Easter 2012 ~ 4-8-12

We enjoyed Easter at Nana and Papa's.

 Braydon and Cameron checking our their Easter baskets.

 Getting ready to hunt Easter eggs.

 A little too high to reach.

 Checking our his loot.

Thanks to Aunt Lisa Cameron and Braydon are sporting some great water bottles.

Sproba Crawfish Boil ~ 4-7-12

Each year for the past 8 years we've been invited to the Sproba's Crawfish Boil. They are some great friends who happen to also be our realtors.  They throw a great crawfish boil with lots of activities for the kids. The last few years they have included a large inflatable jump house for the kids. This years was HUGE and Braydon was a little afraid of it, but we took a few trips through it together.

 Brotherly love before leaving the house.

Braydon in the jump bouncy

 Cameron sliding down the 6 foot wall.

 Cameron and Braydon in the jump bouncy.

 Cameron on top of the wall.

 And him sliding down!

 Yummy Crawfish and corn. Sent the picture to Michael for him to see what he was missing. :(

 Braydon with some Crawfish. He wasn't a fan of them. Maybe in a few years.

 Cameron intrigued by the girls playing volleyball. His dad would have been proud.

 Braydon looking on at Cameron with the girls.

 Cameron tossing the volleyball back to the girls.

 The Sproba's have a little fishing tournament off their dock each year. 

Next year the boys may be big enough to participate!

Thanks Mike and Robin for a great Crawfish feast!

Saturday Morning ~ 4-7-12

Saturday morning around our house

Braydon with Bishop. And to think we didn't know how he would act with our kids.

King Tut ~ 4-6-12

The King Tut exhibit was about to leave Houston after months of it visiting. When it left it was traveling back to Egypt forever, so the commercials kept saying. At any rate, Michael and I had recently disucssed going on more family outings and we wanted to go see King Tut. We thought Cameron was old enough to enjoy his first experience to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Braydon was lucky enough to get to stay with Nana. It would have been inappropriate to take him unless we snuck a sleeping pill in him. :) We got down there about 6:35. I went to take a picture of Michael and Cameron in front of the gigantic statue outside the musuem and quickly learned that my camera battery died! What?!?! So the picture from my cell phone will have to work. 

  Michael and Cameron in front of the museum.

We got inside, found the restroom and set out on our journey back in time. We were in the museum about an hour and a half. 

Some of the items we ACTUALLY saw at the museum. 

Photos from the Museum website.

Akhenaten

 Amenhotep III in the Blue Crown

 Colossal Statue of Tutankhamun

 Falcon Collar of Princess Neferuptah

 Golden Sandals

 When Michael and I first started looking at the artifacts, we discussed how crazy it was for such old items to look so pristine and asked each other if they were replicas. We quickly figured out they were not and enjoyed the exhibit. We learned a lot and are so grateful for the opportunity to see such  wonderful pieces of history that we may not get the opportunity to see again.
Cameron did okay. Because there was so much reading about each artifact and he can't quite do that yet, coupled with the fact that he didn't want to listen to me read it, he became inpatient at times, but did great for his first trip without knowing much about what he was seeing. At one point he was leaning on the glass and was told my an employee not to lean on it because there was a security alarm on them. A few minutes later Michael told Cameron it probably was not a good idea to lean on the glass again unless he wanted to be tackled.:)

As we were leaving the museum we received a text from Nana and Papa, who were watching Braydon. The title was "Future CEO."

We left about 8:30 and Cameron mentioned his head hurt. So, on our way to dinner at Cheddar's we stopped by the store to get some medicine. Afterwards, we enjoyed dinner and headed to pick up Braydon.  Braydon helped Papa assemble a computer chair and was still wide awake at 10 when we picked him up!

Blue chalk...~ 3-20-12

...a fire hat

 ...a cowboy hat

= two silly boys

Happy Birthday Uncle William

Help? ~ 3-18-12

What is this? 

This is the boys helping empty the dishwasher.

Now that they are getting a little older they LOVE to help. Sometimes it's difficult to determine who needs more help, me or them.

Guess I should be VERY thankful for the help I am given and cherish the time now when the boys are helping vs. complaining about helping.

Daddy working...Boys playing ~ 3-18-12

Daddy was working in the backyard...do you see the size of that weed?!?

 

and the boys wanted to go outside to play on their swingset.

Ah the discoveries of outside.

Snow cones ~ 3-17-12

Have you found that one great snow cone stand each summer? The one that is a reasonable distance from your house, has the "snow" ice not the frozen chipped ice, and puts just the right amount of syrup on your cone or at least listens and can adjust it. We'll I've found a place that has 2 out of the 3 qualities. There is a great place near where Cameron and I go to school that is great. And you know its great when there's a line that is at least 10 minutes long!

Even though it was a drive we drove up to get snow cones. Great Spring Break treat!

Silly boys ~ 3-16-12

 It's happened...We've been able to get away with it for as long as we could...boots with shorts!

This kid is a human garbage disposal to sweets and snacks! And he comes with that oh so innocent look on his face.

Skyscrapers and Barbies ~ 3-16-12

Cameron is into playing with his building blocks. He spent quite a while building his skyscraper. Then a few hours later a Barbie commercial came on and he said "That is on my birthday list." I asked him what was on his list. He replied, "A Barbie. A boy Barbie."

Want some bread? ~ 3-16-12

Braydon decided to make a mess on the floor with the bread. On occasion he brings the bread to me wanting a piece and promptly feeds it to Bishop, our dog. I'm not sure if he only wants a bite and then doesn't want the rest to go to waste or not, but he usually TRIES to do this to a few pieces of bread. (And of course I don't let him WASTE bread.) Not sure what got into him this time, but man was it a mess!