests Eric and I wear our shirts. It's too cute!

Eli really wanted on the boat!

Beach trip 2011- The park!

So, the boys got sick of the beach. I'm not sure how that happens, but they did. So much so, that we left a day early. We ended up taking two trips to the park. All Drake talked about was feeding the ducks at the park!

There were turtles too! More duck pics later...

They got lots of energy out playing!

And Drake had to figure out how everything worked. I swear he's gonna be an engineer.
Noone bothered to tell Eli he's not as big as Drake and Aidan.

I love this smile!

When did my big boy get this.... BIG? It's crazy how big they both are. But Drake is such a little man!
I heart this face.
"Yo! Someone put me in this thing! Put down that blasted camera and SWING me woman!"
Ducks!!!