bedtime

for Frank-o:

Following the procrastinating trip to the potty, the umpteen jillion requests for a “last sip”, and the super slow shuffle to the bed……

Frank-o and his entourage of animals finally get into bed! 

It’s the same routine every night. 

He keeps his animals in a basket beside the bed and it’s totally worth it to him; the work it takes to dump them from the basket each night and return them to the basket each morning.

When he meanders to my room somewhere between 2-4am, he typically packs 2-4 of his beloved critters sleepmates with him. 

 

comical

{why do I find this picture as soooo doggone tongue-in-cheek funny}

Did you guess right?

 

Gone Fishing……

 

Here’s the bait you put on your hook……

 

Here’s the bait you throw in your fishing hole…..

{every good fisherman baits his fishing hole with stale bread, right?}

Stale bread for the ducks too…..

{oh wait, those are decoys!  Nevermind!}

Father:Son

 

Grandfather:Grandson

    

Nothing was to be reeled in on this outing,

but as the sun began to set…….

a lesson was to be learned!

That’s why the sport is called “fishing” and not “catching”!

Who Can Guess?

.what we did.

.for the first time, in our new house.

.last week. ???

I’ll return tomorrow with the answer and more pictures!!

 

B-ball

This past Saturday was the boys first basketball game of the season.  It’s how we’ll spend the next eight Saturday mornings!!

Buck-a-roo played last year, but it was this little guy’s first time out. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He might have run about aimlessly, only actually touching the ball twice in a 40minute game;

BUT he certainly has plenty of passion for the game

AND doesn’t lack in the swagger department either!

Buck-a-roo, on the other hand, is quite the seasoned player;

or at least he thinks so, so don’t tell him otherwise!

He dribbles…he shoots….he scores!

{or not}  He rebounds!!

Supposedly, the league doesn’t keep score, but in their minds…..

their team WON!!

{What’d I learn…….action shots in a poorly lit gymnasium are difficult to accomplish!!}

He’s ready

He’s practiced {before school let out for the holidays and timed instances in the past two days since returning to school}

And, I believe, he’s ready for his first *timed* math test tomorrow!

The test:  write the numbers 1-20 in (5) minutes or less 

He wrote them for me in less than (1) minute……..

{iPhone pics}

the pics I picked

alternately titled: "2010 {pictorial} Year in Review”

For the second consecutive year, I created, for our families (grandparents and great-grandparents), for Christmas; a calendar, for the upcoming year that is a somewhat picture review of the year that is coming to an end. 

So, without further ado, here are the pictures that I chose {from 2010} for our {2011} calendar, i.e. the pics I picked……

 

January ~ Superbowl Sunday, YES my guys wore there jerseys to church and YES {our} New Orleans Saints won

 

February ~ this picture was taken a family picnic for Daddy Buck’s work.  This picture has no real relevance to the month it represents; I just like the picture.  I like that Frank-o insisted that the face paint artist paint L-S-U deadcenter of his forehead

 

March ~ Buck-a-roo’s birthday month

 

April ~ amidst tball season; a canvas of this picture hangs over Frank-o’s bed

 

May ~ Big Bro-Lil Bro

 

June ~ Frank-o’s birthday month

 

  July ~ dog days of summer…..we swam lots this past summer, considering both boys can now *swim*; like fish

 

 August ~ the days of summer were coming to an end and Buck-a-roo would soon start Kindergarten

 

 

September ~ amidst soccer season; a canvas of this picture hangs over Buck-a-roo’s bed

 

  October ~ fall decor on our NEW front porch

 

November ~ brotherly love…..Christmas card pictures, take 1

 

December ~ Christmas card pics, take 2 (not the winner, however…..a good shot nonetheless)

There you have it…..

Here’s looking to a picture-esque 2011!