Molly's birthday!

Dave took Jack out for a day of Best Buy, lunch and a movie.... so Theo and I headed over to help Molly celebrate her 3rd birthday! She had a waterslide, which Theo LOVED, and a bounce house. Everyone was so nice and we even met a little girl born the day after Theo at the same hospital. We lamented on how their first birthdays turned into evacuation parties for Hurricane Gustav! Such a small world. I managed to catch Theo kissing Juliet. She is his steady girlfriend and it's cute to see how much they love each other. Happy birthday, Molly!

Camp Mimi and Papa

We've been out of pocket for a week, as you may have noticed. We took the boys for their first ever dual trip to Mimi and Papa's house (Theo has never gone to stay without us there) and then boarded a plane and left for the Cayman Islands. The kids had a ball..... as evidenced by the pictures. Mimi and Papa kept them busy, busy, busy. They went to the circus, a Noah's Ark themed water park, the pool in their subdivision with a giant water slide and an indoor inflatable place, just to name a few. Theo was fearless and followed his brother up an inflatable slide! He LOVED it. Mimi gave the boys surprises everyday and even made t-shirts for the boys to wear. Jack and Theo got to play with Sissy the cat and had so much fun visiting with Mimi and Papa and all of Papa's family. Mama even drove over and stayed a couple of days. The best part of it all was that Mimi said the boys were so good and so much fun that she'll take them both again next summer! Score for us!!!!

Pics from Aunt Sonja

Aunt Sonja just emailed me some pictures from her visit a couple of weeks ago. Here are Uncle Bill and the boys, cousin Ashley with Theo and then Dave and I hanging out with Sonja. The boys loved spending time with my family and hopefully will get to see them again soon :)

Percy Quin

Dave's family just wrapped up it's annual family reunion in Mc Comb, MS this weekend. This was the easiest year for us with the boys. We left the pack and play and Theo's booster seat behind. We made it just fine and brought very little toys! Jack and Theo got to see all of their third cousins again, which always makes for a great photo op (they grow so much each year). We also got to celebrate cousin Anne's engagement to JD!! Jack or Theo will get to be a ring bearer, depending on the church rules and we couldn't be more thrilled (for them and us. ha ha). Jack had a blast with Aunt Liz and Aunt Wyolene putting together the 1000 piece puzzle. He was amazed and really loved participating in this annual tradition! Jack and Theo had lots of quality time with Gigi and Dada and tons of second and third cousins who we affectionately call "aunts and uncles". See you again next year Hadskey family!!

Mom is 32!

32 is going down on the books as one of my best birthdays! Dave sketched me this beautiful portrait of Jack and Theo, Jack serenaded me with "happy birthday" right as I walked out of my bedroom this morning (so sweet), shared a cupcake with my boys, had TONS of greetings and cards from friends (including my niece Corinne singing to me), got a call from my mom even though she was cruising around St. Lucia, and topped off the day by going out with some great friends (Dave had to travel). It was a great day from start to finish and I really don't think I've ever felt this loved! Thank you everyone :)

Uh oh

We've had to crack down on all sorts of bad behaviors here this summer. Jack is used to being at school full-time and I think the extra down time of summer hasn't exactly been a good thing for him. We've had lots of full blown tantrums from him (flashing me back a couple of years. Yikes!) and Theo has taken up to biting (equally as disturbing). To say that I've been driven to drinking would be putting it mildly with these two. After today's lovely tantrum I decided to crack down. I've been meaning to do this but just haven't. Enough was enough though. Now Jack and Theo both have a behavior chart. They start the day on a green card. Any infraction that leads to a time out will get their green card flipped to yellow. From there we have orange and finally red. Red lands them in their room for bed (I'd love for someone to throw me in my room for the day). Jack and Theo shaped up and really responded to the card system. They get a sticker for keeping a green card all day and after 10 or so stickers, we'll give them a treat of some sort. Cross your fingers that this little system works out for us :)

Mmm, smores

The dog days of summer are upon us. We took the boys to the pool this afternoon and capped off the evening with smores. Jack and his dad make smores on their camping trips so Jack LOVES this special treat. Theo also LOVED this gooey snack. It only took 2 wipes to clean him off!