Stuff

I don't really have many new photos of the boys. Okay, I don't have any new photos of the boys! With my working night shift and everyone around her alternatively being sick the past couple of weeks, I just haven't had much opportunity or enthusiasm for grabbing the camera.

Let me assure you that both Keats and Sully are still exceptionally cute little boys!

Keats lost his 8th tooth a couple of nights ago. Now he has just the canines (upper & lower) and he's on to molars. Crazy! I guess the good thing about losing them all so early is that if he does need braces we can get started on them early.

Sully is really liking his full-time preschool. His language has taken off like crazy in the past month. He is super-duper sweet and cuddly the past few days. He was driving us nuts with his grumpy three-year-oldness so this is a nice switch. He loves, loves, loves to snuggle. He can write his name, though when feeling particularly stubborn he will place the "U" after the second "L". ;o)

I'm hoping to get them both into swimming lessons soon. We are also considering tennis for Keats but doubt that Sully is ready for lessons there so we need to find something else for Sully. He's probably ready for soccer lessons but I'm not sure if summer soccer is going to happen. Last year it was so hot that we missed half of the sessions. I've heard that a summer session is held in an old (acutally, brand new building but they went bankrupt right away) Circuit City building, and that it is nice and chilly in there. Maybe we'll do that.

With them both being in the same summer school, they'll have lots of opportunities there as well. I think they go bowling once a week, have lots of picnics, and also work on swimming lessons.

I heard the other day that I get to go to dayshift, but I'm not sure how many hours or when the switch will happen. Rumor is mid-June but I don't know how they would hire & train new nurses by then. Two of us are making the switch so there will be two positions to fill. Even if I have to wait, I'm very excited to get off of nights. Sully is just not tolerating my being gone at night and it is very disruptive to Mike's sleep. It also makes Sully 100% likely to crawl into bed with me on the nights I am home.

Today we are separating the bunk beds and will move Keaton out of the boys' room. His new roomwill be the new room. He threw the biggest, longest tantrum last night, not sure why it started, but it ended with him up on his top bunk and screaming at Sully for, literally, breathing. To be sure, Sullivan makes a LOT of noise when he eats and breathes. This does not, however, mean that Sullivan does not have the right to both eat and breathe. Keats believes it is not Sully's right to make noise as he exists. I had to take Sully out of their room last night until Keats fell asleep because I just didn't think he needed to hear what Keats was saying about him. I know there are going to be arguments and chaos as these boys grow up, but making them share a room in order to get used to dealing with each other & learning to get along (which was the reason they were roomed together) is turning out to be very unfair to Sully, and he isn't the one who needs the lesson on how to coexist. So, I am waving the white flag and Debbie & Vince will come help us separate the beds and tonight will be a peaceful night in the Moore household. Cross your fingers!

Four Legged Critters

It has proven extremely difficult to capture Reuben on camera. He usually doesn't show up! This was taken with my iPhone and, if you squint and use a little imagination, you can see how amazingly sweet and adorable he is!

This is Louie (the puppy formerly known as Badger...he didn't respond to that name so they changed it. Vince is from St. Louis, MO so this is an homage to that.) Louie is my canine nephew and was born around Christmas Day. Debbie's birthday is June 2nd and we pitched in for a DNA test for Louie as a gift for her. Any guesses as to what mix he is???

As a friend on Facebook said: Basement Kitteh is watching u.

Lol.

Direct sunlight is a great (but rare in this state) way to capture Rooby-Doo on camera.

The brothers are soooo sweet & snuggly together. I cannot imagine if Moose had died from his urethral blockage or his new leg problem....Reuben would be devastated!

Dryer Kitteh stealz teh warmiez.

Moose LOVES to climb into the dryer when it is warm. As evidenced above, he usually sneaks in before I have the clothes out. But don't worry: I always have him in sight before I turn the dryer on for the next load.

Spring Season Comes To An End

Keaton's soccer team at their awards ceremony last week. I wasn't there (had to work) but one of the moms sent me some pics she took.

Changing A Photo

I was just playing with a photo application and thought it was cool how this one photo can be made to look soooo different.

Liverpool Game 5.8.10

Yesterday was a great day for a soccer game! Keats did a great job, scoring at least 4 goals.

Sully's viewing station for part of the game.

Going for a goal...

...and its good!

Quickly gets the ball for another goal...

...and its good!

Keaton's teammate, Reid, giving him congrats.

Sometimes Sullivan just needs my attention...and standing in front of the camera during a game is a great way to get it!

When he needs too much of my attention, I give him my iPhone to play with so I can watch Liverpool play the game.

Keats takes the ball in for another goal after halftime...

...and its good!

Awesome 3000

The boys participated in the Awesome 3000 last Saturday. This is an annual running event that has been held in Salem since the 1980s.

Keats ran with kindergarten boys for 1500 meters; Sully and I ran together with 3-years and under. I couldn't take pics of Keats running because I had to wait with Sully.

All the kids get a medal for finishing the run. The leaders refer to it as "not a race but rather an experience in running."

The mascot of the Awesome 3000 is an aligator. Of course, Sully really really really really really wanted to give the aligator a hug...but just couldn't do it. Then, along came Clifford the Big Red Dog! Sully loves this guy...but was still too scared to hug him. The above pic is a close as Sully would get to Clifford and turn his back for the camera. Lol.

New Scooters, March For Babies, And My New Garden Boxes

Keats has wanted a two-wheeled scooter for over a year. The problem has been that he hasn't been *ahem* good enough to get a $50 out-of-the-blue gift. I looked at scooters a couple of years ago and had that fifty-dollar price tag in my head. At Target the other day, I happened to notice that the Razor scooters below were $9.98...and that wasn't on sale. I checked the price since I assumed the first number had been cut from the tag, but they did, indeed, scan at that price. So I bought two. I thought Sully wouldn't be able to use his for a year or so (age on box is 5 and up) but he got right on and rides pretty much as good as his older brother.

In the above shot, Keats wanted me to take his pic but said "Its too sunny and this is the only face I can make!!" Lol.

Sophie & Sully had a stroller caravan at the March For Babies. We did a 10k (about six miles).

Sophie insisted on riding in the boys' old stroller...looks like we should have made it a convertible so she could fit!

The Riverfront checkpoint offered a superhero theme, which the kids thoroughly enjoyed.

Above are my new garden boxes. I bought, measured, and built everything myself!

Sunny Day Play

We had a nice day at the end of April and were able to break out the hose & sprinklers. The boys had a blast, as you can see.