Celebrate good times, come on!

Yay for the first day of summer vacation!

More fun with Photoshop

Wel you know my name is Simon, and I like to do drawrings.

Jacob and Jonah like to draw, that's what they spend most of their inside time doing. They're normally really good at it and often draw things that wow me. This wasn't one of those times:

I don't know about you, but if I'm going to be greeted in Heaven by bat angels and a birdman Jesus who's flipping me off, I'm not sure I want to go.

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And just because you know you want to watch the awesome SNL Simon skit now, here it is. Bum lookers, cheeky monkeys. Hahahaha! I love Mike Meyers!

The rest of Emmy's graduation program

I put it up on Dropshots, click here to watch. Just scroll through the different videos over on the right, I had to break it up by song because it's too big to upload otherwise. I've tried 455 times to upload them directly to the blog with no luck so I give up.

Hope you enjoy it, we sure did!

Quite possibly my favorite Emmy picture ever.

Gorgeous, isn't she?! I may be biased but I think she's the cutest little dancer out there. ;)

Monsters may be ugly, but monsters need love too!

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*Click here to see a video clip from her program.*
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How cute was that?! She got into her program way more than the boys have ever gotten into any of theirs. She's been beside herself with excitement all week, looking forward to her "cradeeation" program.

Proud of being the "Y-Z girl."

Here she is throwing down her gang sign. "First Baptist Church Port Neches, y'all better recognize!" Or something like that.

With her "diploma."

She was so excited to see everybody.

She's really starting to look a little drunk by this time. This was at about 2pm and by 3pm she had lots of fever. Totally came out of nowhere! A friend of hers went to the doctor today and she has strep. They played together Wednesday. Lots, mind you. Crap.

I took this cute picture of them as we went to her class to get her backpack.

She came home with a folder today, sort of a journal that they kept throughout the year in her class. It's awesome. Here is some of what's in it:

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9/9/08

I am 4 years old today.

My favorite color is pink and purple.

My favorite food is chips and cheese dip.

I am happy when I get to play with my brothers.

When I grow up I want to be in the doctors office and be a nurse.

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1/20/09

I like to play in the snow in the winter. Me and my brothers made a snowman. I would like to make snow angels. We had hot chocolate with marshmallows.

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2/12/09

I love my Mom because she washes dishes and vacuums the living room and she makes cookies for my class.

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2/26/09

I smile when...my dad tickles me. I smile when my brothers play with me. I smile when I go to the library. I smile when I paint stuff. Baking cookies with my Mom makes me smile and making cupcakes.

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The preschool program at FBC Port Neches is top notch. Her teachers go above and beyond and I'm so glad we were lead that way when choosing a preschool for her. They've really helped to get her ready for kindergarten. Thanks Mrs. Brenda and Mrs. DeLisa! Y'all are awesome!

All about Caleb

What's Caleb up to now at 19 months? He's up to about 30 pounds and 33 inches to be specific. He has a really fat foot and it's hard to find shoes to fit him. He's wearing a size 7 wide. I think Jacob and Jonah were 3 or 4 before they wore a size 7 so all of their old shoes are really worn, plus they don't fit his bam bam feet anyway. He's sweet and affectionate one minute, and a holy terror the next. He's very curious, he's a climber, he's into everything the others weren't and then some. He likes to open drawers and fling stuff out, even though he can't see what's in them. If allowed, his favorite snack would be toothpaste. He likes to play with scissors and gets pissed when they always get taken away. Seeing all of this in writing reminds me that I have to get some drawer locks while I'm out today. He loves to be sung to, preferably songs with hand motions to go along with the words. He loves Baby Einstein and the Wiggles and Dora. He doesn't say much but isn't quiet by any means.

He loves his blanket:

His bottle:

Doing things he's not supposed to:

Animals:

getting into things and eating as much as he can before anybody notices, in this case it was chocolate:

The bathtub:

playing outside:

and getting dirty:

He's my big, busy, rambunctious, lovable, sweet squishy baby boy and I'm eating him up while I can.

Mile run

Jacob and Jonah had to run a mile last week. They had a nice start time of 12:30. In May. It was 90 degrees outside!! There was a breeze, but still. Why they don't do this in March or even April is beyond me. Anyway, we've been preaching for weeks:

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*Stay in the inside lane.

*If you feel like you need to walk then walk, it's okay.

*DON'T START OUT RUNNING AS FAST AS YOU CAN, IT'S NOT A RACE!

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Seriously, I really tried to stress that last point. I told them that all of the kids who started out fast would get tired REALLY quickly and it was just important that they finish. They got tired of hearing it, I assumed they understood.

Here's Jacob stretching before the race (he's in the all red shirt and black shorts).

Here he is after 1/2 of a lap. Notice that he doesn't seem to be pacing himself much. He shot off of the start line like a bullet.

Here he is a lap later.

"My lungs hurt! I can't do it!"

Thank GOD for Basil being there, he had to run the last two laps with Jacob. I don't think he would have made it otherwise and there was no way my fat arse was running around that track.

Jonah, on the other hand, listened and followed directions. He started nice and slow and stayed that way the entire time.

He was smiling each time he passed me.

As he ran past with 1/2 lap to go he said "I'm not even tired!"

He finished second to last, and Jacob finished last. But they finished. Jacob was going on about how horrible it was and how he never wanted to do it again and I said "well you know why it was awful for you, don't you?" He said "NO!" I asked him why he started out running as fast as he could. He said "I WAS IN SECOND PLACE!" Totally missed the point. In one ear and out the other.

I think maybe next year we'll go out a month or so before hand and practice a bit. We should have done that this year so it wasn't such a shock to them. Four laps is A LOT for somebody with such short legs. I was tired just watching them!

Recipe for fun

Ingredients:

1 pile of dirt

lots of water

Directions:

Flood the dirt with water, stomp and enjoy. :)