Murphy...still patient

Knox mid-roll. :) Murphy makes a good pushing off point.

Feed me

Knox is now eating about 3 meals a day of solid (really, liquid) food. He loves just about anything.

As soon as he sits in the highchair, the anticipation begins. He knows what's coming.



Are you going to feed me or just take pictures?




I'm ready! Shovel it in. NOW!

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Rolling!

Well Knox is now rolling over. Although he doesn't much like being on his tummy, so he immediately rolls back! His favorite way to hang out now is on his side.



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Kisses

Lots of love for Knox this morning



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A little rain won't spoil their fun!

The boys were playing outside this afternoon when we were surprised by a quick storm.

Luckily they were prepared

Carter would like to come up with some sort of permanent attachment for the umbrella and the Gator.  I'm sure he will work on that when the conditions are more favorable.   

Carter drove.  Cannon held the umbrella.

The umbrella served more of an accessory role rather than functional.

Toofwess

#4


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Rolling over

The boys are trying to teach Knox how to roll over



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Mutton Bustin'

Jokingly, I asked, "So, Carter.  Are you going to sign up for Mutton Bustin' at the rodeo this year?"

An enthusiastic "YES!" came from the back seat.

Sigh...

So, we took all three boys to the rodeo.  No, Knox, didn't start standing, That's Carter, their good friend Austin, and Cannon.

There's Knox.  He was a trooper, but I wouldn't say this was his favorite activity thus far.  

Cannon, obviously, was having a blast.  

                            

Let the events begin!!

Carter was in the second heat.  Ryan went down with Carter (below in between Ryan in the red shirt and the man in the blue shirt) while I stayed up in the stands with the other boys.  Ryan said when the first heat of kids came back, there was only one that wasn't crying.  

Oh dear. 

But Carter was determined.  He was in the zone.  

Off they go!  Carter was on the end farthest from the stands.  He hung on tight, and won second place.  The little girl that won, had won the night before too.  She held on as the sheep ran almost the entire length of the arena!

No tears from Carter.  He even congratulated the winner.  

:)

Way to go Carter!

Keeping up with the brothers

Carter and Cannon both got their first teeth right at 4 months and it looks like Knox is getting his first tooth right at 17 weeks!




For some reason, Carter, who just lost his 3rd tooth recently, had his hand in Knox's mouth and felt the tooth coming through. He is very proud to be the one who made the discovery!

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Baby animals

Yesterday it was a baby gorilla, today it is a baby turtle. Cannon has been carrying around imaginary baby animals in the palm of his hand.



Sometimes they go in his pocket or they sleep in a tiny lunchbox with a toy he picks out just for them. :)




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2012 Baseball

Carter had a great season!  He showed a great deal of improvement from last year.  His next to last game he made a double play catching a fly ball and throwing a player out at second.  With only 4 players showing up to play, they all played hard and got lots of time to practice.  Singles, doubles, Carter hit every ball pitched to him!  



Today was his last game.  He made several great fielding plays with one of his best buddies, Colin.


He had several solid hits including an in-park home run!


Best of all, he had FUN!

Squash

At the Agape House, where Carter takes piano and Carter takes a music class, they have a community garden. Upon leaving today, sweet Grace gave a squash to each of the kids. Cannon kept asking what we do with the squash. Unsatisfied with my answers which were various ways of saying, "We eat them," he insisted that we would plant them.

"But they have already been planted. They sprung up from seeds, received water and sunshine, flowered, grew, were picked, and are now ready to eat."

"Mom, I want to take it apart.".

" We can cook it for lunch tomorrow," I suggested.

"Mom, I'm going to need a kid knife when we get home."

So we got home, and I gave up on having him see my point of the complete life cycle of food and gave him a plastic kid knife.

He chopped it every which way possible.

He separated out the seeds and carefully put them on a napkin.

"Mom, look we can plant these and water them!"




What do I know!?

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3 boys over the past two months

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Helicopter

This particular school paper made his dad extra proud:



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Tent city

Boys room transformed....once again. They are sleeping there tonight.


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