Gross

While I'm shotgunning posts here, I gotta get this one down. One of my main reasons for doing this blog is to help me remember all the wild and crazy things the boys do so I can embarrass them later on. I got a honey of a story for you.

I was downstairs today working on the computer. Jake went upstairs to drop the kids off at the pool. After about ten minutes I hear both the boys laughing and giggling. I said," Jake are you done dude?" More laughing. Then, "Ewwww, do it again." Uncontrolled laughter. "Ewwww." I bolted upstairs. Jake is bent over and Brady is wiping his butt for him. I swallowed hard and tried to be firm. What do you say to that?

"Ewww. Don't ever do that again."

You guys are gross and I love you for it.

Halloween 2006

Scared? If you're a bad guy, you should be.

Halloween was fun. It was the day after got back from Louisiana, but we caught a sugar high and drove on. Uncle Jarrod, Aunt Julie, Makayla, and Ma and Poppy came over to join in the lunacy. The dudes put on those costumes and become Superman. Needless to say you don't give Superman just any candy..you give him ALL the candy. They had full buckets in no time. Ahh..try and put a three and four year old to bed after a half pound of sugar. Superman, where were you?

Louisiana

Allright, allright. It's taken me longer than it should have to write about it. However, it took me longer than it should have to make the trip happen so, you know...can't mess with continuity.

Allright. Frontier Airlines. I wish bankruptcy on them. Maybe that's too much. At least a hearty case of "the runs" though. That'd do it. I won't get into it because that's just too long and painfull of a story.

National Car Rental. You guys saved the day. An '07 Escalade with a flip down screen and DVD in the back for the dudes...all for $60 a day. Nice. Nice. See, when a major corporation screws something up, it IS possible to fix it.

Anywho, we had a great time once we actually arrived in Shreveport. The boys finally got to meet Granny and Grandpa. Grandpa is my man. Coolest guy I know. It made my heart full to see him with the boys. Granny is Grandpa's equal, except in the kitchen..she's better. The boys got to have some of her beans and ham for lunch. Mmmmm. I've never left their house with an empty stomach and now, neither have the boys.

After hugs and kisses they took off and played like I did when I was a kid. It was really strange to watch Jake play on the same stuff I used to. Since he is my clone it was like watching myself. Man, I'm good looking. Brady was real big into picking up pecans. Yes, he is allergic to nuts. Yes, we let him pick up the pecans...but with the shell on it. Turns out that hard shell didn't help..he broke out with a rash anyway. Lesson learned. DOH!

The boys got to see Aunt Doreen again and meet their Uncle Bruce. It's funny, most of the time when they meet someone new they can be a little aprehensive. Not on this trip. The boys went right up and hugged everybody. Brady even gave Uncle Bruce some extra hugs.

My Grandpa has a talking parrot. Chico. That's one crazy bird. Little boys love talking animals. Talking animals apparently love little boys. They just couldn't get enough of eachother.

Cindy and the boys also got to meet "Miss Karen" for the first time. After years of talking and video chatting she finally got to hug them. She's a real cool lady and the boys took right to her. Jake fell in love with her pumpkin pie. Brady couldn't get enough of her toy room. Having Uncle G there didn't hurt either. Full heart and a full belly once again.

I showed them Cross Lake. We ate Southern Maid doughnuts. Pondered the Red River and why it's not really red. Stayed up late, slept late. Ordered room service. All that jazz.

It was just too short of a time to do everything we wanted and see everyone we wanted. Oh but we'll be back. Yes we will.