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First Day of School

Here they are - all decked out in their new school t-shirts and backpacks ready to hit the books!

Adam:

Ben:

Both:

Pictures!

Here are some pics from our trip to Ohio.

Adam and Alisa:

Cheap Fun in the Hose:

Grandma and Ben and Cake and Present:

Silly Uncle Joon:

Fireworks (with sign at no extra charge):

A little cuteness for your day...

Cool Kids

In the spriti of overwhelming y'all with vacation pictures here is one of the kids looking very cool indeed in their Walgreens sunglasses.  Turns out it is indeed sunny in Florida and the kids needed sunglasses.  Adam is a style maker on his own level and really had to have these rainbow bug eyed monster specials. I think they look too cool and should be playing taylor guitars.

Adam got a kids sized acoustic guitar for his birthday.  I need to send him to some lessons.  Add that to the list of things the kids need to go to:

Jewish Sunday School

Swimming Lessons

Music Lessons

It's hard to get all this stuff scheduled in.  But I pledge to do it.

Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas 2011

Hanukkah Book List for Boys

6 Year Old Boy:

Henry and Mudge

Nate The Great and The Snowy Trail

Nate The Great Goes Undercover

 

Pokemon Silver and Gold Pokedex

 

8 Year Old Boy:

 

Magic Tree House:

Lions at Lunchtime

Polar Bears Past Bedtime

Attack of the Prehistoric Pokemon

 

BOTH:

 

How To Draw Pokemon

The Lego Idea Book

 

Happy Halloween 2011

We're just back from Trick or Treating.  This year Ben is a SWAT team member and Adam is a Ninja.

 

Pumpkin Patch 2011

We hit a local church's pumpkin patch today to pick up some pumpkins to decorate.  It was cute, with some photo opportunities so I got a couple of shots of the kids. They are wearing their Auburn Tiger stuff - no hoodies for kids or cute fall stuff, but at least it's orange for Halloween!

Note Ben's missing front tooth!

First Day of School

The kids are safely off on the school bus for their first day of 1st grade and 3rd grade!  They picked out their T-shirts.  Adam has a Ninjago Lego shirt and Ben has a Diary of a Wimpy Kid shirt.

Happy Birthday to My Firstborn Son!

Yesterday was Ben's 8th birthday.  Here are some pics for you.  He is really growing up on me.  He has a silly dry sense of humor, a lot like me and his dad.  It's really nice to see him taking on a lot more responsibility around the house.  I am really proud of him.  :-)