Blazing a Trail

Here are the pics of the haircuts! The two knuckleheads were having a great time posing for me! These pics are taken in our back yard right after school. Don't they look clean? Both of these guys are neat freaks. It is a rarity that they get their clothes dirty! Spaghetti night is the exception!!!


Here is Sophia's first girl' bedroom. Surprisingly, she even plays with some of her own toys now! She readily invites the boys in to play with her, and they indulge her as she likes to pretend she's a puppy, kitty or a baby!

Here is the boys' room. Thankfully, it's a good sized room. As you can see, it is not spotless nor is it completely pulled together yet, but I wanted to give you a look see. The middle pic is Ken's side of the room. He has his own little dormitory-like set up! There is a game room so all the boys do in this room is sleep. The littles go to bed an hour earlier so Ken has a lot of private time even with sharing.

Movie Night!!!! In the first pic, Auntie Stepha lets Sophia watch her popcorn pop! Sophia watched Mary Poppins for the first time while the boys were out playing basketball! I am happy to report that she LOVED it! I am hoping she'll like all of the classics and that one day we can watch Pride and Pedjudice together!

And, here are a few pros and cons about life in Northeast Texas.

PROS:

• The view from the back of our house! I LOVE it!!!!


• Family time - Mike takes time to teach Josh to tie his shoes and with no more commuting we get to eat together at a decent hour every night.


• AND, last but definitely not least, Bluebell Ice Cream! There's nothing like it!
  
  
  

CONS:

• Electric cook tops suck!


• Exposed backyards suck too!!!
  
  

PROS REVISITED: These houses are priced between $250,000 and $300,000! I picked the one on the left for Rona and the one on the right for Wanda and fam. I want Heather and Allie too so I picked a house with lots of space as I know Jeff will have to move in with ya'll! Do you think people found it strange that I was cruising and taking pics of houses that aren't even for sale????

Today's milestones: Ken was excited to get his first pair of Jordans. Josh learned how to tie his shoes (finally). He has tried before but gets SUPER frustrated when he doesn't get something right the first time. Last time Stepha tried to teach him, he literally got a headache! He is his mother's son! Michael seemed to have the magic touch as he sat and taught him in about 20 minutes. Next both boys will learn to ride their bikes w/0 training wheels. We saw a very little kid today riding w/o training wheels and now the boys don't want to be coocalas (babies)!

It was a good day, but this stay at home mom/aunt thing is HARD work!!!! Calgon take me away!!!!