A weekend with Ted E. Bear

This weekend, Charlie was chosen by his class to care for the

class bear, Ted E. Bear.

He was to take Ted every where he went, care for him and

journal about his weekend with Ted.

Friday night, Ted took our family out to dinner.

Ted wanted a loud family atmosphere, so he chose Red Robin.

A little cheap if you ask me.

We questioned Ted's manners, sitting on the table and all.

Henry trying wrestle Ted off of the table.

Ted had abnormally short arms which are fluffy and barely reach

his mouth, so Charlie had to feed him.

Mandarin oranges.

That Ted, he's a funny, funny bear.

Here he is doing french fry tricks.

Charlie and Ted E. had a slumber party Friday night.

Charlie cared deeply for this bear and wished him sweet dreams.

We later learned that Ted E. has a deviated septum which causes him

to snore like a trucker, so Charlie slept very little.

In an effort to get the sweetest picture, I told Charlie to pretend

like he was sleeping next to Ted E.

I think it is safe to say that acting is not in Charlie's future.

Saturday, Ted E. joined us at Henry's T-ball practice.

Since there was a park nearby, Ted insisted that

we play at the park instead because he thought watching

T-ball practice was B-O-R-I-N-G.

Wee!!!

Ted E. was built for plastic slides with his furry

rear and all.

Ted E. loved underdogs!

Until he learned with the bark dust tasted like.

Then we just stuck to the simple basics.

Sunday, we tried to pass Ted E. off as "under 3" and saw

Rio. It was a great movie, but Ted E. chews his popcorn

just as loud as Charlie does and drew unnecessary attention

to our motley crew.

We had a great weekend with Ted E.

Tomorrow, Charlie will present his weekend with Ted E. to his class

and Ted E. will prepare for another weekend with a Roosh Friend.

Charlie's Art Show

Tuesday, Charlie's Nike School had an Art Show to

display the individual and group projects of the classrooms.

I, unfortunately was not able to attend, so Nate took

pictures to share with all of us:

The making of the T-shirt video:

I particularly like the part of the video where the dad is

"For the love of all that is holy we are NOT going back to your classroom for a 3rd time!"

Ok, I summarized, but you know he was thinking it.

Haircuts & Tank Tops

Henry and Charlie have been sporting their handy-me-down tank tops (from cousin Alex)

since the very moment we brought them home on Sunday. Day and night and night and day...tank tops. Henry wears his to school under his school clothes and as soon as he is in the car after school, the shirt comes off so that he is wearing just....you guessed it.....his tank top.

Charlie does everything Henry does, so just read that last paragraph twice and insert "Charlie" where you see "Henry". This particular day, Charlie came home with a blue paint beard. He said he was Batman. We don't question him. Especially when he is in his badass tank top.

Or as you will soon learn "tang tong" as he calls it.

Monday

Charlie, you done Jimmy Buffett proud baby!

(Charlie's remix of Come Monday)

Take me out to the (T) Ball Game!

Henry has started T-Ball!

It's one of those monumental days that you

look forward to since the day you see the extra part on the ultrasound.

T-Ball.

And this is how Henry feels about it:

He rounds the bases in a single bound!

Ok, only because Daddy was there to show him where the

bases actually are.

The Team and their Coaches

The BRAVES.

Their fearless mascot:

Making friends:

Working on hand-eye coordination:

And Balance:

We have some work to do...

Ready for a grounder!

Assistant Coach:

Our mascot trying to escape:

Herding kittens:

Excited to watch Henry experience his first team sport,

make new friends and to watch Daddy coach his first team!

Go Henry!

Alex

The last time we slumber partied with my sweet

nephew Alex, it looked a little something like this:

But this past Saturday, we had a lovely day with

our smart, sweet, caring, inclusive nephew/cousin, Ax.

Ax shared his soccer skills with Charlie:

While Henry chose instead to roll in the home plate dirt.

No really, he rolled around in the dirt and played with worms.

Then we hit the park.

These kids take my breath away...the sweetest things ever.

Thanks for learning Plants vs. Aliens with me

and building ships out of legos for Henry

and slowing down so Charlie could keep up

and snuggling Charlie every time Charlie demanded it

and making up Nerf war games with all my boys

We love you Ax!

(and missed you bear-bears!)