Stories from BabyHomePages.net site threeboysforus http://www.babyhomepages.net/threeboysforus/stories.php Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:29:06 CDT Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:29:06 CDT http://www.babyhomepages.net/threeboysforus/baby_pics/DSC_03579695_thumb.jpg http://www.babyhomepages.net/threeboysforus/stories.php 144 March 18, 2010 - Connor had his first t-ball practice tonight!! nbsp; You can see from the pictures how intently he was playing. nbsp; Russell actually was the photog for me, since I nbsp;was with Cannon at his practice. nbsp; He said that we need to work on our fielding and throwing but that he hit great! nbsp; The coach said he was going to be our ringer!! nbsp; nbsp; Now on to Cord...we are excited to celebrate our monkey this weekend! nbsp; Pictures and stories to come from the big 2-year http://www.babyhomepages.net/threeboysforus/stories.php March 17, 2010 - Happy St. Patrick's Day to you! nbsp; Hope you are having a lucky blessed kind of day. nbsp; We are on week one of spring break and enjoyed prepping today for our special holiday dinner tonight. nbsp; nbsp; For dinner we are having Grilled Reuben sandwiches, Irish Potato Soup, Mac O' Roni (for the boys), Pots o' Gold (pineapple jell-o) and rainbow cupcakes. nbsp; Top it off with some American Idol and we'll call it a fun evening! nbsp; We are now also in the quot;t http://www.babyhomepages.net/threeboysforus/stories.php March 15, 2010 - Blue is gone. Cannon's Blue is gone. nbsp; It happened last week (March 11th) but we didn't fully grasp it until Friday, the 12th, and then it is just today that I nbsp;can sit here and write about it. nbsp; nbsp; On Thursday, we were doing our normal running around to the Y, hair cuts, dog groomer, lunch with Daddy, etc. and Cannon mentioned that he had left his Blue and his sippy cup when we were in the car. nbsp; I nbsp;keep hearing him telling me that in my head over http://www.babyhomepages.net/threeboysforus/stories.php March 11, 2010 - Family Statistics... nbsp; I nbsp;have been thinking about the various ages amp; nbsp;stages the boys are in right now and so I nbsp;decided to document a little! 0 of 3 can tie their own shoes. 2 of 3 can use the potty. nbsp; although that other 1 likes to think he can sit up there amp; nbsp;play in the water. 3 of 3 get out of their beds in the morning. nbsp; more on that 1 later. 3 of 3 take naps. hence, my ability to update this site. 1 of 3 is still in the http://www.babyhomepages.net/threeboysforus/stories.php March 3, 2010 - nbsp; The boys amp; nbsp; I nbsp;enjoyed celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday yesterday! nbsp; They did a quot;Read Around Town quot; where it started at the library steps with a proclamation by the city and a commitment to reading. nbsp; We then made the rounds to the banks and library where they had various storytimes for the kids. nbsp; We finished the night with refreshments ( quot;green egg quot; cookies) and face painting at the church. nbsp; As the boys were climbing into be http://www.babyhomepages.net/threeboysforus/stories.php March 1, 2010 - A little nbsp;story nbsp;about Cannon... nbsp; We've always found his words to be a little more jumbled than the other two (probably due to his numerous ear infections, two sets of tubes, etc) but we still just love the way he talks. nbsp; At the age of 3.25, he looks to be 5.666 and we have to remind ourselves that he is only three!! nbsp; nbsp;Cannon is entering those challenging moments of preschool years, as I nbsp;have always said that quot;two is not terrible! It's what http://www.babyhomepages.net/threeboysforus/stories.php nbsp; February 16, 2010 - A little addendum to our Valentine weekend!! nbsp; Connor accompanied me at the grocery store after we got home. nbsp; We planned our menu (with a little shrimp request made by Daddy) and we planned our table-setting for when we got home. nbsp; He loved helping - finding the red and pink placemats, quot;china quot; (plastic) plates for the boys and real china for Mommy amp; nbsp;Daddy, red utensils, red Solo cups with red straws, and our candlelit meal. nbsp; We http://www.babyhomepages.net/threeboysforus/stories.php February 14, 2010 - Happy Valentine's Day!!! nbsp; I hope your day is filled with so much love, however you may be spending it! nbsp; I nbsp;have just returned from a much-needed, wonderful weekend get-away nbsp;with my Valentine. nbsp; Russell proposed the idea of a trip to St. Louis many weeks ago and we lined up our sweet Coco to come stay with the boys. nbsp; I nbsp;didn't know much about St. Louis, other than there was a giant arch there, but it was fabulous!! nbsp; Of course, Russell a http://www.babyhomepages.net/threeboysforus/stories.php February 8, 2010 - a little update on my Connor...I nbsp;am so proud of that kid and all the ways I nbsp;see him growing amp; nbsp;learning. nbsp; He is becoming such a great writer and he is able to sound out letters and starting to think about reading! nbsp; I nbsp;know he is quot;of age quot; nbsp;to do these things but since we waited a year on Kindergarten, I am just proud of his advancements he is making without much guidance from an official school! nbsp; nbsp; Today we were working http://www.babyhomepages.net/threeboysforus/stories.php January 30, 2010 - nbsp;Well hello from snowy Dyersburg!! nbsp; We have experienced the biggest winter storm we've seen in a while! And the biggest the boys have ever seen in their little lifetimes! nbsp; I nbsp;think we estimated about eight inches here and it's still so pretty. nbsp; Here are some pics from our two days of wintry fun... nbsp;**UPDATE: nbsp;these pictures were taken from two days of snowy adventures. nbsp; Day 3 might have turned out to be the most fun of http://www.babyhomepages.net/threeboysforus/stories.php