braidy visits the fire station

Braidy and his class went on their first field trip of the year last week to the FIRE STATION! Braidy LOVES fire stations, and still talks about his 3rd birthday party that we had there! It is so fun to watch him in a different setting than I usually do. He was completely silent and just watched everything happen. At home he's the life of the party. He's smack dab in the middle of the action. At school, he just stood back and took it all in. Several of the moms asked me if he was always this quiet and reserved at home. I just laughed. One mom said, "wow, he's a thinker!"....um, not the first word that comes to my head when describing my little guy. Anyways, it was funny watching him. He had a lot of fun, and learned lots of interesting things about the fire station...he learned they have THREE refrigerators! Hey, it's important stuff in the eyes of 4 year olds. I even got to ride on the bus with him, which I count as a huge honor! A few of the other moms got told that they can't ride on the bus by their own children, so I am glad Braidy still isn't to the point he is embarrassed by his momma. I know the day will come!

braidy's day to day

Just some daily musings in the life of Braidy:

He eats what he wants and when he wants. He is S-N-E-A-k-Y. If you tell him NO, it's like he's on a mission to get what he wants without you knowing. He's successful usually. This was in the middle of the day....he's just enjoying a carton of ice cream, like it's a normal think to do! Really I think he was just eating every marshmallow out of mom's Rocky Road ice cream!

He hasn't taken naps in over a year, but almost everyday we have John and go to pick him up from school at 3:20 - he falls asleep in the car and stays asleep until 6 or so. I'd say he's tired, but he refuses to nap at home, and really, he's a PAIN to get to go to bed on days like this when he naps, so it is in everyone's best interest if he doesn't falls asleep.

Braidy spent some of his birthday money on this awesome bike helmet. I think it's the coolest, so does he! 

huntin birds and fishin fish.

My boys are lucky to have a daddy who not only loves doing "guy stuff" like hunting and fishing, but loves to take his boys along for the ride too!

Several times this summer, daddy took the big boys fishing. They love to do this with daddy, and I know it will be a fun memory they'll have forever. One time in particular, he took Braidy, John and Crockett out to Buffalo...definitely earned "daddy and uncle of the year" that day!

Since it's DOVE season, Ryan has been hunting several times already, and Braidy and John got to go with him a once. They went one Saturday morning, SUPER early, and although I was too sick to see them off, these pictures make me smile. Quite the little hunters! Daddy said they didn't see much or kill anything, but I know they had a blast, and "shootin' the gun" was a highlight, with or without a bird!

Daddy and son time is precious. I am so thankful to have a husband that enjoys taking the boys on little excursions. They think their daddy hung the moon, and I think they're right!

withdrawls, words & wuwu

I caught the nasty tummy bug a couple of weeks ago, which means NO food, NO coffee, NO Sonic DP's. Well a couple days later, my sweet sister brought me lunch and a Sonic DP. If you know me at all, or if you don't you're about to learn, I have loved Dr. Pepper since the womb I think. You can usually find me with a large Dr Pepper in my hand or in my car or on my desk at all times. They're SO bad for me, but I didn't care. Love 'em. Anyways, back to the Monday after sick. It tasted TERRIBLE! I felt like I was drinking syrup. So I decided I didn't need them anymore. Fast forward ELEVEN days, and I still have not had one. The first week, I missed them. I missed my 3pm Sonic runs, and when we went to Blue Sky for lunch the other day, I reallllly missed them. This week I'm good. I don't miss them. I enjoy my water, and although I'm still drinking coffee in the morning, I feel better and not so FULL of sugar! Ryan and I have a bet that if I go until Friday without one, I get to go buy a shirt. I will win that bet.

