Beautiful vs. Cute

Yesterday Nathan got his school pictures back and I was very excited to see them. I guess I was feeling a little sentimental because when I saw them the first thing that came out of my mouth was "Oh, Baby, you're so beautiful!" To which Nathan replied "Not beautiful. Cute."

364 days till Halloween

The morning after Halloween, while I was doing some cleaning, Joshua pushed the stroller over to me. It was out because we had used it the night before when we went Trick-or-Treating. After getting the stroller in place, Josh picked up his Trick-or-Treat bag, climbed into the stroller, and said "let's go!" I had a hard time explaining to him that Halloween is only one night a year.

Welcome Max and Diego

About three weeks ago, we had some new additions to our family. I was at singing practice while Richard and the boys were out buying supplies for our pets. Some how they ended up at the animal shelter and a little while latter we ended up with two kittens. It was a good lesson in delayed gratification for my boys as they had to wait a couple of days for the cats to be "fixed" before we took them home. Here is Joshua and Nathan looking down the hallway for the vet tech bringing the cats to us.
And here are the boys holding the cats. They were so excited to bring home their new pets.

And here are our new babies, Max and Diego. And yes, we can't tell them apart with out their collars. They are 11 week old brothers and we felt that a pair of brothers would be good for our two boys. I am trying to teach the boys proper kitten etiquette, but at least the cats will still play with the boys.