Brothers, a bike and Sue!

Today the boys learned something new...thanks to our good friend and neighbor Sue!

Before I continue with the day, I just have to comment on how grateful we are to have such wonderful neighbors.  I appreciate the friendship I have with Sue and love that she comfortably enjoys being a part of our little family's life.  She and Gary are people that we would choose to be our neighbors if given the chance.  We just love them!!

Okay, back to the day!

For whatever reason, our son D, has decided he still doesn't want to ride his two wheeler!  No matter how much coaxing or imploring, the answer recently has been "NO".  He still wants to ride a bike though, so he gets out the tricycle he was given for a past birthday.  He's pretty big for the tricycle, but he does have it mastered!!  :)  Today we headed out for a ride/walk.  Our youngest and I can walk just fine when D is on a tricycle!

As we were heading out today, Sue came out to chat for a bit.  She always is involved with the boys when they are around and today was no exception.  In fact, she introduced a new way of traveling for our youngest son--standing on the back of his brother's tricycle!

The boys were both pretty excited about this new adventure and Sue stayed right with them to make sure they were safe--giving me the chance to take a few pictures!

Do you think the boys had fun??

Yep, I think so too!  Thanks Sue!

"Quack, Quack, Moo!"

What a fun trip this was!

Today, all the first graders in our oldest son's school headed into our nearest big city to see "Quack, Quack, Moo" performed by the OR Children's Theatre.  I was lucky enough to be a helper on the field trip!!  It made me so happy that G was excited that I was there!

Each parent helper was assigned three students.  This was our group--and they were cuties!

We were all impressed when we arrived at the theatre.  There were only grade schools attending this performance, so you can imagine what things were like.  For the most part the kids were all pretty well behaved.  Then the lights started to dim!

I loved being with my sweet son.  He is such a smart young man with a good heart.

We had a good trip and a fun time together!

More missing teeth!

It happened again! 

He lost another one...but is pretty excited about it!

Pokemon brings brothers together

I think Nintendo really missed an opportunity to market itself as what keeps families together.  Well, maybe not, but this was cute to see.  I always love seeing our boys happy together...and today pokemon was the reason!

Looks like our youngest didn't have enough with the others, but needed some time to look over G's book by himself too!

Happy Birthday to The Big Guy Lowe!

Happy birthday sweetheart.

You are my greatest love, truly my best friend, and I treasure the joy we call daily life (even when there are less-joyous times!!).  Thank you for choosing me.  Thank you for choosing our family.  Thank you for choosing all that will ensure we will be a forever family.  I love you dearly babe, and celebrate this day with all my heart...for this day brought the greatest happiness into my life.

To celebrate we had a fun family party.

Daddy recieved white shirts (plus one blue shirt) as requested.

He also received some new dress shoes, as requested.

But the biggest surprise came when he opened his gift from Grammie Lowe.  She had received some help as to what would make the biggest surprised smile come to the face of her son...I'm not telling who gave her the hint though...  :)

XBOX 360 driving games should only be played with the steering wheel and pedals...who knew? 

We then celebrated with a fun ice cream cake!

The birthday celebration was to continue over the weekend as The Big Guy Lowe and I were able to attend a Gun Show, eat at our new favorite Thai restaurant Pok Pok, and then headed to see Avatar in 3D.

We had a great day!  I love you babe and wish you all the happiest birthdays...always. 

Beautiful day with my boys!

As a mom, days come and go.  Many of them are full of the craziness of life; trying to keep things clean, kids fed, responsibilities fulfilled and hopefully the family happy.  Today was one of those days that just makes you happy to be alive!

The weather was sunny and reasonably warm for February.  When the time came for school to be out, the two younger boys and decided to walk down to the bus stop to pick up their older brother.  What a wonderful day!

Because we got there a bit early we were able to play a bit.  The two boys raced down to the end of the sidewalk and then climbed on the fence.  I was so happy to see our youngest climb up!!  YEA!!

Then they were both there and looked adorable!!

We saw the bus and started heading back to wait for Big G!  Oh how I love the Sunshine!!

I love seeing my boys together...especially when they are getting along!!  This was one of those days that just make my heart happy!

This year we aren't able to stop by Sue's home as often as we would like.  Nap time usually gets in the way at this later hour.  Today we thought we would try!  Unfortunately, Sue and Gary weren't home!  The boys made sure they checked thoroughly though!

Off to our home now for after school snacks.  Wonderful day!

A trip to the ENT...again!

Our middle son had tubes placed in his ears back in March of 2008 after having many, many ear infections!  The tubes did their job and he has been ear infection free...until January.  Unfortunately, while I was recovering, we had a house full of sick boys!!  Yikes!

So back to the ENT we went.  Big D was GREAT, even when we had to wait over 45 minutes to get into the doctor because of a scheduling error.

First he had a hearing test.  He followed directions so well and was pretty laid back about the whole thing.  Very different from the first hearing test he had!!

The Audiologist said Big D looked like an astronaut!  He liked the idea of that!

He did a great job throughout the entire exam. 

Overall, his hearing is doing very well and the tubes are on their way out--on their own.  All looks good!  But mostly, it was a fun time when we were able to have some time just by ourselves!  Love my boys!