Day 4 - Is It Monday Yet?

Enough said.

Getting Tangled Up

On day 3, Mommy took the boys to see Tangled. Bradley said it was scary, but he liked the end. They also got to see more of Baby Damian in Valpo during Great Grandma Bell's visit.

Jump!

The day 2 field trip was an outing to Monkey Joe's. Baby Damian went with. Ben liked playing Guitar Hero. Some of Bradley's friends from the Y were at Monkey Joe's, so he had plenty of fun until he hurt his pinky finger. Later in the day, daddy and the boys took the annual trip to see the arboretum trains.

Chuga Chuga Choo Choo

There is no school or daycare for the boys this week, so it is time for some field trips. Day 1 - train trip. Mommy took the boys on a train ride downtown. They ate at McDonald's at the train station and then went to Mommy's office to draw on the walls.

Best Gift Ever

It was really nice to see Bradley get into the spirit of giving this Christmas. He made mommy and daddy several pretty cards and we each got $2.41 in the card. That sum included two $1 bills, a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and a penny. He even took this picture.

3,338 days and counting

The boys have been on this earth a combined total of 3,338 days and we haven't had one trip to the emergency room. The streak almost ended tonight as 49 pounds of human came crashing down on daddy's nose during a mishap in a game of airplane. There was lots of blood, but no ER visit was required. However, we may have a few more additions to our constellation of carpet stains in the family room.

Water Water Everywhere

When he got to the hotel pool Bradley immediately jumped in and started swimming. He didn't ask how deep it was or check for adequate adult supervision. He just took off. I must have been standing with my mouth wide open since another dad came over to ask me if Bradley had ever done that before. His swimming ability and confidence has greatly improved in the last two months. A little later Bradley starting doing flips off the pool deck. Mommy put the kibosh on that. At night Bradley and daddy went back for more swimming. This time he was playing catch with another family. The teenager would throw the ball and Bradley would jump from the deck to try to catch it. He never did make a catch, but he at least touched the ball almost every time. It was quite a wet week for Bradley. He went swimming at least 3 times at the Y and twice at the hotel (and took 3 baths on Sunday).

Smooth Criminal

On Tuesday morning Bradley shouted "Poppy's on the TV!" In reality, it was stock footage of George Ryan who was in the news because he is trying to get out of jail.

The Dirty Dozen

During the summer, we set a goal for Bradley to make twelve poops in the potty in one's month's time and as a reward he would get Mario Kart video game. Sounds like an easy goal, but to took some pharmacological help to get there. We went to Wal-mart right after school to get the reward. He enjoyed playing it before dinner and was starting to get upset by his streak of 12th place finishes. After dinner, he was more interested in doing dishes.

Poppy's Birthday

The last two years the boys went to the circus for Poppy's birthday. This year was different. We went to Mickey's Magic Show. The boys liked it. They also liked what we did before the show, which was go the the Juicy-O for breakfast. The Juicy-O gives out free donut holes to all the patrons, so you know the boys liked that restaurant.