Where does the time go???

These pictures are from Halloween 2005-Big Brother was 2 years, 8 months old. How can time have gone by so.. fast??? Looking at these pictures I can see just how much little brother looks like BB did when he was 2. When I look back, my life seemed so easy back then. All I did was take care of BB... We had fun-I mean real fun, almost every day we had an outing such as playgroup, Children's Museum, the playground, bike rides, the pool, etc. Sometimes I feel bad for LB because we hardly ever get to do many one-on-one activities like BB & I did. My life is so much more complicated now-with 2 kids and a real estate career, it doesn't seem like I ever have any free time. My hubby wonders how I have time to blog...Well, I don't --I just make time because I enjoy it so much and know that one day the boys will too..

Just like my big brother...

Dargan copies everything his big brother Will does. And this picture was no exception! Dargan thinks Will is just the coolest thing around. I have to say in Will's defense, he did potty train himself by running around naked in the back yard. I don't really have a problem with it since I grew up in the sticks and using the bathroom in the yard/woods was never a big deal. It's sometimes necessary when you're outside playing and can't take the time to go inside...

New t-shirt...

Big Brother loves his new school! It is so great that he's so excited about learning. I can hardly believe that he has learned so much in just 2 months!!!This past summer I would have never dreamed that he would be reading sight words and doing homework and actually enjoying it too!!! Who would have thought???? I got BB a new school t-shirt last week and he was so excited to wear it to school. He really likes it because it has a Loggerhead Turtle on the pocket. He has been drawing pics for me lately and he always adds a little green turtle on the right pocket so I will know it's a school t-shirt. How cute is that????

Bad Mommy.......

I really feel like a bad Mommy!!! Yesterday I wanted to take a couple of pics of little brother beside the azaleas that are now blooming in our yard...Isn't this a strange time for them to bloom??? I asked him to stand beside our Happy Halloween sign and say "cheese" for me. Well, to my surprise he agreed and gave me a big cheesy smile. Being the picture happy girl that I am, I didn't want him to move just yet since he was being so... cooperative. Then all of a sudden he exclaimed, "Ouch Mommy!!!" I had no idea what he was talking about so I just kept taking pics. After he persisted, I went over to check out the situation. To my surprise I had asked him to stand right on top of an ant hill!!! What a bad Mommy. I felt so bad for the poor little guy and had no idea I had asked him to stand in ants....Needless to say, the poor little guy looks like he has the chicken pox with so many bites all over his ankles. I guess it was a Mom moment that could happen to anyone--I hope!!!!

Blanket story....

My boys both have a strong attachment to their blankets they have had since birth. Big Brother used to call his "bye" and now it's simply "blanket" and Little Brother calls his "tee tee." Where these names came from who knows?? I do know that I also had a blanket - my "nee nee" and I will admit I held onto it for way too... long. I specifically recall the weekend I lost it. I was staying with Nichole (my cousin) at her parents penthouse at the Sheraton in North Myrtle Beach and I left it in one of the bedroom dressers. When I came back later to look for it the maid had thrown it out thinking it was some old rag. Needless to say, I was very upset..Yes, I know 12 years old is too long to have a childhod blanket, but I did.... I do hope that the boys will shed their blankets before they are almost teenagers!!!