My Tiger Cub

Doesn't he look so handsome in his uniform??? Jimmy joined Tiger Cubs this summer and has been working toward earing his first badge. Last night at the pack meeting he was tested and awarded his Bobcat badge. When they gave him his badge they put blue paint on his face which he thought was really cool! He was so excited, it was very fun to watch! He also earned an additional patch for a camping trip he went on this summer with Dave. Now that school has started they will be meeting once a week, and he is looking forward to it!

Fun With Tape

Saturday night we were at the Davidson's house and a few of the kids got taped! It all started when Levi had a booboo, and Patrick joked he had to tape him up to make it better. Next thing you know Addy, and William were lining up to be taped too! Silly kids! Very Entertaining!

SAS Factory

Last weekend we had Dave's Grandparents here visiting with us. Friday night they asked us if we had ever been to the SAS Factory. Of course we hadn't, so Saturday morning we headed out for an adventure. I don't think we would of ever thought to go here, why go to a shoe factory? Right. Well, it was really quite a fun outing! Outside they had all sorts of antique cars and carriages, even an old horse drawn hearse. Inside they of course had shoes, but plenty of other things to look at. The kids favorite part was all the fun treats, popcorn, drinks, cookies, honey roasted nuts, candy. Our favorite part was the price of those things...popcorn for 5 cents, drinks for 10 cents, cookies for 15 cents, nuts for 25 cents, candy was fill a bag for $2. They got a kick out of trying the old penny scale and seeing who weighed what. Also inside they had a women sitting among the shoes actually sewing a pair of shoes. This company still makes their shoes by hand, so that was kind of cool to see. They had a sign up saying they do tours to see all stages of the shoe making process during the week. So maybe we'll go back one day to see that too, it looks interesting. So if you need to get out for a few hours and don't want to spend much I recommend this place!

Timmy's ear...

Yesturday Timmy had some sort of allergic reaction to something that bit or stung him. Although it looked pretty bad, I wasn't too worried because it didn't seem to bother him. He didn't act like he was in pain at all, just played like usual. I gave him ibprofen for the swelling and put benedryl cream on the spot both seemed to help. Of course I couldn't resist taking a few pictures because he did look so funny, his left ear was seriously double in size...check it out:

Normal EarSwollen EarBack View Front View

mr men & little miss

did you ever read these books as a child? they were among my favorite! i've still got mine and read them to my kids. it's been so fun to see these characters in stores lately as they now have a show on cartoon network. so here are my little munchkins in character... jimmy as mr. strong, addy as little miss chatterbox, and timmy as mr. happy. now if i could only get them to all look at the camera at the same time...

A Christmas Carol Train Tour

Last Friday we went downtown to the Amtrack station (didn't even know we had an Amtrack station) to take a look at the Christmas Carol train. From what I saw online, this was supposed to be a behind the scenes look at the new movie coming out in November. The pictures made it look lie an indoor display, so I thought it must be a traveling thing that they set up inside the station. It also mentioned there would be snow. I thought HOW FUN a snow machine! So we loaded up, on a VERY HOT day and headed down. Only to see that really everything was set up inside a traveling train, not the inside of the station. But it was too late to turn around as the kids were already excited to explore. SO we got in a LONG line and waited close to an hour to board the Christmas Carol train. Once inside we saw some really cool stuff, but it was still hot as the train wasn't A/C'd. Only a few fans blowing air, and people were packed in like sardines. When we finished the train we were directed to another line to see the sneak preview of the movie in 3-d. Luckily this line was shorter, and once inside this blow up building it was cooler. The movie looks like it will be pretty good too from the sneak preview. Here is the funniest part though, the "snow" was soap suds blowing up in the air out of a fake chimney looking thing. So much for an ice machine. Although we got very hot, and cranky by the end. I think the kids enjoyed the outing.

from the mouth of a 2 year old...

While on the phone today, I mentioned an upcoming baby shower to the person on the other end. Timmy who was in the room, apparently listening to me talk, got the most concerned look on his face. He said, "Mommy baby NO shower, baby take bath!" Such a literal little man, made me laugh pretty hard though!

Timmy

I was just going through the pictures on the camera, and loved these of Timmy. They all seem to capture his happy little personality.

Here at the bowling alley anxiously waiting to see his ball hit the pins. He won't roll the ball, instead he kicks it like a soccer ball, and it rolls very slowly down the lane.
Then here, so happy enjoying the bubbles in a bubble bath he so dearly loves.

And here peacefully asleep in the living room after resisting all attemps made by me to take a nap, with his green blankie he can't live without.

River Trip

In July we took our annual trip out to Cold Springs camp on the Frio. Although the water was low, and tubing was not an option, we still had plenty of water to play and stay cool in. All and all a good trip! And yes, both my boys are wearing pink shoes in the water pictures...that is my fault. I completely forgot about water shoes this year, until the night before while I was packing late at night. So I grabbed the bag of shoes from last summer thinking between those and the kids crocs they'd have something to wear. Well about 1 hour from home I realize Timmy wasn't wearing any shoes, he had left his green crocs at home. So then the only water shoes that fit him were a pair of Addy's old ones. Bright pink with dora. The good news is he loves Dora and didn't seem to mind wearing those most of the trip. Dave, who couldn't come until Friday evening brought his green shoes we had forgotten fixing his problem. Jimmy's water shoes from last year still fit, so he wore those the first day and they literally fell apart. I really should have taken a picture it was so pathetic. So I told him to wear his crocs, but he didn't pack those, he packed his flip flops. So he wore Addy's pink crocs as his water shoes. And that is the story of why my boys were wearing pink shoes.

Bowling

So once again it's been awhile. We've been in and out of town a few times, and I've also started wasting time on facebook so this poor blog has been neglected. Anyways, on to the post...

In July I found this site: www.kidsbowlfree.com anyways, it's free to sign up all your kids ages 15 and under. Choose your location, for local people it's bandera bowl, and the program runs from May 1st - Oct 31st. Anyways, you get emailed vouchers every Sunday good for 2 games of bowling per kid each day. Only cost is shoe rental, or you can bring your own if you have them. At the end of signing up your kids it gives you the opportunity to purchase a family pass for the adults and any children over 15, this pass is only $24 and covers up to 4 named "adults" doesn't even have to be a relative, could be babysitter, or friends, or whoever. So if you buy the family pass then you get those vouchers added to your email too, same as the kids 2 games per person per day. So not that we go everyday, in fact we've only been once so far. But it is a fun family outing and this program really helps with the cost. So I'd recommend it. The family pass pays for itself after 1 visit with 4 adults, or 2 visits if you are like us and only have you and your hubby signed up. Oh and thats another great thing, you can add the other named adults at any time. SO right now, ours only say Dave and Liz, but we still have 2 slots we can add whenever. The only thing is once you add the names they can't be changed. Ok enough babbling about the deal, check it out if your interested, and have FUN! We sure did!!!