The Three Amigos!

I can just image the conversation going on in this photo. You would have thought Scott and Alex were best buds forever. They just took off together and played and played and played. All while Adam is trying to fit in. My two boys think a lot about Alex. I hear Alex wants to go to Nana's for two weeks next year and have Scott go too. Now if I can only find somewhere for Adam to go.

Scott's newest joke: What part of your body is a musical instrument? Your nose because you blow it. Ha! (I got this wrong, but it does toot!)

Here is an Adam sentence, see if you can translate into English: We went on a picmick and I threw a fruibie.

Cousin Alex came for a visit!

I want to hear some creative tag lines for each photo. Leave a comment and I will pick the best one.

Well Nana and Papa Gerry were on their way home from Pa after kidnapping their grandson and decided to stop by our house for a couple days to let the cousins see each other. Here are a few pictures of the visit. There are a couple really good pictures but are not on our camera so when I get them I will share some more.

Scott was like the little Kibble and Bits dog to Alex the entire time. He was all over him:

Scott- "What do you want to do now? How about now Let's go play Alex, Come on Alex lets play, What do you want to do now?"

Alex- "uh, Take a drink of water."

Adam- "Wait for me guys, wait for me!"

I don't think they did anything for more than 5 minutes at a time. They may have played basketball 25 times but only for about 3 minutes a piece. Alex got to see Scott at Tae Kwon Do class twice. He seemed to like it. Alex taught the boys how to play blackjack. He's a hustler so you got to watch him. We let the boys watch Nana and Papa Gerry while Shayla and I went to dinner for our anniversary. The boys took good care of them while we were gone.

The highlight of my time with them was winning one game of hand and foot from Nana and Shayla....both nights! 2-0 baby!

GLORY, GLORY, GLORY!!!!

Scott graduating from Preschool. Good job buddy, only 18 more years and you can work with daddy!

We have been sans diaper since Saturday! I am not saying my boys are hard headed or stubborn but I guess Adam finally decided to give up on the diapers. Man, I just got my golf fund back! If you look back to an older post I made a comment about someone needed to come here and straighten him out. Nana and Papa Gerry was here from Friday to Tuesday. Coincidence, I think not! It was a great visit with the grandparents. They got to: see the boys breaking boards at the TKD break a thon, see Scott graduate preschool, play Wii bowling and boxing, and get Adam out of diapers. I guess when we are ready for the next milestone to break we will be calling in at least one set of grandparents. I got some pics on the way of the boys in action. I think this weekend is our first trip rollerskating. Please pray for no ER visits.

What my 3 year old taught me!

At night Adam and I read together and Scott and Shayla read together. About 2 months ago all Adam wanted to to read was a space book. Well evidently it worked. At any time you can ask him to name the planets in order and this is what you hear! Why is it that easy for him to memorize the planets but can't remember not to potty in his pants? Maybe one day we will say goodbye to diapers. Until then I will say- "Oh yeah, he knows all the planets!" Maybe he needs some visitors to help him along. (wink, wink) -You know who you are!

The son NOT in TKD!

I think the video speaks for itself. Do you think kids pick up on things in their environment? I know I couldn't count to 10 in Korean until I was 35! What is interesting is Adam does this with more intensity than Scott does. They really don't wear the headband, I added it for theatrical expression. (Sorry, novice videographer/ IT dude can't figure out why it is sideways!)

Spring break!

How is this for the first day of spring break and Shayla's birthday:
Shayla gets out of the shower to see a large mess all over the upstairs. The kind of mess that belongs in a diaper or potty! Adam picked the worst time ever to decide to start going on the potty, when no adults are around. His pants and diaper lay nicely (and clean) on the ground while the potty, his towel, the bathroom, bedroom, hallway and our bedroom floor were dirty not to mention on his body as well. Adam saw it as look what I did, no poopy in the diaper. It is hard to fault him for trying but maybe we can plan this out better next time. Happy birthday Mommy!

In Sunday school yesterday Scott made a palm branch out of green paper. When we asked him what it was, he told us. Then we asked why did he make it and he said it was because it was PALM TREE SUNDAY! I think I like palm tree Sunday. We need to have more of those!

In the interest of TMI (too much information) we decided to leave the pictures out for today!

We got a green belt in the house!

Scott tested and passed to receive his green belt. I think they went a little easy on him because of his age. He is the youngest and the oldest is around 11 or so, I think. That is a big difference. He did well on his form, sparring and breaking the board (on his first kick). He had a little, well a lot of trouble with the terms. I just don't understand that when we don't practice terms he can't speak Korean! Oh well, we have gone completely obsessive parent and bought a terms CD they sell at the school for him to practice. If he misses one I now swat his knees with a bamboo stick. Toughen up green belt! Now he starts real sparring so we have to get him a helmet, mouth piece, shin guards and a cup. "A cup?" he says, "What is that?" And Shayla, the great mother she is says, "Have daddy tell you". "Well son, Your peepee is on the outside of you , this is a cool piece of equipment that covers that area so if you get hit or kicked there it will not hurt as bad." Scott- "Peepee ha, ha, ha, ha, ha"- moment of silence "Mommy, what do you have?" "Um, yeah, um, watch tv Scott." Boy we are going to be great at the birds and bees talk!

Adam and Scott has been driving us crazy because we are getting rain everyday. They are going a little mental on us. Scott just walks around making noises like he is a radio dialed on a number with no station to it and Adam is learning how to push Scott's buttons to make him angry. His buttons are big and easy to find! I think Shayla is about to pick up a habit of shutting her head in a door over and over. Hopefully this blows over before someone gets hurt, goes insane or leaves and doesn't come back.