San Antonio for a Day

This past Friday, Bill had to take the Houston Christian Swim team to San Antonio for the state swim meet.  The school got him a hotel room for the night, so we decided to go up and join him, stay at the hotel, see the Alamo on Saturday, and then return back home.  The boys were so excited to stay in a hotel and had a great time.  I didn't get a picture of the room, but it was really nice.  In the hotel, we allowed the boys to jump on the bed, so they played all sorts of jumping games from one bed to another.  They even put on a play of "Daniel in the Lions Den" for us.

The next day, we had the hotel's free continental breakfast.  I love this picture of Brady and Major.  They were being so cute at breakfast together.  I realized that this was Major's first night away from home!  (Except for the hospital, of course. :) )

 Saturday was a little chilly and rainy, but we made the most of it.  Here are the boys at the Riverwalk right after a yummy lunch of Mexican food!

On our way to the Alamo...I love when they hold hands like this.  They really are best friends!

Brady and Eli in front of the Alamo.  We discussed what happened at the battle of the Alamo for much of the trip to San Antonio.  They were very excited to see where it all happened, but had a hard time understanding how the Texans could lose this battle, but end up winning the war.  It will make sense as they get older.

It was so neat to walk around with Eli.  He had so many questions and would listen to all my answers.  As a history teacher, I loved getting to teach him about the Alamo, what happened, why it happened, and how it effects us today.  As he was sitting on this cannon he kept yelling, "I'm going to kill all the Mexicans!"  At the top of his lungs.  I had to tell him that we really can't yell things like that in public. :)

My cute little Brady took his turn "killing some Mexicans" as well.  Funny how they both decided they were going to be Texans, even though I explained to them that choosing to be Texans also meant that they were choosing to die.  They both said that they would not have died, they would have gotten away. :)  We had some really great family time on Saturday.  Hopefully, we can make this trip again, soon!

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day means it is time for our annual heart-shaped cake!  The boys helped me mix the cake and put on the sprinkles.  Here they are with their finished product.  I usually take this picture of them with the cake on the counter, but with Major, it was hard to get them all up there!

 Valentine's Day was on a Tuesday this year, so Brady got to participate in a party, too, since Bible class is on Tuesdays.  Both boys were very excited to give their cards and candy to their friends.  They also both came home with tons of candy themselves.  A lot of it was chocolate....good for mommy and daddy! :)

 This year, Bill and I decided to do a scavenger hunt for the boys to find their Valentine's Day goodies.  They had a great time reading the clues, and finding their treats.  I think we will make this an annual thing!  The first clue was on the computer desk.  It read, "Violets are blue, roses are red, for your first Valentine's treat, look under your bed"

So then the boys ran to their room and found a bowl of Mike n Ike candies for each of them, along with another clue...

The next clue led them out to their bikes outside where there were Captain America pez despensers waiting for them...

Then on to the living room...

And finally mommy and daddy's room.  This last picture is of the boys with their little candies and presents.  The scavenger hunt was a big hit!  I love my little lovies!

Major is 7 months old!

Our little Major is 7 months old today!  He is sitting up, "talking" more (da-da is still the only word we know for sure, but he says lots of other ba-ba type things as well), and eating more solid foods.  He has slept about 6 hours through the night the last 3 nights, which has been great for me because for the past few weeks he's woken up about every 2 hours to eat and I've been walking around like a zombie!  He is crawling forward much better, although it still isn't a real crawl, more like a rock from side to side and lunge forward.  He recognizes his name and responds to it (which is so cute).  He is always ready with a smile and a laugh, and loves to be held...mama, dada, brothers, it doesn't matter...he just wants someone to hold him!  We love our precious baby boy!

 Daddy's new thing is to pick Major up by his shirt; Major thinks this is hilarious.

Ok, I know this isn't about Major, but Eli's baseball season also began today.  It is his first time playing any sort of baseball.  We didn't know they actually start playing tee ball at age 4 around here, so he missed tee ball entirely and is going straight to coach pitch.  He bats very well and has a great arm, but he can't catch the ball so well.  We will definitely be working on that!  Here he is in all his baseball stuff we got for him to start out the season.  He is on the LA Dodgers.  Here's to starting a new sports experience.... Go Dodgers!

First Word and Sitting Up

Look at this big boy!  He started sitting up soon after her turned 6 months old.  About the same time he said his first word, "da-da".  Honestly, I've held off on writing this down because I wanted to be SURE his first word was "da-da".  I mean, I take care of this kid and sit up with him all night and he can't even give me a "ma-ma"? :)  Daddy is pretty proud of himself.  Yep, Major loves his "da-da"!

Eli's Project and Super Bowl Sunday

Eli's space project...he did this mostly himself.  I showed him how to get on the computer and look up the planets, their sizes, their colors, and their order from the sun.  Here is his finished product.  Pretty good, if I do say so myself.  He is just learning so much this year!  I don't remember doing space projects when I was in kindergarten!

Super Bowl Sunday...normally I don't take pictures of the boys on this day, but I thought they were so cute dressed up for church!  Sadly, I couldn't get a really good picture.  They are too busy being silly with each other.

 This year the Super Bowl was the Giants (with quarterback ELI Manning) and the Patriots (with quarterback Tom BRADY).  So, of course, we got the boys in their "Manning" and "Brady" jerseys and got ready for the game!  The Patriots are daddy's team, but they just couldn't pull it off...

Giants won 21-17.  It was a great game!  Maybe next year, Patriots! 

Daddy Kisses

Major has been giving "kisseys" for a while now, but I was just recently able to capture them on camera.  I love when he does it...he grabs your face with both hands, brings your face to his, opens his mouth up really wide, and plants a wet, slobbery one right on your mouth.  Precious baby!

100th and 101st Day of School

There are so many reasons I love Eli being at Cornerstone Christian Academy.  One of them is all the cool things they get to do there.  This past Monday and Tuesday (January 30th and 31st) were the 100th and the 101st days of school.  For the 100th day of school, they all dressed up like they were 100 years old.  On the 101st day of school, they all dressed up like the 101 Dalmatians and got to watch the movie in school.  Such great ideas and Eli has a blast!  (Not to mention he is learning so much...he can read so well and just today he was telling me about parallelograms and other geometric designs.  This week we get to make a model of the galaxy...fun!)

Riley Miller, Jazmin Carlone, Kelsey O'Neill, Anthony Oparra, Grant Miller, Jack Gowens, Ben Mize, Pierce Dalton, Eli Moore, Cole Armstrong, Gavin St. Jean, Hugh Rolls, Aiden Scott, Chloe Collins

Anthony, Grant Miller, Jack Gowens, Ben Mize, Pierce Dalton, Eli, Cole Armstrong, Gavin St. Jean, Hugh

Some of the 101 Dalmatians...Gavin, Eli, Hugh, Jack, Cole, Ben, Pierce

Bottom Row: Anthony, Riley, Aiden, Chloe, Jazmin, Kelsey, Grant