March 15, 2011...Swimming

Since dismantling Alex's toddler bed to put up the boys' bunk beds, his crib mattress has been in the living room.  The boys decided at this point to take the mattress and turn it into a pool.  They stripped down to skivvies/diapers and "jumped in".  Alex is even doing the crawl here.

March 5, 2011...Fashion Plates

Uh-oh.  I think Alex has been afflicted with the disease that runs in our family and causes us to morph into new beings, characters, personas, etc.    These beings all seem to have a wild fashion sense and a flair for color and patterns.  I wonder if a cure has been found yet.  Poor kid.

February 2, 2011...Goofaninny!

January 31, 2011...Mustache Silliness

Nathaniel has been wearing this mustache everywhere today.  He wore it while fighting a fire in his full fire gear earlier.  Posed for a photo with Daddy (also wearing a Mr. Potato Head mustache).  Even ate his breakfast and played play-doh all while donning his spiffy new 'stache.  He's so cool.  Oh, the blackmail photos I will have of you someday, Bug.  :)    

January 3, 2011...24/7 Firefighter

Nate is all firefighter all the time.  When he's not playing firefighter, talking firefighting, or watching fire related shows, he's reading about it.  Every Friday he goes to the library in school and brings home a different fire fighter book.  He knows more about fighting fires than some actual firefighters! 

January 2, 2011...Four-Year-Old Brilliance

This photo will seem rather random, but there's a story behind it that makes me smile.  My four-year-old was playing nicely in his room today when he called me in to see what he had been up to.  I noticed he had taken his deer figurines and placed one on each of his cowboy horses, Little People animals, etc.  When I asked him what he was doing, he said "The cowboys have been out hunting and are bringing their deer home on their horses".  Sheer brilliance, if you ask me.  So clever!  It reminds me of the day I found deer antlers on the floor and grumbled about Avery chewing them off Nate's deer.  Nathaniel quickly corrected me and said "Avery didn't chew them, I pulled them off".  Confused, I asked, "Why would you rip the antlers off all your deer and moose?" and his response kills me:  "Because they're decorations!"  Judging by the deer antlers his father and grandfather have displayed, he's quite right.  

November 28, 2009

What happens when you absentmindedly watch TV while rubbing a black crayon over your lips like chap stick?  You wind up looking like the Joker, of course.  Ironically enough, he is wearing his Batman PJs in this picture :)

November 25, 2009

This is pretty standard fare for my Bug

November 20, 2009

Nathaniel playing princess...this kid kills me!

November 17, 2009

I'm posting this picture to show you one of the fabulous outfits Nate dressed himself in this morning.  My favorite part is the Dash (from The Incredibles) boots on the wrong feet and (what you can't see is) his brother's Halloween candy corn socks on under the boots.  It's a fabulous ensemble and he never seems to disappoint.

November 7, 2009

Nate was outside playing today when I heard him yelling "Help ME!" - I went (read: RAN) to see what the problem was and I found him like this.  Self-imposed capture.  He had tied himself to a tree and was acting out a struggle to escape.  Darn kid and his imagination.  He almost gave me a heart attack.  And believe me, I told him so.

October 2, 2009

Here are two more examples (in one day!)

of the many faces of my beloved Bug!

September 28, 2009

This is one of Nathaniel's many get-ups.  I love this kid and the ensembles he comes up with!  I could do an entire blog with a photo a day of just the concoctions Nate pulls together using anything and everything.  My heels, Daddy's socks, various clothing, accessories, and tools or gadgets.  I love it!

September 23, 2009

Nate was all decked out to hunt monsters that were hiding in the bush in our backyard. He had all the necessities to make a good monster fighting menace - a butterfly net, a pirate sword, and a notebook. That's my boy!!

September 7, 2009

Nate's favorite pastime is running around nekkid in the sprinkler with his umbrella (Oom Boola) because he "can't get wet"!

September 5, 2009

How can you NOT love this face?!?!

September 1, 2009

Geema came over to watch the boys tonight so Daddy and I could get out to our annual clam bake with the Drunken Bastards (a group of friends we get together with to knock back a few from time to time). While Nathaniel and Geema were playing Nate was apparently putting together characters using his Mr. Potato Head parts. Here's a photo my mother shot of the dress up fun...

August 25, 2009

Would you believe this was the only picture I took today?  In my defense, today was the start of a mysterious stomach bug that had me out of commission for a few days.  In fact, the next few posts will most likely reflect the massive amounts of being a slug that I accomplished - which was about all I could muster.  

Anyway, back to this picture.  We were on our way to my parents' house to help them cut wood so we got Nathaniel all decked out in woods apparel (long sleeves, long pants, high socks) even though it was 80 degrees outside.  He insisted on wearing his flannel even though he didn't need it quite yet and it HAD to be buttoned up completely.  Don't ask.  And of course, you can't go cut wood without your chainsaw. 

July 22, 2009

Ever since we took away Nathaniel's "Boo Paci-fighter" he has had an incredibly difficult time settling down to sleep.  He spends hours in his room at nap and bedtime just puttering.  He sings, he chants, he kicks the wall, he sneaks toys into bed from his toy box/bins.  Tonight when he had finally quieted down, I went in to check on him and this is what I found:  

He had unstuffed his favorite teddy bear through a tiny hole in his toe.  And his construction hat was cleverly propped on top of his dresser lamp.  Not quite sure about that one.  This kid has too much (unsupervised) time on his hands.   (See yesterday's post for more proof!) 

July 21, 2009

When I got home from work today Dave called me into Nate's room to see what sort of troublesome mischief he had gotten into before he had fallen asleep.  Somehow he had smuggled a rogue marker into his bed at nap time and wreaked havoc.  Luckily it came off relatively easily using nothing more than a baby wipe.