For the First Time...Baking with 3 Boys!

One of my favorite past time has been cooking and baking with my boys.  Time after time I've had them sitting on the counter or standing on a chair and making wonderful things with me!  A couple of weeks ago, I got to do it with all three of my boys for the first time!  Major LOVED it!  I think his favorite part was licking the chocolate off of the spoon. :)

 Sadly, because of the flash, Major HATES the camera.  So these are the best pictures I could get of him.  He was not happy when it was time to get down.  Don't worry, my sweet boy.  There will be many more times like this to come!

Soccer Star Brady

Brady has waited a long time to play a team sport, and that time has finally arrived!  Yay for Brady's first soccer season!  He had his first practice on September 13th and I was there with camera ready!  He did such a great job and had lots of fun running around with his new little friends.  It was raining all day Thursday, so I was afraid they'd cancel practice, but the coach was a trooper and took all those 4 year olds outside in the rain!

 

 

 

Look at this big guy!  I'm so proud of him!  When other kids were whining, Brady kept playing.  When other kids were asking for a rest or drinks of water, Brady kept playing.  The coach was very impressed with the way he listened and obeyed.  He did an amazing jobs!  

Patriot's Day: September 11, 2012

Tuesday, September 11th, marked the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.  Now, we celebrate that day as "Patriot's Day".  The kids got to wear red, white, and blue to school.  These outfits that Major and Brady are wearing were originally given to me at my baby shower for Brady and were worn by Brady and Eli about 3 years ago.  Major hates getting his picture taken, so we spent a lot of time and many shots to get absolutely no good ones.  So I picked out a few of the not so horrid ones and decided to post them.

 Eli in the background...he was feeling a little left out that he didn't have a matching outfit, so I made sure to include a picture that had him in it.

This last shot of Brady was him saying, "mama, I know how to take a good picture.  Can I take one without Major?"  Sure, buddy.  Why not? :)

Brady's Acting Debut

On Wednesday, Brady's pre-k 4 class performed the skit, "The First Family".  Brady was cast as the lead character, Adam.  Naturally, that meant I would be in attendance...with both cameras. :)  I took the video, while one of the pre-school teachers took the still pictures for me.  I know I am a nerd, but I had to have this event recorded!

Before the skit: Kate Gowens (Eve) and Brady (Adam) in the Garden of Eden.

Brady with his teacher, Mrs. Drake at the start of the performance.  It went something like this, "In the beginning, God created the first man, Adam.  And he created a beautiful garden for Adam called Eden."

"Adam took care of God's garden.  He watered the flowers..."  Here is Brady watering the flowers.

"He fed the animals..."  Here is Brady feeding the animals.

"He did a great job.  But he was still lonely.  There was no one to be a friend for Adam."  Ok, here is where we are missing some pictures.  At this point, Brady lay down and went to sleep.  Mrs. Drake took a rib from Brady and created Eve (Kate Gowens) and she lay down next to him and went to sleep.  Then when Brady woke up his line was supposed to be, "Oh, look!  A woman!"

Instead, he put his hands on his face (as seen above) and yells, "AAHHHHH!! A WOMAN!!  RUN AWAY!!"  And proceeds to run away.  Mrs. Drake grabs him and says, "no wait, don't run away!"  It was so cute.

Here, Eve is getting up to introduce herself to Adam.

"And they formed the first family!"

 And while I was there, I got some pictures of him singing in chapel.  Everyday I ask him what his favorite part of the day was and everyday he responds, "chapel".  I can see why.  They are rockin' and rollin' in there!

Who knows?  Maybe we'll see him on Broadway someday. :)

Family Photo and Boys in Chapel Uniform

Brady needed a family photo for his pre-k class, so we took this on Sunday. 

 Then Tuesday I got a picture of my two big boys in their formal chapel uniform for Cornerstone.  So cute!

Go Blue! 2012 Football Season Kick-Off

Saturday night marked the beginning of the 2012 football season. Michigan #8 vs. Alabama #1.  We made bacon cheese dip, peanut butter balls, chocolate chip cookie bars, and a cheese, cracker and pepperoni tray and got ready for the game!

 We also had a little sword fighting between Captain Hook and Peter Pan.

Sadly, Michigan lost 41-14.  Oh, well.  Go Blue anyway!

Many Faces of Major

The time goes by too fast...time to freeze today in pictures.

What?  Mom is going to let me destroy this Sports Illustrated magazine?  Happy Day!

Whew...all that paper shredding wore me out.  Time for some milk.

 Will you please quit following me around with that camera?

 Happy Major with my phone...

 Sad Major when I took the phone away.

Surprised Major when he got caught pulling on the blinds.

 

I wish I could keep them all little forever.  I have been blessed with such sweet little guys.  Every day I am thankful that I have the chance to stay at home with this sweet boy.