The HULK, Astro Boy, & "Blue"

The HULK!
Gabriel actually makes a muscle and
says, "Hulk!" His Daddy taught him that.

Gabriel aka The HULK brought
Astro Boy over to me and informed
me that he needed a diaper.
I made one from toilet paper
and tape;) I don't want any
accidents from Astro Boy. Ha ha!!

See. "Astro Boy. Diaper"

I came out of the bedroom one day
and Chet was cleaning the floor with
a wet wipe. When I asked him what he
was doing he told me he was
"cleaning up pee pee," that either belonged
to our son or to his [toy] T-Rex. LOL!

A few months back Gabriel learned
the word, diarrhea, and now
he's pretty sure everyone, including toys,
has "diarrhea poo poo."

Gabriel got 10 stickers on his
good behavior chart/fish so
he got to pick out a fish at
the pet store.
It's hard to see but it's there.
It WAS a blue Betta Fish but
now it's the color Red. Not
quite sure how that happened
but we are still calling the fish "Blue"
because that is the name Gabriel gave him:)

The Baby Goat

NC Festival Petting Zoo
May 2011

The petting zoo was free which was a good
thing because it's all Gabriel wanted to do;)
As it turns out my son loves Goats, Cows,
Sheep, Goats, and Goats.
He was just so excited to see
and impersonate them.
Ask Gabriel to make a Goat sound
the next time you see him.
I guarantee he will not disappoint;)

This adorable baby Goat
decided to "eat" Gabriel's shirt.

Sorry for the blurry and out of focus
shots-I was not prepared for an
animal to eat my sons clothing;)

Best part of the day:
Gabriel is at the dinner table
reenacting how the baby Goat tried
to eat his shirt. When we asked him
about the Goat he said,
"Goat bite my boobies."
HILARIOUS!!

Being a parent certainly has it's perks:)
We haven't been without dinner time
entertainment in a looong time...LOL!

5-8 Mother's Day

Mother's Day 2011

I started off the morning by waking up really early.
Chet told me to go back to bed. I went back to bed and
read & relaxed (a new thing for me). He told me
he was going to make a coffee/breakfast run but then
I heard the front door open 10 minutes later.
It turns out the car battery was dead.
My darling husband thought we could both PUSH a
Honda Odyssey to the end of the driveway
so that the jumper cables from the Explorer would
reach. Ha! We couldn't budge that van a half inch. LOL!
*This wasn't the mom's day I had in mind.*
We finally got it worked out & he and the boys left.

They came back with yummy bagel sandwiches,
Starbucks, & treats. We all piled in the bed and
had a big breakfast.
*Gabriel & Liam+ pastries = a bed full of crumbs*

Gabriel made me a re-usable shopping
bag that he colored himself. I will
take a pic and post later.

Liam & Gabriel.

Mommy & her darling boys.
While the boys were out shopping
I had recorded myself (on cassette tape)
telling each of them, including Chet,
how much I love them:)
I never want their to be any doubt
that they are my everything.

We ended the day by seeing the
movie, Rio. Gabriel & mommy had already
been to see it in 3D but Gabriel loves
it and talks about it so much we went again.
Liam is not a movie guy. He is restless and can
only sit for about 10 minutes, at most.
Gabriel on the other hand, can sit still
and happy for the entire movie AND
previews. Mommy and Gabriel
love movies!!

Then & "Now" Halloween

Gabriel then (2009)

Gabriel now (2010)

Liam then 2009

Liam now (2010)

Gabriel & Liam now (2010)

Our happy little family now (2010)

The idea behind this post:
For some reason when I sat down
at the computer Picassa was open to
Halloween pictures of Gabriel in 2009 &
I thought to myself...wow, he's grown!
I thought it would be fun to do a
comparison of then and "now."

May 7, 2011 Our Neighbors Garden

Gardening

Our neighbor, Sue, asked if we
wanted to plant things in their new
garden. I laughed. I do not have a green thumb.
I suggested we plant Pumpkin Seeds for
the boys so that is our "contribution" to
the garden;) Here we are planting
the seeds with Sue & her son, James.

James is Gabriel's new best friend.
We play outside with him most sunny evenings
and we've had him over for play dates.
Gabriel will ask to go outside and play
with "Jimms" from the time he wakes up.
The way he says James is too cute
for words. I am so glad we have
neighbors that we like really well:)

We put the seeds in the hole &
Liam took them out. Silly Liam!

Gabriel is always eager to help.

He really got into it!
I had to keep my eye on Liam
but Gabriel continued helping Sue put
seeds in the holes and covering them
up with dirt. He took his duty of
covering and patting the soil
very seriously.

Peace, Love, and Blog.

We are now up to date on our blog
from January to May.

You have to scroll all the way down
and work you way up. I'm sorry I
don't know how to post-date entries:(

When I used the "blog this" tool on
Picassa it used to only let me upload
4 pics at a time so I assumed it hadn't
changed and that is why so many
events are broken up into multiple entries.
Sorry!

April 2011 End of the month

Gabriel talking to Grama.

Brothers.

Don't feed the Monkeys!

No Banana for you little Monkey!

Egg hunt in our yard (after Easter).

Just for fun.

Already getting a jump start
on next years competition;)

April 23-24, 2011 Easter Weekend

April 23, 2011

The Ku Ku Bird Pinata.

Gabriel had a book from the library
called, Hippo Goes Bananas.
Hippos are probably his favorite
animal because of this book that,
we read EVERY night waaay past
the due date (seriously I owe big for the fines!).
In the book there is a Ku Ku Bird and
because of this we bought this Pinata
at the party store thinking it would
fit in with our theme of
"all G & L's favorite things."
It was the old fashioned
kind that requires you to bash
it in to get the candy-you know
what I'm talking about, right?
We got it home and hung it up and
first thing Gabriel said, with much
enthusiasm, was "Ku Ku Bird!"
He then started telling the story.
We knew right then that we couldn't
allow the children to beat him open.
We saved it and I turned it into a pull-string.
The boys were pretty happy to start their
day out with a bird full of candy;)

We had some birthday money & returns
that we turned into a sand "box."
Gabriel can sit and dig and sift sand
for, what seems like, forever.
I hid little plastic dinosaurs in there
so that they could pretend they
were Paleontologists on a dig.

You can't see it in the picture but G.
picked out a magnifying glass from the
toy section and had been using it
EVERYWHERE, including in the
sandbox. He would pretend to see
letters & colors & animals & more.
He's an imaginative little guy.

Easter

Liam has learned the art of hiding
things from his big brother...ha ha ha!!!

Jordan Lake

I said he eat everything...didn't I?;)

This was the first time Liam
had been to the beach besides when he was
a tiny new baby. He had a blast!

Liam was babbling/talking &
making a bunch of cute noises.
I told Chet that he was having a
conversation with himself and
chet replied...
"He's actually having a convo. with his shoe."

They are in the same place at
the same time...quick...
take a picture!

Still talking to his shoe.

Gabriel writing, "I heart mommy."
Aaaah, thanks little Man Cub;)

Just a few days before Easter we took
both boys to the Pediatrician because
they had ongoing colds/coughs/runny noses.
As it turns out Liam had dbl ear infection.
A day or two later we found 4 teeth coming
coming "in." Poor little guy:(
He was on antibiotics but was still sicky
so we didn't want to expose other kids
and therefore turned down invites
to egg hunts and Easter events.
We thought taking them out to the lake
would be calm and there would be few people
We were so wrong!
It was crowded and we had to move
to another beach because of it.
So, despite the crowds and not
feeling well my boys had a great day:)