Colorin' Eggs!

Gee, what can I say here? We colored Easter Eggs!?!

Easter Morning Lip!

On Easter morning after all of the excitement was over, the boys had gone to the basement to play with their new bouncy balls. I was up in the kitchen cooking, and I heard Parker scream out. I told Travis to go and check on him because that was his, "I'm hurt" cry. A minute or so later Travis carried him up and he was covered in blood all over his face, arms and clothes. They came over to the sink and I started looking at his mouth where the blood seemed to be coming from. I found three deep cuts in his lip and it was bleeding like mad! He panics at the site of blood. He absolutely freaks out! He was screaming that he was going to die. Poor kid. Turns out he had hit his ball into the ceiling of our unfinished basement and a piece of sheet metal fell and hit him right on his lip. It took a good hour of ice, cold water and pressure to get the blood to stop. In the meantime I'm on the phone with Kids Care trying to figure out if we needed to bring him in. The few places that were open early on Easter Sunday said they don't do stitches on the face, especially in kids. Our only option was to take him to the E.R. Ok. So my bad mom kicks in here. Every time I hear "E.R." I see dollar signs. I know that sounds terrible! By the time I was done talking with the nurse at Kids Care, he was doing a bit better. The bleeding had mostly stopped and he was napping in Travis' lap. So we decided to give it a few hours to see how he was doing. If the bleeding started back up, or he was in pain we'd take him to the hospital immediately. When he woke up he actually felt pretty good (considering) and the bleeding stopped. I was very surprised and very thankful. He was tired for the rest of the day, but he felt ok. I was worried about scarring but that night it looked so much better. The funny thing is, he got  a new lacrosse helmet last week. He has not taken that thing off for more than five minutes at a time since he got it. He took it off right before they went downstairs to play. If he had kept it on, the sheet metal would not have touched his face. I am so thankful that it did not land on or near his eyes.

This is not a great picture. I've yet to master the zoom on my iPhone.

Tractor Dudes!

For some unknown reason, my dad decided that he just "had" to have a new tractor. Still scratching my head on this one.  Anyway, Preston loves to drive it and it bugs my dad to no end. So, of course, it makes the rest of us sit back and laugh at my dad sweating it out.

Parker thinks that it is so unfair that he can't drive by himself. He's got a good 2' to grow until he can reach the pedals.

Happy Easter 2012!

Hippity, Hoppity...

Easter's on it's way....

Green Boys!

It has been a few months since I have taken actual posed pictures of the boys. I decided to do a few casual ones on St. Patrick's Day that I can use for the 2013 calendar that I need to get started on. My boys are so used to me with a camera in my hand that they just stand there and pose. Good dogs boys!

 

St. Patty's Day Parade!

As usual we went to the annual St. Patty's Day parade down at the Gateway. It is the only parade that we attend each year, and we all love it. This year Preston wanted to ride on the school float, and that really pissed Parker off because I told him he was not old enough. Mean mom! To make up for it, I let him be our photographer for the day. We have a good 100 pictures of dogs, or parts of dogs, but not much else.

Yep, he's ticked off! What is with the girl sitting in her stroller behind Parker? Her mom had that screen thing in front of her face almost the entire parade.

The tattoo on his cheek says, "I Love Irish Boys". He thought it was so funny!

Irish Fans!

Preston on the float.

Some dog.

The back half of some dog.

The feet of some band.