Daniel is 4 & Trick or Treat!!

I can't believe that my "baby" is 4! He got to have a party at school with his "colorful dinosaur" cookies, then he came home and got to open presents!!

Grannie and Gramps got him his very own Redskins jersey!! He'd been sharing with Paul and was VERY excited to get his own :)



Sheriff Daniel

Outlaw Paul

Rainbow

First time I've ever gotten pics of a rainbow!! :)



This is what the sky looked like when I turned around from the rainbow. I thought it looked pretty cool!

Field Trips

In the last 2 weeks, Daniel's pre-k class has been on 2 field trips. The first FT was to the Virginia Zoo. Daniel hadn't been to the zoo since we went for Paul's pre-k field trip, so he was VERY excited!! We had so much fun, and it was nice to do something like that just he and I (I don't think we ever had before)!

Zoo 9/30/11
This water fountain was at the entrance of the zoo and in the summer you can wear your bathing suit and cool off! It just so happened to be in the high 80's on the day we went so, I let Daniel run through on our way out. I took off his pre-k shirt so it was dry and he rode home in his dry shirt and wet undies....lol


These next few pics (except the butterfly) I had to take because I also have the same pics of Paul from his FT, and I thought it'd be neat to get them in the same spots. :)


This is by far the BEST picture ever. Pay close attention to the sign.....it rings SO TRUE!!


Pumpkin Patch 10/7/11
This is the pumpkin he picked from the "patch".


He loved the tractors so we asked the man running the hayride if we could take his pic on the red tractor. He was very nice to let us!!


This is the green tractor with the "humongous" tires. He looks like he's holding it up.....what a goof!


I love this time of year and I had a great time with my little guy on these FT's! It's been so nice to hang out with him and his school friends :)

STEELERS football (10/4/11)

Think Pink

7.25.11 Beach Pics

I tried to get them to spell out O-H-I-O......but they weren't very cooperative...lol

Family Firsts

We decided to do something that we've NEVER done before. We all got up early and were out the door before 5:30a.m. That's right, I said a.m. We thought it'd be fun to go to the beach and see the sun rise and collect shells and go for a swim before the heat hit......we've been under a heat advisory for the last 3 - 4 days and have had temps in the 120's with the heat index (definitely not the best beach weather). We thought we weren't going to make it when the road we take to the beach was blocked off due to utility work, but we back tracked and found another way in.....but on the way it started raining (not the best for taking pics of the sunrise). But, all turned out ok and we had a GREAT time and got some pretty good pics too!! There were dolphins everywhere! They were swimming back and forth and back and forth...well, you get the idea...lol. Some of them were even getting really close to the shore! They were BEAUTIFUL!! There were tons of crabs all over too! It was funny to watch them carry armfuls of sand out of their holes and throw it! Daniel loved watching them, but was so afraid they'd pinch him!

Paul pitching in his 1st game

Opening Day 4/30/2011

BASEBALL OPENING DAY 2011 ~ All teams. What a nice day this was! First time in a few years that it wasn't cold and/or raining. Michael didn't have an Exhibition game.....he had to leave and go to practice! His coach is tough...lol ;)

Paul's 1st time pitching!!


At bat.

Paul and Michael on Opening Day! They have matching uniforms this year...lol. Paul ~ WKYA Jr. Farm Indians (#7) and Michael ~ WKYA Intermediate Red Sox (#58)

Happy Birthday, Michael!!

Off he goes.....

Daniel is getting pretty good at this bike riding thing. He's been practicing EVERY night!! Check him out :)

Boys and their bikes

It has been so nice out the past few days and the boys have been LOVING it!! But, for some reason their 4 wheelers aren't doing it for them anymore and they want to ride bikes. Paul was on his yesterday and he looked like a giant on it!! He tried Michael's bike, but it's just a little too big, so with his birthday money from his great grandma Frances.........he got a NEW bike!! WOO HOO!!





That means...........


We put the training wheels back on and now Daniel has a "new" bike too! With just a little bit of practice, I'm sure he'll be giving Paul a run for his money!! :)

Our White (almost) Christmas!!

We got something this year that I have not seen in all of my time in the Hampton Roads area........SNOW ON CHRISTMAS DAY!!!! It started snowing Christmas evening, which was a Saturday, and did not stop until early Monday morning. Needless to say, we were stuck in the house ALL day Sunday and Monday. Here in Virginia Beach, they are TOTALLY unprepared for this kind of weather. They did not have enough snowplows to plow the Interstate, let alone the major roads. I did venture out Tuesday to get the BEST after Christmas Christmas present EVER (my brand new NookColor!!!) and the roads were HORRIBLE. Have you ever seen bulldozers, backhoes and graters plowing snow?! I HAVE!!! But, it did make for some exciting outdoor play for the boys. :)

Daniel was SOOOO ready to throw snowballs at me!! See the big grin on his face....lol

Paul just havin' a blast!!

Michael laying in the snow while Maddy and Daniel tried to attack him.

Reggie and Maddy were acting CRAZY in the snow. It was almost like they didn't know how to act!!

This is the beginning of the snow fort that Robert and Paul (mostly Robert) built.

Gramps helped the boys build this AWESOME snowman!!

The finished snow fort, complete with guard dogs...lol They are ferocious.....they'll lick you to death. ;)

This is a shot of half of our backyard on Sunday morning. This was only a little bit of the snow that we got. It ended up being 13+ inches of snow. The 3rd largest snowfall in this area since the 1800's. I'm thinking that this WON'T be the last we see of snow this winter. We usually get hit in Jan/Feb. So, we may get more fun in the snow!! I'll try not to complain TOO much.....seeing as how we don't usually see this much of the white stuff!!