The Underdog Tour Part 1

The Underdog is what I'll our diamond in the rough.  Back in January Paul and I stumbled upon a house - we were not looking or in the market - but she was perfect for us to give lots of love to and make our own.  Here's the grand tour of what she looked like when we first toured....

 Don't you love those pretty blue country blue shutters!

 I don't know why but I don't have a view coming in the front door.  You can see it there on the left.  This is the dining room - it will be closed with french doors to become the office.

 Off to the left is the office.  This is the very long den, which will be the den/dining room.  See that dark corner there by the fireplace?  Yep, that's one concentrated area of stale dog pee.  I dropped my phone in it...sick!

 Going down to the far end of that room, you can see the dinette area of the kitchen.  I know your jealous of that.

 And into the kitchen, with the beautiful dropped ceiling.  That doorway down there will be closed up to the office.

Going back to the front entrance - the hallway down to the bedrooms....see next post...

Bras are for girls

I just had a funny conversation with this sweet little face

"Mommy, what's this?"

"My bra."

"You wear them on these."

he pats my chest

"Yes."

"Daddy's don't wear them."

I laugh. "No they don't."

"Daddy's have little ones."

I laugh even harder.

"Yes they do."

Such innocence.  Precious and funny.

Dressed and Ready

The past 2 days Ethan has wanted to play basketball with his spare time before school.  Who am I to not let him burn out some restless energy.  It is fun watching him get excited about learning a new sport.  He even brought out his 2 favorite stuffed animals to watch him play, Stripes and Brownie.

Second Breakfast

I'm so far behind on blogging, but that's ok.  I'll catch up later.  But for now:

More days than not, after Ethan goes to school, Graham and I come home and have "second breakfast."  This is Graham's hungriest time of day, so I gladly oblige him - since he will actually eat!
Today we made eggs with cheese together.  He loves helping me.  I guess it's part of the reason I'll make more breakfast - good ol' fashion time with my son.

Yes, I'm nice and greasy and still in pj's!

After we ate, I went about picking up the house.  I was delivering clean clothes to the boys bedroom and found this:

Too cute the way Ethan placed his animals when he made his bed

Ethan's Prayer at breakfast

Dear God,
Thank you for today, for this food you gave us to eat. God, I don't know what I can do to do better at school. I will try my hardest to get a green or purple. I love you Lord, and I will never let go of Your promises.
Amen

I love that sweet boy!

2009 State Fair

I had not originally planned on us going to the Fair this year. However, Friday morning I asked Ethan if he got to pick family night - what would he want to do? (he was earning green faces at school for good behavior and only needed one more on Friday to be able to pick) His answer, "Ride the big ferris wheel." And what opened on Friday, the Fair. Luckily, there were ways to get in for less, and 1/2 price ride bands. So we went after Paul got off work.

We began the evening by taking DART down to the fairgrounds, fabulous. You don't have to find parking and then walk a mile to get there! Once there we stalked Big Tex and the trains that run around him, while eating Fletcher's dogs and lemonade. Then headed down to the Midway. The boys could not contain their excitement. Thankfully we convinced them the best time to ride the ferris wheel was when the sun was going down. We ran into some friends along the way and let the kids ride a few rides together. We ended the night sliding down "Fast Trax" a fun potato sack ride. Perfect weather, perfect evening, perfect family!

The boys new love are race cars. Nothing better than sittin' in a corvette.

Spoilin' courtesy of Meema. Handsome Batmen!

Space Roller. Mom and Paul rode it, they are crazy.

Texas Star Ferris Wheel

My family

Race Cars!!! (I can't remember the name of this ride)

Ethan & Michael

Madeline

The perfect ending...Ethan is in love with Monster Trucks.

More demolition

The next day the boys were home and loved joining in to help.

I got pelted with lots of rocks trying to get a shot of Graham. His aim - not so great!

Fascinated with anything Paul is doing Sidetracked...a struggling Cicada on the ground If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times. The little boy squat is my favorite!

See they never grow out of it