t-ball, the second time around

this was jack's second time in t-ball and he loved it just as much as the first.  although i think we're all looking forward to coach pitch next year where it will be a little more challenging. 

preschool!

jack had a fabulous time in preschool this year.  he loved his teacher, ms. konnie, his friends, and learned a ton.  this boy is EXTREMELY social and active so this is right where he needed to be.  i'm grateful for his teacher for i'm sure he was challenging at times.  she seemed to love him, though, and constantly told me what a great leader and friend he was to everyone.  that made me happy.

he did such a great job at his graduation.  knew every word to every song and did all the actions.  we were mighty proud.  he was also awarded the "most popular" award for the year.  following in his dad's footsteps.

some of his favorite projects from the year.

his green lantern bag that ms. konnie made for him.

and this is my mother's day present.  i should have wrote the words down cuz now i can't see them, but he did a great job and i loved it.

still catching up

this is pathetic and embarrassing that i'm this far behind, but the catching up must be done.  this is a birthday post about the birthday boys whose birthdays are in april.  APRIL, people.  disgusting.

anyway, the boys and i were excited to finally get shawn a nice gas grill.  he has wanted one for ages, but this is the first time we've had the space/money.  and i must say we have grilled like crazy this summer and he is a grill master.  so awesome. 

 good thing we have best friends like jordan who give us cool things like guns and sweet hunting shirts.

 sir jack turned 5 two days after shawn turned 29.  jack loved his presents, but mostly he loved having both sides of the family over for his birthday dinner.  he loves being with family.

 sam enjoyed jack's presents as well.

and thank goodness for friends like morgan and leslie who presented shawn with the world's largest pair of underwear.  words cannot describe our gratitude.

more OCD lines

 one of my favorite things about sam boy is his lines and the way everything has to be set just so.

sam wanted to play uno with shawn but he wanted to deal.  so this is what he dealt.  the top cards are his hand - every skip, wild, draw two and reverse in the deck which left shawn with all the lame numbers at the bottom.  he is a smartie-pants.

stitches

 so here is our first experience with stitches ever.  frankly, i'm surprised it's taken us this long.  jack was running around at the grocery store with shawn, ran smack into the edge of a table and popped his chin right open.  thankfully, shawn is so calm in these situations, he grabbed jack's jacket, shoved it on his chin and we walked out of the store and drove down 2 block to his office.  there are awesome benefits to being married to a PA.  

 unfortunately, i was remiss in thinking that jack would sail right through this cuz he's usually a pretty tough nut.  he screamed and wrestled like we were cutting his leg off without whiskey, as shawn says.  dr. preston came in and tried to put a cloth over his face so he wouldn't be able to see and that freaked him out.  he went ballistic.  took us about 2 hours to get i think 5 stitches in.  poor kid.

 the final product.

 his face was swollen because of how hard he was crying.  he actually popped blood vessels in his eyelids.

we managed to get blood everywhere, including the back of his shirt.

more boots

 this guy loves his boots.  packing them away for the summer was traumatizing.

 come on.  is that not the cutest thing you've ever seen.

 this is sam's stretch.  he just said one day, "mom, watch me stretch."  it's a good one.  especially if you wear boots, it adds 5 lbs to each leg.

 even relaxing on the bed.

 these are good looks, above and below.

shorts and boots, always a good combo.  at least he has pants on.

tough guys

 who needs a gun sling when you have a diaper?

this is the football stance.  when it's time for bed, shawn says "football stance!", the above position takes place, and everyone runs up the stairs.  we are intense.