Reed Wii Bowling - Monkey See Monkey Do

Don't tell Reed there are no batteries in his remote....he figured out how to get the pins to fall. Check the video after the break!

Lots of Fun!

We've had lots of adventures since February, so I figured I'd put up lots of pics! We've been to beaches near(Siesta Key, FL) and far(Nags Head, NC), and an Orlando resort (while Tony sat in classes all day and the rest of the crew suffered at the waterpark pool). The boys love helping Tony wash the car and play in the sprinklers whenever they can. And Mason played t-ball for the first time. We had a great time in Nags Head where we met up with Jaime's family from Maryland....would have been nice to know ahead of time that it takes longer to get there than to "the farm", but whatareyagonnado? Aside from the physical abuse Jaime took every three hours from Reed when she was trying to strap him back in the carseat after our pitstops, the boys really enjoyed their cousins, aunts, and of course, Momal, T-Pops, and Grandma. We took a trip to the fishing pier to watch the boats come in, flew our kite on the sand dunes, and played putt-putt golf. Mason played on the beach all day making a "pool" with Daddy while Reed finally collapsed on Mommy's lap after a long day in the sun. All in all, we've had a great couple of months! The boys are steadily growing and keeping us entertained....will try to post pics more often, but not making any promises. :)

Catch up

Ok, so I know it's been 2 months since the last posting, so let me catch ya'll up. Mason turned 4 on Nov 13th and had his "bug party", which included a dirt cake (thanks to Aunt Lulu), a bug hunt with magnifying glasses, and who can forget the bouncy castle. Then we went up north to Maryland to visit family and friends for Thanksgiving. We even stopped in North Carolina for a night with friends so Mason had his first sleepover with a buddy. Granted, Tony had to sleep on the blowup mattress next to them because they lasted about 2 minutes in the room by themselves. Anyway, on to "the farm" we went and the boys had a great time playing outside all day long (day after day) with their cousins. We visited Mr. Charlie and Ms. Virginia (Dodo's friends) and Mason got to drive a tractor and ride a horse all in one day. After leaving, he told us raising and lowering the tractor bucket was his favorite part of the whole trip, so I'm guessing it's only a matter of time before one of his grandparents buys him one. When we got home, Mason finished up his season of flag football and we started getting ready for Christmas. We tried to start some family traditions of our own (and when I say "we", I mean Jaime) so we headed out 40 miles to the nearest tree farm to get our Christmas tree. It was 90 degrees, Tony was shocked (and mad) that we had to cut the tree ourselves, Mason was complaining that he didn't care which tree we got because Mommy was the one that wanted to come here, Reed was trying to eat dirt every time we put him down, everyone was SWEATING and Jaime was starting to cry because every tree was either 3 feet tall or 13 feet tall and all she wanted was a NICE FAMILY TRADITION!!!! So we left without a tree. Ok, so then Christmas came around and we had a great day at home and at Nonna's house. Two days later, we all went to visit family in Alabama, where the boys had a blast playing with cousins from Tony's side of the family. We also checked out the airplane museum in Pensacola and got some good pics of Mason as a pilot of a Blue Angel. That brings us into January. We headed over to Disney's Animal Kingdom and Reed performed all of his animal noises (and charades) for anyone that would listen. He is quite the performer these days. But don't worry...neither one of the boys is about to be upstaged by the other....not sure where they get that from.

Happy Fall!

The leaves are turning, the air is getting chilly and it's time to start hibernating....unless you live here where you only see palm trees and you hope today it drops below 80 degrees so you can wear jeans with your t-shirt and flip flops. One thing remains consistent though...the holidays. We celebrated our Fall Festival at church where the boys dressed accordingly for their treats (not our best pics since both of them seemed too excited to stand still that evening). Then we visited a pumpkin farm where Reed chilled with the pumpkins while Mason's adrenaline genes kicked in. He's already mastered the roller coasters with Daddy and Aunt Lulu....he says next it's jumping out of airplanes. Guess our apple didn't fall far from the tree!