Pictures Please!

I know. I have TOTALLY fallen off the wagon. My last two posts were TEXT overload and slightly lame. Here are some photos to make up for lost time. Just a sneak peek as to what has been on our camera lately and the short version of the stories to go with them! Enjoy!

Conner's Stitches
Let's just say this is not his first set of stitches (although I can hope for it to be the last, right?). This child, I tell you! He is soooo stubborn and determined (Hmmm, can't imagine where he gets that from?)! So, he decided he needed to cut his own grapefruit. He watched me slice into mine and carefully cut away each section (just like Grandma used to do) and although I shared some of it with him and offered more, I guess he thought he needed his own. Shame on me for believing my son would actually listen to me when I said, "please do not try to do that-you better not be using a knife". About five seconds later, he rushes over to us holding a little pool of blood in his hands (at least he was being cautious about dripping all over). I ran his hands under water to find the wound and wrapped it tightly in a towel. Of course, this was all very chaotic with Conner screaming, "am I going to lose my finger?" and Steve frantically trying to decide if we should take him into the Insta-Care place. With no signs of the blood stopping, we decided to pile in the car and head there. Halfway there, the blood stopped flowing so we headed back home and slapped on a bandaid. Phew. Problem solved-right? Well, we went to my mom's for dinner and after we ate, the blood started flowing like a river again! No problem-now we've got MY mom to figure it out. "Let's just put the bandaid on tighter this time." This sounded like a logical solution. However, about twenty minutes later, I couldn't believe that dang finger started bleeding again. I finally took him into our doctor's "night light" clinic (we were the only ones there-thankfully) and we stitched that boy up! Two stitches and a few tears later, the blood has finally ceased! I really don't care to see any more of it for a long time-so hopefully, Conner, if you're listening? Hopefully you've learned your lesson!

Wall of Fame

So, my little brother turned thirteen this weekend. We headed to Blue Bunny to celebrate. They have this thing on the menu that appealed to Kirk and his clan of five friends. It is basically 21 scoops of ice-cream in a giant sundae bowl. If you finish the entire thing, you get to put your name on the Blue Bunny Wall of Fame (very prestigious). So, the boys picked the flavors and toppings (with a little coaxing from us) and we were told we could "sample" a little bit of it from the big pot. So, before the boys dug in, we all scooped out our shares of the ice cream and then let them have at it! I can't imagine what the melting pot of flavors must have tasted like there towards the end (not to mention all the saliva that was swapped) but the boys were determined! I think they probably set a record too. They had the ice cream devoured in no time. Thus, all of them are now proud owners of a strategic place on the Wall of Fame, and on top of that, it was a fun birthday party! Happy Birthday Bro!

Lewis' Art

Speaking of walls, these little jewels of Lewis' have been on display at school in the hallway. He really enjoys art and has for a long time. I love seeing what he comes up with and the little fun touches that he adds to things. I really need to do a whole post devoted to Lewis' art and some of his on-going projects. They really are something to see!

Award Winning Door

I had to take a picture of our award winning door! Our kindergarten class won a popcorn party because of this baby! You can never go wrong with hand prints and children's writing when something is to be judged-seriously. And, if you're wondering how I can come up with such a creative Red Ribbon Week Door decoration idea? Well I have four words: stolen from the internet. Yes, this is someone else's genius just brilliantly executed by the K kids at the last minute. I loved how it tied in with our new high frequency word we were learning, "LIKE"! Killing two birds with one stone is always good:)
 In case it is difficult to read:

100% Me!

I like you!

You like me!

Together we will stay Drug Free!

Keeping Warm in STYLE!

We are to the point now where Conner has a ton of clothes (thanks to Lewis' hand-me-downs) and poor Lewis has slim pickings. We used to get oodles of awesome clothes from my sister's boy, and they were always JUST the right size when we got them-but they moved! He still gets hand-me-downs from another cousin (who is only one month younger) but he somehow wears like two sizes bigger than Lew.?.?. This summer while I was shopping for deals on clothes for the boys, I kept remembering the giant storage container of hand-me-downs for Lewis and I kept myself from buying him much, thinking everything would fit. In fact, I did not buy him any pants. Well, we have gone through that container several times and only one pair can fit (barely)! We are still waiting for him to fit into some of those clothes. Anyway, I decided poor Lewis needed some stuff so I used some of my Old Navy bonus bucks and bought him some new duds. A few pairs of pants and this cute jacket with wool lining. He was thrilled. Conner-however was not! He had a complete come apart about not getting any "new" clothes. "Ummm, excuse me?" I said, I opened his drawer and pulled out THREE bran new pairs of pants (that I got on sale this summer-WITH his approval) that he REFUSES to wear! So, finally I came up with a plan. If Conner would wear the pants, I would buy him a cool jacket with wool on the inside too! Viola! Now everyone has clothes to wear and DON'T those kids look cute in their new jackets?

Alright. I am gonna have to stop there for tonight. I had a few more pics I wanted OFF my camera but I'll have to get to those sometime in the near future. But, at least I got a new post up! Woo HOO! I'll catch ya all later:)