The serious side of Corbin...

Corbin's got a very serious side to him...
But if you hang around long enough...
he'll start to loosen up...
"Aaargh!!! I'm a pirate!!!"

Fishin' With Pappie...

My parents (aka Grannie & Pappie) came into town this past weekend and of course, one of the boys got sick (Corbin had the runs) so we were limited as to what we could do (I'm one of those anal moms who try to follow the rules--go nowhere public until 24 hours after the last runny stool...blah blah blah)...anywho, we figured fishing at Lake Fort Phantom would be safe (the fish don't care, right??)...only one fish was caught (and I think that was only by accident...you'll see why in the pics below)...but it was a lovely day and we all had a great time...especially the boys who kept "accidentally" stepping into the water...I didn't really care, though...I figured their shoes were due for washing anyway. Candace

Their names are "Jack-a-Manners"

We finally bought pumpkins today and carved them...it was a lot more fun this year doing it with the boys, although it made me miss Kelly quite a bit... Neither one of the boys wanted to clean out the pumpkins, but that's ok I really don't mind...plus, cooking the seeds is one of my very favorite things in the world!!! So, here's a few pictures....and oh yeah, just in case you were wondering, according to Brendan, their names are Jack-a-Manners...ha, ha!

Brendan's 1st "Real" Drawing: Jonah & The Whale

Brendan is at home with me today b/c he was throwing up last night and isn't allowed to go to school today... Brendan told me he wanted to draw a picture and this is the 1st "real" picture he's ever drawn (meaning you can actually kinda tell what it is...)...I wrote down the words that he said said while drawing the picture...in case you can't read the words, i've included them at the bottom...

love & hugs & hope you enjoy...
candace & little b

p.s. when i asked him if i could hang the picture up he very sweetly said "well, sure!"...this has been his phrase for the last few days...
p.s.s. just in case you can't read what i wrote, here are brendan's words: This is a "whale-Jonah and the whale"...The red is "bweedin' awot"...The blue "bwowin' the guy outta duh water."...The green "he shoot the guy and come out bweed & he got die--he dead"....
p.p.s.s. just in case you're still having a hard time, I'll translate: this is jonah and the whale...he's bleeding a lot...there's water coming out of the hole at the top...the guy shot him and he's bleeding and he died...he's dead (gotta love 4 year olds!!)

Teacher Joy's Precious Ponies...

A few weeks back I had lunch with Corbin & his class at Rainbow Bible School (it was his birthday & we were celebrating!)...it really was a blast to see all the sweet, precious little kids interact...here's some of the photos I took while I was there...