One of these things is a lot like the other

My boys - already dressing a like. They decided to rock the casual Hawaiian shirt look for church last Sunday. ( I love that Rob also decided they needed to pose the same)
And this picture is just cute

Daddy Ron hair?

When Alex was born my mother examined his crown and wondered if he might just have hair like my father - Daddy Ron hair. My dad has this notorious lock of hair that will not lay down without a lot of encouragement.

Alex woke up like this a few weeks ago.
It was the first time I had to use a brush on the boy.

And we just wondered - is it Daddy Ron hair?

If I can get ahold of one, I will post a comparison photo.

House pics

At long last, some photos of our new place:
The kitchen

The living room:

The dining room:

These are the rooms we have "done". We still don't have much on the walls. Eventually I will post pics of the kids rooms & the upstairs game room which are also mostly done. The master bedroom is nowhere near done, it'll probably be the last thing done with the exception of being able to park in our garage again (for the very first time).

Last day of Turtles & Ready for band season

Thursday was Elena's last day in 3 year old class - the Turtles. Here she is with her fantastic teacher, Ms. Linda. Since I am running behind, first day of school pics are coming soon.

Friday was the annual preview performance for the marching band. Alex was ready with his new outfit
He wasn't overwhelmingly impressed with the band - but Laney had a great time watching her "band".

8 month old pictures

Or how to play catch up

Here are Alex's Toby pictures from August 4. We took them in what has commonly become known as the "man cave" around our house - the play tent. Alex has learned to love this place, especially the shape sorter "mail box".

He was about 18 lbs at the beginning of the month (he's 19 now). He's still eating like a trooper, but we discovered that he won't eat any baby food with more than 2 ingredients. He prefers his food simple. He does not crawl - but he can roll all over the place. He also has yet to have a tooth break through even though he's had plenty of teething symptons. He'd also had his first ear infection by his 8 month birthday. Now he's had two more. He loves to play with blocks, eat books and bang anything together as long as it results in a loud noise. Hard to believe it's only two weeks to his 9 month birthday.

Weekend update

Mom is the mountains and occasionally checking the web so I thought I'd try to be more consistent with the blogging.

We've had a semi-productive weekend. We moved the kitchen table (a rectangle) into the dining room and moved the dining room table (a circle in its smallest form) into the kitchen. In order to do this, I unpacked the last few kitchen boxes and moved a lot of boxes around.

We also finished the DVD organization. Probably a good thing not very many movies have come out lately that we like enough to buy. Same with TV series.

I cleared the mantle of random hardware and put the 8 x 10 pictures of the kids up. In the process I loaded the most recent pics into the frames. Turns out I never sent any of Laney's 3 year old pictures out - I still have the grandparent 5 x7s and full sheets of wallets meant for family and friends. Oops.

Laney's room is officially unpacked. I am almost afraid to say that in case there is one sneaky box hiding somewhere. We went through the hand me downs - washed some, put some in drawer ready for cooler weather, hung up the dresses and put the rest away in a plastic tub. Her room is done, with the exception of wall art. I have a poster & a painting to hang and I bought her some new Princesses for her walls. That'll just have to wait until most of the boxes are gone.

The initial round of school supplies is purchased. I don't have a list yet for Laney, that will most likely be issued in her first week. I bought Kat the basics - pens, pencils, folders. We'll still have to buy the random essential items required by her teachers. Most likely at least one item will require a trip to a specialty store.

Alex is learning to clap. One of the ladies in the church nursery mentioned it to me (the same one who convinced him to hold his own bottle). He doesn't get both hands together every time, but he is definitely working on it.

Laney swam without her life jacket today. She was kicking around the pool with just the noodle. I am ready to try to get her float belt like they used in swimming lessons last year.

Band camp starts tomorrow.

My boss & my coworker are back from vacation (they didn't go together, just at the same time). Hallelujah. It was a little nuts last week.

I think that covers it.