play ball...

Wesley has started soccer!
No need to bribe him with princesses - he is SO excited, that he tells his friends that they need to go home so he can go to his game/practice! If the weather can stay as nice as it was for his first game, it will be a great season!!



go "green whales"?!?

His #1 fan - sweet Mariana!

butter up...

Well, Chase had his first t-ball game this weekend. He was really excited about t-ball until his first practice. Because it was a busy day, I had Bill take him to practice while I ran the other boys around to their activities - it didn't work! Chase cried much of the time and wouldn't participate the rest of the time. It took the rest of the week for me to lovingly encourage him (read as BRIBE!) to want to play on Saturday - and let me just say...that kid will do about anything for a polly pocket...

pictures from vacation, stories from home...

Sometimes I really like my boys.
Yesterday when they arrived home from school, one at a time (not together as instructed), they came into my room to tell me about their day. Before long all four of them were in there fighting to tell me something about what they did at school (and believe me, they were digging deep to try to find something to say).

Getting somewhat irritated, Cameron says to Wesley,
"At your current state of behavior, you will never get married. (pause) But you will change, (another thoughtful pause) when you hit puberty."
To which Wesley quickly responds, "I'm never getting married!" then glancing at me he adds, "until you die mom. But when I am 19 I can go on a mission and then I can finally watch pg-13!"

The same same sweet and saucy Wesley told me this morning that it was ok if I didn't get his room clean today, he would help me when he got home. I have been telling him since Tuesday that I would clean his room while he was at school since Chase and his cousin destroyed it!!
Wesley's cuteness and Chase yelling from the scary room, where he was playing this morning, "mom, is it the red ants or the black ants that are mean?" is the reason I have moved it to the top of my list today - or at least around the top somewhere! maybe after lunch...

so this is love...

I think it is safe to say, that besides the dumbo ride, Chases favorite part of Disneyland was filling up his autograph book. He enjoyed saying hi to Mickey and such, but it wasn't until we got to Ariel's Grotto that he was in heaven!!

His eyes started lighting up as we descended down the spiral stair case to see his favorite mermaid, Ariel. I have often said that Chase has every girl from 8 to 18 wrapped around his finger - but that number is now going to have to be boosted up a bit to include all of the Disney Princesses!!

Apparently, while Chase and Ariel were deep in conversation, he trusted her enough to tell her that Cinderella was his biggest Princess crush. After we were seated to eat, Ariel quickly went and whispered in Cinderella's ear about this charming Prince. Cinderella ran, as fast as glass slippers will allow, to meet Chase and lets just say, from that moment on, he was twitterpated...

I think a "whatever" might have escaped Carin and her girls lips when we were leaving and Ariel shouted, "bye Chase!!"!

and, I'm back...

We just got back from a great, much needed, vacation to sunny California!!
I have so many pictures to go through and funny stories that I want to remember and share, coupled with limited time, SO I am going to take baby steps!!
This, because I am a mean mom who laughs at my kids,
is one of my favorite picture story combos...
While at Disneyland, Wesley was dying to get his face painted.
He was so excited when he finally got his chance.

He felt pretty macho with his fire dragon and new ability to scare little girls.
But then, about 30 minutes later, he got in trouble for not behaving appropriately in line (picture scaring little girls) and was banned from the ride. His obnoxious machoness quickly turned into tears, which in turn, ruined his (very expensive) manliness...

next time, I am going to make him get a butterfly like Chase!!

nothing scary about that!
Sorry about going private - had really weird blogger experiences lately!!