rock...paper... scissors

these are pictures from our valentines dinner (i will post more soon).  max's pizza was ready before tate's was....and tate (teasingly) got him to play rock...paper...scissors for it. 

 look at max's eyes, he was really focusing on what tate was about to do.

HEYYYYY!

my little heart heroes

this week our elementary help jump rope for heart to raise money for the american heart association. max and viv jumped in honor of my sister, kristi and also shayle.  the day before the jump, the kids got to dress up like a heart healthy super hero.  max and viv LOVE to dress up and i always love to create a costume but i am finding that i can't go without sleep like i use to...LOL.  before school i took them outside for a few pictures....viv was freezing, it was in the mid 50's (she is such a texas girl and just like her mama :-) but max was eatin' up the camera, posing all sorts of ways...hehehe. they both had so much fun wearing their costumes to school!

we have a new judge in town.

today was career today in kindergarten.  max wanted to wear his suit jacket so badly.  i ask him if he wanted to be a lawyer and she said "no way, i want to be the judge."  so let me introduce to you mt. vernon's new judge....judge lester. each child had to have a prop box so his prop box is his briefcase (which weighs about more than he does..hahaha).  in his briefcase he has a homemade gavel and a book of laws (not really, it's a charles spurgeon devotional covered in brown paper...hehehe).  he has to stand in front of the class and share all about his career and what all a judge does...and let me tell you this boy is ready he knows all about it...i wish i could be a fly on the wall.

valentine's day 2010 - part 1, the loot

hahaha....i'm always behind but 2 YEARS???   it's 2012 of course.  thank you patti and britney for setting me straight. :-)

a little sneak peek

tate is at it again....actually he and elliott are both at it, working hard on different art projects.  i will be opening an etsy shop for them to sell their art and for me to sale junk priceless treasures :-). they are both going to church camp this summer and we told them that we would pay for 1/2 but they had to pay for the other 1/2.  they got BUSY!  they also hope to mow some lawns when spring arrives. but anyway, here's a little sneak peek.  i'll keep you posted on when i open the shop.  

this is one of several different cuttings that he has already completed.

my birthday is next tuesday and i sure hope i get this for my birthday....hint hint if your reading this tate...lol.

what a sweetheart!

there is so much about tate that i could share but one thing is that he is extremely thoughtful! what he did last night completely melted my heart and especially paul's.  last week paul was fasting from sweets, and today is the first day back to having them. last night we were in dallas and we went to ikea....well, if you have ever been to ikea you know the delicious aroma of cinnamon rolls lingers through the entire store.  paul never said a word about them but right before we checked out, tate pulled me over to the side and said that he wanted to buy some cinnamon rolls for dad to surprise him when we woke up.  he spent his own money and let me tell you that this boy is TIGHT with his money, so tight that he squeaks when he walks...LOL...really, he is an extremely wise spender. it was pure love when he bought those cinnamon rolls for paul.  tate's plan was for me to wake him up before paul got up so he could he could put the cinnamon rolls in the oven where they would be warm for him....and, he noticed that paul had not yet made the coffee so he got in there and made the coffee, and set it up to be ready before he woke up.  before he went to bed he decided on a more creative plan....he had so much fun setting it all up, he was all grins.  when paul woke up he would see an arrow drawn on a sticky note directing him to another arrow and so on and so on.....i will let the pictures tell the rest.....

at the bottom it says...look pink....those letters in pink spell LOVE.

it meant so much to paul when he saw what all tate had done!

 tate was still asleep this morning when paul got up and found the cinnamon rolls so paul had tate follow a few arrows.

if you can't see it says...Thank you.  I love you too! Dad

tate laughed when he saw paul's thank you response.  

jr. high valentine's dance

last night was the valentine's dance, the 8th grade parents put it on as a fundraiser so we can give them a fun party this year after their jr. high graduation.  we are also doing different things to raise money to give the juniors and seniors an after prom party their junior year.  tate and elliott had a blast!  neither one of them have girlfriends (YAY!!!), but they do have many friends that are girls.  they decided not to ask a girl to go with them to the dance but they DID want to dance.  a couple weeks ago they started asking me to teach them so i gave them a few little dance  lessons...lol...they got the box step and the two step down pat.  i told them that most kids would probably just sway back and forth to the music but that wasn't good enough for them...they wanted to "really dance" to much dancing with the stars, i guess...hehehe.  when we got there they were both a little nervous.  elliott walks up to me and ask me to dance with him...how PRECIOUS is that!  so we danced the two step, i think that broke the ice because after that, they both danced the night away!

 getting ready for their big night.

 elliott told me weeks before that he wanted to wear a bow tie so i bought some red checked material...i think it fits elliott's style to a T. tate wore paul's panda tie that he got from china.

 my gangsta's....are they not absolutely the CUTEST!!!! 

 they have the best group of friends!

 i so wish this photo didn't come out blurry because i think it is the sweetest.

elliott dancing the box step....it was a really BIG box...hehehe.  they were both so precious!!!

ells and natalie two steppin'

i'll fess up....there were a few of us moms that couldn't take it any longer....we HAD to get out on the dance floor and show those kiddies how it's done! HA HA! at the end of the night, i wondered who had the best time....the kids or the moms...hehehe.  if i didn't get out there and move to the groove then britney, mark and hayden would have thought that there was something terribly wrong with me and i couldn't have that...hehehe.  and if your wondering, tate and ells were perfectly fine with it....they were all grins. they are already use to not knowing what mom might do...LOL...or who knows...maybe the bigs already warned them about school dances...HA HA HA!

happy birthday lauren!

meet lauren, this is hayden's girlfriend and today is her birthday.  isn't she absolutely precious!!!   oh how we adore this girl!  vivi and max think she HUNG THE MOON....we ALL think she HUNG THE MOON!!!  lauren, we love you and we hope your birthday is the best ever!

aren't they so CUTE!!!