Word of the Day

Flexible

During this week's speech lesson The Professor and his classmate took turns being flexible.

For the next week we are all going to be flexible.

Yesterday I asked The Professor to watch Junior for a few minutes. Just as he started to say no, he looked at me and said, "Okay, I can be flexible."

Wow! I love the word flexible!

Speech for the Professor has been a little different this year... it's virtual.

It's been great - he's met kids from all over the country!

However, as a family we haven't been as great at practicing his lessons during the week, so I thought I'd start blogging about them like I did last year... hopefully, that will keep us going for the next 7 days!

The Matching Tie Guy

In my house full of boys I'm always on the lookout for great ties!

Well today, thanks to my friend Lindsay at "Delightfully Content" I found my dream tie shop!

(click here to see her cute baby & his daddy in matching ties on blessing day a few weeks ago... I love it!)

Easter at my house doesn't require hours and hours of dress shopping... but you would be surprised at how hard it is to find the perfect spring ties for boys age 1 to 30 something!

Right now I'm leaning towards the light blue ties with stripes & squares...

To see these ties for yourself go to http://www.thematchingtieguy.com/

So Cute!

or, I stand corrected...

So Handsome!

or if you're Bubba...

You so, definitely, look like a rockstar!

And, she's offering a free tie giveaway on her blog... click here for the details!

Whether you blog or not, you should check out these ties... definitely worth your time!

Mommy's Little Helper

Look who stopped by to help put away the produce!

Well...

Kind of!

My Hardworking Handsome Hubby

Handsome Hubby works hard...

that's one of the reasons I fell in love with him...

13 years later he's still at it.

Here's just a few of the things he's been working on since July.

He provides great entertainment for the boys!

He coached both OTG Boy and Bubba's soccer teams!

(That's three practices a week)

Dug a giant trench through the front yard!

(with OTG Boy's help)

When your house is on the "old" side it's amazing how many crazy "fix-up" projects come along.

Our latest adventure happened when a monsoon storm blew over the lamppost in the front yard. At first we thought we'd just replace the lamp, but then the wires broke - they're over 50 years old, so then we thought we'd run new wires through the pipe... but when we checked out the pipe it was rusted through and falling apart... so, time to replace the pipe.

So, replacing the lamppost has turned into the beginnings of re landscaping the front yard...

starting with a new, sturdy, post.

Handsome Hubby helped each of the boys leave a print in the cement.

and left a note

HaHa + Handsome Hubby

Then he started making our post beautiful -

he's really quite a craftsman.

Almost done!

Love You Handsome Hubby!

Biggest Changes in 2009... Goes to Junior!

He started the year safely tucked away in mommy's belly!

The next thing you know - he was here!

A Total Miracle!

Now he's joined us at the table...

and eats toes for dessert!

He had a sugar free Halloween...

And experienced his first Christmas Tree...

couldn't leave it alone!

He was a natural when it came to opening his gifts!

His favorite thing about Christmas?

Santa brought him his very own swing!

Combines two of his favorites... swinging and being outside.

Nice when Santa truly knows the desires of your heart!

He swings almost everyday - it's his favorite place to be!

Starting with the End

Hi Everyone,

You probably noticed I never finished my end of the round-up. I've been sick for a few weeks and wouldn't you know pneumonia has knocked me off my feet! So, starting tomorrow - I'll try starting my new year by finishing last year's end :)

Love you all!

HaHa