Showing posts with label brothers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brothers. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

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I've been blessed to have
A brother like you,
You're my pal, my buddy
And my best friend too.
And it means a lot
Having a brother like you.

- author unknown

Thursday, August 07, 2014

My Construction Crew

My photographer friend, Ryan, did this fabulous construction site photoshoot with his son and I knew the instant I saw his photos that my boys needed photos with big machinery.  We drove by a construction site one day and it was perfect. We went back after dinner, and my boys thought I was the best mom ever. They bulldozed rocks, kicked dirt, climbed on big trucks and jumped over gravel piles. I think they would do a photoshoot like this every day. 

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

The Best Days

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Sometimes our best days are the days when I get out of the way, stop trying to orchestrate activities or plan events and just the boys do their thing. I say "Yes!" to their play and "Absolutely!" to however dirty or wet they want to get. 

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

A Series of Melodramatic & Gold-fishy Events

First off, this child has discovered the wonder of playing peekaboo and his take on the game is hilariously cute. He's hiding, in case you didn't catch that. ;-)
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With three children it's harder and harder to pick up my camera during the every day moments of life, but sometimes when I do I capture it helps me stop and appreciate my children's antics instead of getting frustrated by them. 

Let me walk you through this series of melodramatic. Keep in mind that this happens almost daily, usually accompanied by shrill shrieks and desperate screams. 

Cannon is obviously not sharing well enough, according to Cason's standards. So Cason gives me the appropriate level of dejected facial expressions to try to communicate his disapproval. 
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I obviously do not handle things well enough or quick enough, so Cason takes matters into his own hands and does what is logical to every two-year-old. He steals the goldfish. 
Cason then proceeds to expound upon his terms and conditions for sharing the goldfish with Cannon. 
Cannon rebuttals with a monologue worthy of any first-born, type-A personality and lectures Cason on the ground rules of the appropriate placement of the goldfish bag. Cason attempts to wait his turn for Cannon to finish laying down the law.
But alas, Cason does not love Cannon's well-versed rules of sharing and in true melodramatic style gives his most oppressed-second-child look of unfairness.
But fear not! Cason is not totally beaten. Once again, he decides it's just easier to take matters into his own hands, meanwhile it's Cannon's turn to give me his look of incredulity. What is he suppose to do when all reason is lost on Cason's sticky goldfish fingers?
And then it happens. Cason flashes me the grin of all grins that says he knows exactly what he's doing and is more than pleased with himself at working things out to his advantage. 
Cannon once again tries to explain the logic of sharing the goldfish bag and placing it equal distances between them, but Cason is not sold that that is going to assure him his fair share of cheesy treats.
Finally, some sort of agreement is reached upon which Cason relents only under the assumption that one of his hands will never leave the bag of snacks.
Cason then feels quite pleased with himself, as if he invented the concept of sharing in the first place.
And Cannon gives me the knowing look of, "We'll just let Cason think he arranged this whole deal, but between you and me, we all know who the real mastermind was."
And so two brothers lived to see another day. I cannot say so much for a single goldfish.

Friday, June 06, 2014

Bathtime Buddies

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These boys have discovered bubble bath mohawks and popsicle stick shaving. Bath time, when I'm not exhausted, can be such a fun hour. At the end of the day, when I'm worn out and every nerve is frazzled, it's hard to stop and soak up the last minutes of the day with these boys. Those lasts minutes of the day are just as precious as the first and sometimes the most hilarious, because when I tell Cason to smile he does this:


Saturday, May 24, 2014

Pompadour Boys

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A trip to see James at Plano Barbers and just like that two shaggy-headed boys are now the Pompadour Brothers. As much as I loved those long locks, I was getting tired of combing hair and they were two sweaty headed boys as the weather has warmed up. We decided it was time for a new look. 

A Saturday Morning Run & Photoshoot

Saturday morning runs are MY TIME. Did you read that? My time. It's my chance to get out of the house and run . . . alone . . . footloose and fancy free.

Well, of course, on this Saturday, both of the big boys were up and awake and begging to go with me. Daddy and Colt were still asleep, so I loaded them up in the double stroller, grabbed my camera and set out on a route I knew had some prime photography spots. If I was going to up with the sun and pushing over 120 lbs of children and stroller then I was going to commemorate it with some photographs.

They look all sweet and innocent, until Cannon decides to WHACK Cason with Blue Bunny or until Cason decides that JUMPING up and down would make for a better photo than simply standing in a field of flowers. 

Monday, May 19, 2014

Brother's Bond

These boys. They have a special bond. Almost every day Cason scales the crib to be close to Colt. Half the time he wakes Colt up from a nap and then I find myself simultaneously angry and heart-warmed. How dare Cason wake up the sleeping baby, and yet look at how sweet he is to his brother!
Cason's first words upon waking up every morning are, "Where's Colt? See him on the floor?" Cason's can't have a proper play time with Colt unless they are both on the floor interacting face-to-face. I hope they always relish spending time together like they do now.

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