February

February seemed to fly by between trips, holidays, ice storm, a ton of work for Mom and Dad, and the some 70 degree weather!  I really can't keep up with the weather these days.  Here are some random pictures from the past month.

GT Sports - the boys have been all over the map with the start of Spring sports.  There has been basketball, softball, tennis and baseball to watch and they really enjoy about an hour of each ;)

They love to give Buzz hugs ever since they got back from Disney.  I guess the mouse cured them of their giant plush animal fear.

The boys fought over who got to go to a weekend game so dad gave in and took both!

They insisted on checking out the softball game on their way home.

A great way to cure/cause any back pains.

Carter got to go on field for the National Anthem before a baseball game

Giving the players high fives during a mid-game run

Intently cheering after a home run

Carter - In funny Carter news this month, apparently he asked his original girlfriend from school, Audrey, to marry him.  Fortunately her parents found it amusing.  No word on her response.  He did add the caveat that they would wait until the were older until they had the ceremony. 

Carter built a house for Morgan.  He was very disappointed when she didn't stay in it all day.

Parker - Parker is very into school these days and gets excited when he wakes up if it is a school day.  His current favorite friends are all the girls in his class.  He is happiest when playing with Carter and holding lots of objects in his hand.  He tries very hard to follow his big brother and is happy as long as he can keep up.  He will often go to school holding his blue bear, a book, jacket, drink cup and a snack cup.

The boys borrowed this horse from a neighbor.  Parker loved to ride it around the house and yell "Giddy Up".

Parker has some trouble with getting the megaphone the right way but he yells "Go Jackets" regardless.

Parker likes to eat all his food upside down.  No matter how much you try to teach him the cheese goes up, he just doesn't like it that way.

We went to Hibachi for dinner - Parker wasn't too sure about the fire part and asked to scoot back from the table.

Brothers - The boys are basically inseparable at all times.  Carter us typically in the lead with Parker following his every move.  With some yucky weather, they have been putting on their best creative hats to find fun indoor games.

 The built a canoe to watch some Saturday morning cartoons.  Old Disney ones are a current hit.

They wanted to take a Selfie

Too cute

Mom's Birthday

The boys went all out with the planning this year and took the whole family plus Mimi to the circus for Mom's birthday (and Mimi's too!).  Things started out great when they were greeted by the Chick-fil-A clown cow!

We got there early for the pre-show so the boys could watch some performers up close from the floor.  Plus we got these awesome clown noses!

Soon it was time for the show so we found our seats, after first locating some cotton candy.  It was a three flavored pack and the tropical flavored version was quite fantastic!

We brought an old light up toy for the show and Parker LOVED it.

Carter LOVED the cotton candy.

The show had your typical circus fun... elephants, tigers, clowns, acrobats and a lady being shot out of a cannon.

After a fun dinner out...

we ended the evening with a birthday donut (thank you Mimi).

Thank you for a great day boys!

Valentine's Day

For Valentine's Day the boys made treats for all their friends at school.  They were super hero lollipops!

After a few days couped up at home, they were very excited to go back to school.

The boys both wore red shirts to school to celebrate the special day!

They must be pretty good friends because after school both boys came home with lots of gifts from their friends.  They had a blast opening each one and talking about who it came from.

Parker immediately devoured a lolli-pop from his lady friend/dance partner... Anabella.

Each boy got to pick one item and the rest somehow made it to a far away place to never be seen again ;)  Happy Valentine's Day from the two cutest Valentine's we know!

Ice Storm - Round 2

The boys were bummed they missed all the ice storm fun last time so we made sure they got lots of snow time this time around.  Mom/Dad were off work for a few days due to the storm so we had a fun few days of home-bound fun.

We did our best to round up appropriate snow clothes for the boys but living in the South this was the best we could do.

The boys didn't seem to mind!

Things were pretty much ice at first ...

and while it wasn't exactly a Winter Wonderland, the icy grass made for great sledding.  Dad improvised on the sledding equipment using a recycling bin, baking sheets and the winner... a laundry basket.  Mom came out for a few pictures before retreating for the warm house.  The boys last for an hour or so in the morning but after naps, Carter decided to come in for hot chocolate eventually, but dad stayed out and had to drag Parker in for dinner.

Carter in the Recycling Bin

In the laundry basket

Parker's turn

After naps, there was a little but of snow on the ground so everyone headed out for a second time.

Taking the fun to the street

Eating Snow Flakes

Snow ball fight!

The boys first snowman

On day two - things were a little more white.

Based on the weather, things looked like they would melt by lunch so we spent several hours enjoying the wet stuff.  The boys started in the driveway...

And quickly attracted a gang on neighbors to build snowmen...

Make snowballs...

Snowballs can also double as seating

And make snow angels.

After a while the boys decided they wanted some sledding so we loaded up the laundry basket and headed out in search of a hill.

Some of the neighbors tagged along as well.  We found a random house with a nice hill and decided to take advantage of their hilly yard.  The owner came out and actually brought us a sled to use.  I guess our laundry basket wasn't impressive enough.

Parker decided he preferred to "sled" directly on the snow

At close to three hours, the snow was melting, gloves were wet and we were all starving so in for lunch and naps we went.  And later that afternoon the snow had pretty much melted and things were back to "normal"  It was a fun few days though!