Quin has started talking in almost full sentences lately. His favorite phrases are "are you comin?" "I did it!", "I want some", "I don't know"...and tons more. He puts words together that amaze me and make me laugh. He loves to sing along to the ABC's and our own version of "Where is ______". I started singing this song when Braidy was itty and now it's just a song we sing all the time. Several times a day he goes through our entire extended family + Tabor and ask where they are. Daddy? John? Braidy? Taybo? etc....and just today he's started saying "What?" after everything I say even after I have repeated myself 17 times....and he laughs. Stinker! I've switched his closet out to all 2T stuff. He's growing up SO fast. This is officially my favorite age. 18months - 2 is the bomb. I love it. I could eat this little boy up with a spoon. I told him the other day that he will probably always get whatever he wants because of his 3 dimples on his right cheek. Gets me every. single. time.

Braidy had a date with "Wuwu" today...or "Yulu" or as the rest of us call her, "Lulu"! He's been super attached to her lately, so I know he's having a blast being her only boy for a couple hours. He was so excited this morning and kept telling me "BYE" in the car before we were even to school yet. He wanted out of my car and was looking forward to his Lulu picking him up! They went to eat at Bless Your Heart, he ate his favorite, fruit, and now they're playing at her house. He asked me last weekend if after she got off work, if she could "Come and play with me for a yittle bit!" Sweet. I love quality time my boys get to spend with their grandparents. Super blessed little boys!

so fresh and so clean clean

    Quin LOVES to brush his teeth. Sometimes he will be in the bathroom "bwushin" for half an hour. Or until I go in there and make him stop....if this child ever has cavities like his brother, I will be in shock. He's pretty good at it, he's not picky about whose toothbrush he uses, in fact, usually he will use all 4 and just rotate. He is known to steal toothbrushes around the house (if you're visiting, lock it up!), and he does use toothpaste. Floors covered in water are not uncommon. Neither are wet clothes. I think we have a future Dr. Quin Curry, DDS on our hands, ya'll!

MMO at Quin's House!

MMO was at my house today, so Quin and I had a fun morning with his friends! Let me tell you, these boys do. not. stop. Quin is probably the most chill one, but when they're all together they just go crazy. But they have SO much fun together and I love that so much. They don't fight (yet), they are sweet and play mostly independently, but some together! Today we played outside and played in Braidy's room for a while. Cape LOVED Braidy's room because he is old enough to love Cars and Toy Story toys. He was in heaven. Tabor and Quin just played peek-a-boo through the kitchen window.

Then, I got all brave and brought out the shaving cream. I thought we'd "Paint" with shaving cream. Although it was fun, it was not worth the 2.3 minutes where they were entertained by it. Tabor liked to eat it. Cape probably enjoyed this the most, he went nuts! While I was cleaning Tabor up, Quin and Cape decided to slap the table over and over, causing shaving cream to fly! Then came the really hard part. Clean up. I would clean one up, get another one, and the clean one would go back and play some more. Then one would run off. Finally I got everyone cleaned up, and they all went home smelling like Barbasol. MMMM!!!

Then we went for a wagon ride. This was fun, but pulling them around the block made me hot and tired and sweaty! They LOVED it when we would have to go in the street by the alleys. They would just giggle and giggle. It was too cute. Then Tabor decided to hit Cape over and over and over. Not in a mean way, just playing and Cape just laughed. Quin and Tabor would kiss every so often, and then Tabor would just put his hand up to Quin's mouth, and he'd get a kiss...Danielle and I decided soon we'll enforce the "cheek only" rule, but right now it's just so sweet! The boys definitely had a blast. We will definitely be going on more walks. The jury is still out on the shaving cream or anything like it.

This post was mainly for the momma's of these precious boys, so they could see all the fun we had today!

marvel...

No, this won't be a deep post about how I marvel at life, my husband, and my boys...although I do that quite often these days, but this is about the newest Marvel Comic Heroes straight from the LBK....

Braidy spent some of his birthday money on these masks today, and I could NOT stop laughing when he put on "Smash Hulk" as he calls him. This makes me smile. So we all had some fun with the masks. Here are my super heroes!