On Your Mark...

...GET SET...

...GO!...

...or should I say GROW!

Logan excited about his first green bean.

Here he is a few days later with even more! So exciting to watch seeds grow and produce a harvest :)

Happenings!

Logan is loving school. He had fun decorating his box for Valentine's Day! He did a great job! It is of course a Thomas the Train theme. He used a sticker book to decorate. Besides Mommy helping wrap the box with paper and helping get the stickers out of the book it is all his own work. He was so proud and loved coming home with it filled with Valentines from his friends.

My cute boy in his pj's :)

Andrew is learning how to use a spoon and fork. It is definitely a work in progress but he is doing very well. He can fork green beans great and loves to eat his yogurt and applesauce with a spoon. We are still working on using a plate. Dumping it is so much more fun than eating off of it :)

Andrew is also getting more and more interested in books. Until recently he did not want to sit down and look at books and if so it was very brief. For a couple of nights Andrew joined Billy and Logan before bed to read books. One night after I took Andrew to his room to put him to sleep. He did not want anything to do with it. He went straight to Logan's room and wanted Daddy to read him a book. After the reading he was read to go to bed :)

Logan continues to love trains and will play and play with them!

Andrew has found a love for hats! Logan joined in!

Logan Mack- The Interview

Logan has really been enjoying sports lately and has had lots of fun watching football games. He had been running and tackling (in the same directions mind you) as the players on TV, but tonight he suprised me when he walked up with his microphone and told me he was a football player and wanted me to interview him. :) I did as he asked except my questions were not really related to the game. Logan even let me know that he was done and that he needed to get back to playing. I love this little boy and his imagination. I did ask him what was his favorite color twice because I was curious if he would change it. So far he seems to have a different favorite color each day :) Also later on I told Logan to go interview Andrew. His question for him was "What is your favorite recipe?" Silly boy :)

Fire Safety....and Bragging :)

I was so proud of Logan today. Andrew and I went to his school this morning. Today Firefighter Steven came to talk to the kids about Fire Safety. Above is Logan walking out to the parking lot to see the fire truck and listen to Firefighter Steven. He was so cute and well behaved. I was afraid he may act up or not mind his teachers with Mommy and brother there, but he did great. He stayed in line, sat still and listened the whole time. I was so proud. Especially since other kids were crying and wanting their parents, complaining about the bugs and the heat, and crying because they were afraid. Not Logan. He sat there in his jeans sweating and swatted a bug or two, but never made a fuss. I know my difficult times will come, but it was so nice to see him do so well today. :)

My sweet boy sitting so nicely. It melted my heart to see that cute little grin.

Learning about Smoke Detectors. Logan is in the very front in the white shirt listening away.

Firefighter Steven put on all his gear to show the kids not to be afraid. Logan thought he looked silly and laughed. Logan is behind the boy in the blue shirt (Burke-who according to Logan is one of his friends)

Firefighter Steven crawled around to the kids and let them hear how his air tank sounded and taught them to not be afraid. He taught them lots of good things and I was glad I heard and am trying to reinforce them. Above Logan is shaking Firefighter Steven's hand. I was glad he was not afraid.

This is Logan's class (minus a few of the crier) with Firefighter Steven.
There are 12 three year olds in Logan's class.

Driving Along

The boys decided to take a quick drive this morning before we left for church. =) Andrew looks so big! He only balanced for a minute and don't worry Billy was right there spotting for a possible fall.

Logan is getting big as well. I was so proud of him this evening before church. I told him it was time to get ready for church and without being told he went and got his shoes and PUT them on. Yes he did it all by himself. I was amazed and so proud. It was nice to not have to fight and shove his feet into shoes.

Brothers

It has been so much fun watching these two boys interact. For the most part it is all smiles.

Logan

Andrew

Just for Fun!

January 2009

July 2009

Who's Who??

I took the easy way and took a picture of a picture instead of getting the hard drive out but even with the quality difference there are lots of similarites. The older Andrew gets the more I think he favors Logan. At first I thought they looked really different, but I think I better start labeling the pictures. I think I might have some difficulty on some in the future if I don't. By the way Logan is the first picture and Andrew is the second. They are both 6-7 mth of age when taken.

Happy Birthday Papa!

Logan once again got to share a party with someone. This time it was with Papa (Billy's dad) Due to being out of town and being sick Logan had not been able to celebrate his birthday with Billy's side of the family. Which means he had not received the anticipated Thomas bike. So on Monday, Papa's birthday the family got together to celebrate Papa and Logan. Cake and ice cream were enjoyed by all and gifts exchanged. We love you Papa and thank you for all that you do for our family!

Thousand Oaks Ranch Camp

Andrew was exhausted and it was only the first day. This was the day we traveled and he did not get as long of a nap. He fell asleep in the mess hall while we were eating dinner. It was so loud in there I could not believe he was sleeping. Poor guy! He did get his long naps the other days.

Andrew enjoyed jumping while I got dressed each morning.

The boy campers waiting to go canoeing and fishing on the back porch of the lake house.

Andrew slept through all the activities around to Lake House and I was very excited to have my hands free to help make and pass out snow cones.

Chase and Sydney our niece and nephew came with us to camp. Here is Chase trying to catch a fish.

Both Sydney and Chase enjoyed getting to spend some time with Andrew.

Andrew got good use of his quilt Great Aunt Donna made him. He would roll and play on the floor and tables even :)

Sydney fishing

My boys. They had lots of fun but were tired and ready to load up and go home.

Our family

Logan, Andrew and I tagged along with Billy again this year to Thousand Oaks Ranch Camp (the camp we take our 3rd-6th graders to) Last year I was 13-14th week pregnant with Andrew so technically this was his 2nd year to go :) We enjoyed "the youth ministers wives" lake house. It was nice getting to interact with the kids and seeing Daddy some too. This year Logan got a special treat and went and spent a few days at GeeGee and Grandpa's house. He had lots of fun. So much fun that there was no time for pictures but according to GeeGee and Logan they have great memories and did not need pictures :)

Fun with GeeGee

GeeGee ( my mom) came for a visit while Billy was at Camp Bandina. We enjoyed our time with her!

Andrew and GeeGee

Logan showing Andrew and GeeGee how to roll in the blanket like a taco :)

GeeGee flew into Houston on Logan's birthday and had a suitcase full of gifts just for him. Logan was eager to see what was inside.

Logan checking out his new Bounce Ring.

Logan had fun jumping in the Bounce Ring. He also enjoyed getting to play water guns, playing in the sprinkler, playing baseball and pretty much anything else he convinced GeeGee to do (which was not hard :) ) We were glad to have Gee Gee here. Thanks for coming!