cousins

Cullen and Finn had fun playing with their cousins, Adah and Arley.

kindergarten poster

One of the kindergarten classes at my mom's school drew pictures and made this poster for Sean and the team. The kids were so cute with what they wrote and drew for the guys. I asked Sean to take a picture of himself and a few others with the poster, so I could send it to the kindergarten class. He outdid himself and rounded up some of his team and another team to take this picture after a mission. The kids are going to be so excited to see that their poster made it!

enjoying the nice weather

I had to bribe Cullen to get him to stand that close to the glass. Now why would he be so scared of a gorilla?! Could it be b/c of a Halloween mask??

Blue eyed boys, all bundled up...

We picked a great day to go to the zoo. All the animals were out enjoying the nice weather. The mama monkey came right up to us at the glass, the gorilla was eating "salad" according to Cullen, and the bear cubs were wrestling. Cullen (whose super-human strength is his insane sense of smell) hated the hippo house; he thought it was too stinky. In fact, he remembered it and didn't even want to go inside (but I talked him into it).

Here's another little Cullen story-- We were watching Scooby Doo the other day and Scooby gave Shaggy some of his Scooby Snacks; to which Cullen said- "Good Scooby, nice sharing." It's amazing what they pick up and repeat.

At any given time you can hear Cullen say- "that's ridiculous" or "Mommy, I'm mad" (Usually with a shake of the head and an exaggerated sigh.) Lately I've been telling him to use his words, instead of crying or whining... He sure is growing up!

dance to the music

Finn is really starting to focus on objects and reach for them. Here he is having a heartfelt conversation with Pooh Bear.

Spiderman dancing to Transformers.

Cullen and Grandma playing one of Cullen's new favorite songs.

can you tell me how to get...

I ventured out and took the boys to Sesame Street Live this afternoon. Cullen had fun, Finn not so much... Cullen even got up and danced in the aisle. Before we left to go, I told him we were going to see Sesame Street and he asked if we were going with Noah. Several months ago we saw the Sesame Street show on post with Noah and Natalie. I was surprised he remembered.

pink jeep

Emma drove over the other night to play with Cullen. They had a lot of fun driving over all the apples. Emma didn't like Cullen driving too much, she said he was a crazy driver.

raking leaves

"Helping" Grandma rake leaves...